Blue Guide Lombardy, Milan & the Italian Lakes

First edition in-depth coverage of this exceptional area of Italy.

Blue Guides, now in their centenary year, have been published continuously since 1918 and are the most comprehensive travel guides concentrating on history, architecture and art. This guide to Lombardy, with full coverage of the major city of Milan, also takes in Lakes Maggiore, Como and Garda as well as the historically and artistically rich towns of Cremona, Bergamo, Mantua, Brescia and Pavia. The depth of information and quality of research make this book the best guide for the independent cultural traveller. With high-quality maps from Blue Guides’ award-winning cartography series, numerous plans and photos, and full coverage of places to stay and eat. 5 full-color maps, 25 B&W photographs, 12 two-tone plans

Art historian Alta Macadam is a resident of Fiesole, on the hillside above Florence.

Annabel Barber, co-author of Blue Guide Rome, is the Blue Guides editor-in-chief.