The Bresciano is an area of the Lombardy.
To know
Territories and tourist destinations
Urban centers
- Brescia - Vast and modern, the Lioness, the second largest city in the Region, with some neighborhoods climbing up the first hills, and expanding on the plains more and more. In its ancient part, however, it retains many traces of Roman Brixia, of the Lombards who made it the capital of a prosperous and vast Duchy as well as of the over three hundred years of Venetian rule, during which it was a quiet and flourishing city of the Mainland. The museum complexes of Santa Giulia are of great importance. The various buildings that dot the historic center are also of exquisite workmanship, the Martinengo da Barco Palace (which houses the Tosio Martinengo Art Gallery), the old and new Monti di Pietà (whose facades, embellished with Roman tombstones, represent the oldest lapidary museum in Italy) and the Palazzo Martinengo Cesaresco Novarino (under which there is an extraordinary archaeological stratification).
- Gardone Val Trompia
- Gavardo
- Gussago
- Lumezzane
- Magasa - Small town of the Val Vestino famous for its traditional thatched barns.
- Rezzato
Other destinations
- Val Trompia - Large valley that characterizes a large part of the region. Crossed by the Mella River, it is known as Valle del Ferro
- Val Vestino - Small alpine valley famous for its traditional thatched barns.
- Sand Valley - Alpine valley that from Idro lake leads to Brescia.
- Vallio Terme - Thermal center in the area Bresciano towards the Val Trompia, its thermal establishment acquacastello the activity began in recent times, in the mid-twentieth century.
How to get
By plane
The nearest airports are as follows:
- 1 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (the Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio, ☎ 39 035 326323.
- 2 Brescia-Montichiari Airport (Gabriele D'Annunzio), Via Aeroporto, 34, Montichiari (BS), ☎ 39 030 9656599, fax: 39 030 9656514. Charter only
- 3 Verona-Villafranca Airport (Valerio Catullo), Boxes of Sommacampagna (VR), ☎ 39 045 8095666, fax: 39 045 8619074.
By car
Outputs of the:
- Brescia west, center and east
Outputs of the:
- Brescia south and center
Under construction is the that will connect Brescia-Bergamo-Milan.
On the train
The main station is that of Brescia, connected with all major Italian cities including Rome, Milan, Verona, Venice, Cremona is Florence. For information on timetables and to book visit the website of Trenitalia.
How to get around
What see
Itineraries
From Brescia to Collio (in Val Trompia) the itinerary starts Via del Ferro which includes a visit to the following museums and mines:
- Mille Miglia Museum, via delle Rimembranze 3 - Brescia, ☎ 39 030 3365631.
- 1 Luigi Marzoli Arms Museum, Via del Castello 9 - Brescia, ☎ 39 030 2977834.
- Il Maglio Averoldi Museum and its village, via Maglio 51 - Ome, ☎ 39 030 9280022, 39 030 8337494.
- I Magli Museum, via Valgobbia 19 - Sarezzo, ☎ 39 030 9280022, 39 030 8337494.
- Museum of Arms and Weaponry Tradition, Via XX September 31/33 - Gardone Val Trompia, ☎ 39 030 9280022, 39 030 831574, @[email protected].
5,00 €.
Tue-Wed: 14.30-18.30, Thu, Fri: 09.00 - 12.00, 14.30 - 18.30, Sat; 9.00-12.00,. The museum describes the historical evolution of weapons through numerous exhibits and films.
- Ethnographic Museum, Via Dante - Invico (fraction of Lodrino), ☎ 39 030 9280022, 39 030 8337494, @[email protected].
The Museum can be visited, by appointment, on any day of the year..
- Il Forno Museum, via Forno Fusorio, 1 - Tavernole sul Mella, ☎ 39 030 9280022, 39 030 8337494.
- The Mines Museum and Marzoli Mine, via Miniera, loc. Spread out - Pezzaze, ☎ 39 030 9280022, @[email protected].
€ 10.00 (January 2014).
March, April, May, September and October: Sunday 14.00 - 17.00, June, July and August: Sunday 10.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00, from 12 to 25 August every day 10.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00. To visit the mine, abandoned in 1972, it is advisable to wear clothing suitable for the humidity and 10 ° C (average temperature) of the mine galleries.
- “S. Aloisio-Tassara ", via Provincial road - Collio, ☎ 39 030 9280022, @[email protected].
€ 10.00 (January 2014).
July, August and September: Saturday and Sunday 10.00-12.00 and 14.00-17.00, from 12 to 25 August every day 10.00-12.00 and 14.00-17.00. To visit the mine, abandoned in 1985, it is advisable to wear clothing suitable for the humidity and 14 ° C (average temperature) of the mine galleries. It is also mandatory to wear rubber boots or hiking shoes.
What to do
The railway line Brescia-Iseo-Edolo (Trenord), although not a tourist railway, it enjoys a beautiful view of the Lake Iseo and on the vineyards of Franciacorta. Every Sunday on this route it is possible to take the "Train of flavors" and eat on board (from 49 € 2013 - compulsory reservation since the maximum number of places available is 83).
It is also possible, through exchange rates, to start from Brescia and get to Sankt Moriz. The first section is by train on the Brescia-Edolo railway line, the second by bus between Edolo is Tirano (passing through theAprica) and the third by train on the Bernina railway (Unesco World Heritage).
At the table
Safety
Itineraries
- Foliage in Lombardy - In search, in autumn, of the dazzling and spectacular phenomenon of "foliage".