Lombardy

Best travel reports from Lombardy

Lake Como and Pontresina, 21-24 June 2019

Friday, June 21: Bülach-Lenno, Bellagio Bülach - Knonaueramt - Axenstrasse - Gotthard tunnel (no traffic 😊👍) - Lugano - Lenno In the afternoon, we visited the small town...

Limone sul Garda - always beautiful!

We love being at Lake Garda and if we're nearby, we have to stop by. However, we've never been here in the winter. It's raining and raining... finally, it stops in the late...

Stage 137: From Como to Lake Iseo

Today I wanted to test the capabilities of my new rear wheel. After Como, I went directly along a steep gravel path. Later, I mostly rode on relatively busy mountain roads. ...

The great bike tour Day 19: Where should I stay?? - Lake d'Iseo

I can handle the Alps, but not Italy yet. So far, I've been to places almost every day where I've been on vacation by car before. Now, new territory begins, today was kind of a...

Venice, Verona, Lake Garda

Our school trip took us to Italy. Our hotel was at Lake Garda. From there, we went on excursions, such as a day trip to Venice or a day trip to Verona. At first, I thought it...

Sirmione

We are going on a trip to Sirmione. Although we have been to the beautiful Lake Garda several times, we have never been here before. The Castle of Sirmione The weather...

1. - 2.8. - Iseo - Bergamo

Selfie in front of the lake

Day 7 - 31.05.2019 - Sightseeing in Milan

We took the metro directly from the hotel to the cathedral. We specifically chose the hotel to easily access the city. At the cathedral, we were overwhelmed by the crowds of...

Tag 42 RANCO 16.09.2022

Today we first enjoyed our breakfast at the reserved window table. Large retractable glass windows with a view of the lake. In addition, a super complete buffet with everything...

Tag 41 RANCO 15.09.2022

Now the day after our wedding anniversary! Today is all about 'lounging around'. After a very extensive breakfast (fried eggs, boiled eggs, sausages, boiled ham, various juices,...

Get out of the hustle and bustle

Today we spent the first half of the day relaxing in the small town of Borghetto. Then we drove south to Mantua and found a place to stay for the night by a lake after visiting...

Day 10 - 12.06.2017 - Sirmione

Today, the children fell asleep again after their usual bedtime and slept until almost nine. Jette planned the day today: first have ice cream and then go on a trip. So after...

Photos of an Italian McDonald's in Milan (2019)

Comparison of Italian McDonald's vs Spanish or Andorran McDonald's.

Tag 40 RANCO (Italy) 14.09.2022

Today is our anniversary, the 17th and at the same time the 21st day of getting to know each other! Wow!!! Where has all the time gone, we often ask ourselves, but especially...

Second attempt at Lake Garda

After it was significantly overcrowded in the northern part of Lake Garda yesterday, we decided to drive to the south today. Here, we spent a day at the beach in the small town...

Tourism like from a picture book

The early bird catches the worm, but not with us. With the goal of leaving the house at 9:30, we got up just in time. And oh wonder, we didn't make it on time. While Vera almost...

Lake Garda (Sirmione) 🇮🇹

Hello Dear Reader, I hope all was well with you. It must only change the 1st and last letter to read it. At Lake Garda it was wonderful. We were swimming a lot and in the...

No mutiny on the Bounty

Apples everywhere you look! This morning we started quite late in St. Leonhard. Nevertheless, we treated ourselves to the luxury of programming our navigation system...

Day 9 - 11.06.2017 - Salo

Today, after breakfast, we went to Salo. It is the next town, but too far to walk with the children ;-) In Salo, we walked along the beach promenade and enjoyed the view....

Lake Iseo 29. - 30. Sept.

Camping Sassobanek place 241 Weather: very nice 28 - 30 degrees Long highway drive (460 kilometers) with short breaks, arrived around 3 a.m. Old memories came back, we were here...

Milan 2017

How nice that you can now get bargain flights from Nuremberg Airport for some time. That's how we came to Milan, round trip for €15 - the train ticket from Bamberg to Nuremberg...

Limone sul Garda, Brescia, Italy

Photoshoot in Northern Italy

Goodbye Milan👋🏼

Today we took the day easy. After breakfast, we started cleaning up the kitchen and finally decided to run the dishwasher 🫧 After that, we worked on house chores and our travel...

Let's go...

After the weather foiled our plans, we ended up traveling to Italy through Switzerland instead of Friuli. We crossed the Splügen Pass and then the Passo di San Marco, which...

Milan 🏙

On our way to Sanremo, we made a stop in Milan. Our parking garage was located far outside the city center, but we only paid 1.5€ for the 4-hour stay. Aroma Napoletano by Bar...

Day 11 - 13.06.2017 - Relaxing by the pool

Today is Juliane's "birthday": 11 months :-) To recover from the efforts of the past few days and before we continue, we had a pool day today. The children had fun in the water...

Limone sul Garda

Lemons as far as the eye can see

Say goodbye to 3 months of traveling

With pure sunshine and already autumnal atmosphere, we spend our last day at Lake Garda. Somewhat wistfully, we mentally prepare ourselves for what awaits us at home.