Lombardy and the Italian Lakes (Cadogan Guides)

by Dana Facaros (Author), Michael Pauls (Author), Michael Paul (Author), Michael Paul (Author), Dana Facaros (Author), Michael Pauls (Author)

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  2003

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  Gets to grips with Milan, international mecca of fashion and shopping - visits its awesome art collections and world-famous La Scala opera house - reveals idylls along the shores of the famous Italian Lakes - winds through the Renaissance cities of the Lombard plain, such as Cremona, where the world's violins are made - seeks out the spectacular 1000ft waterfalls of Cascata della Frua 'Throughout history, the millions of frostbitten travellers, pilgrims, conquering armies, future popes and pushy emperors who lumbered over the treacherous passes of the Alps would be stopped in their tracks by a vision as powerful, terrible and beautiful as an epiphany: at their feet, wedged into the flanks of the snowcapped mountains, lay the Garden of Eden itself. Elegant, long lakes were its centrepiece, warmed by a glowing sun that had nothing in common with that old cheese in the sky they knew back home.'

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.27

  In the Italian lakes, the southern slopes of the Alps meet a charmed Mediterranean microclimate of camellias and lemon groves. This latest edition of a Cadogan classic reveals the fabled gardens, islands and villas of Lakes Como, Maggiore and Garda, as well as the lesser-known charms of little Lakes Orta and Iseo. The northwestern region of Lombardy, Italy's biggest and richest, also has room for the great art cities of Mantua, Bergamo, Brescia, Pavia and Cremona, dozens of unspoiled alpine valleys and mountain villages - and, at its heart, vibrant Milan, home of La Scala opera house and the world's third largest cathedral, mecca of finance and fashion, and Italy's best shopping city.This guide offers practical travel advice, over 300 hand-picked places to stay, over 250 restaurants, bars and cafes, as well as useful details of lake ferries and steamers.