Lombardia

Lombardia is Italy's economic engine and one of its most varied regions — Milan and its design week, the alpine lakes of Como, Garda and Iseo, the Franciacorta sparkling-wine hills, and the wild Valtellina mountain valleys along the Swiss border. Townlet Italia lists the family wineries in Franciacorta and Valtellina, the artisan silk weavers around Como, the mountain sagre of the Bergamo and Brescia valleys, and the aperitivo culture Milan invented. If you want things to do in Lombardia beyond the Duomo and Lake Como's ferry loop, start with the local hosts curated here.