Visit Lake Como

Fashion, finance and Leonardo's Last Supper — plus the most extravagant Gothic cathedral in Italy

The 50,000-seat amphitheatre where Rome staged its bloodiest spectacles for 2,000 years

A walled medieval upper town above modern Bergamo — Venetian ramparts, funiculars and Lombard charm

Milan, the great lakes and Alpine valleys — Lombardy is Italy’s wealthy, scenic powerhouse

See opera where Verdi premiered — Milan's Teatro alla Scala, the most storied opera house in the world

The dreamy Lombard town of Call Me By Your Name — Renaissance piazza, bicycles and slow summer afternoons

Try Milan’s golden saffron risotto — creamy, rich, and traditionally served with ossobuco

Catch a 15-minute audience with Leonardo's fading masterpiece on a Milan refectory wall