Villa Monastero is one of Varenna’s best-known landmarks. It's now a museum showcasing a collection of items left by its owners

The Naviglio Grande is the first of the canals that make up the Milan canal system, the oldest and the most important.

It begins at the Naviglio Grande, at Castelletto di Abbiategrasso, and reaches the River Ticino at the Bereguardo bridge.

Land rich in tradition and history is part of the Mincio Park where the river expands to form the lakes that surround Mantua

The park covers about 92,000 hectares from Lake Maggiore to the confluence with the River Po

It was a product of the genius of Leonardo da Vinci who in the early 16th century was a guest of Count Melzi in Vaprio d'Adda.