Lombardy region, Italy

The association "Castles and villas open to visitors in Lombardy" is an non profit organization constituted by the owners of castles and villas in Lombardy.

The offer the chance of visiting Italy, Lombardy and its lakes, of discovering its flavors, of enjoying incredible atmospheres you can only experience in our historical residences, which are witnesses of a charming past and keepers of prestigious art treasures.

You will visit abbeys, convents, villas, castles and palaces, which once accommodated kings, emperors, world renown writers and artists. It is possible in some cases you will sleep in their bedrooms and you will eat in their dining rooms, so that you will be able to experience the atmosphere of the past.

The owners of the residences will welcome the guests and they will do their best to make the vacation memorable.

Non only the places will amaze you. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be unforgettable affairs. Generous breakfasts, prestigious lunches and sumptuous dinners will follow one another with rare wines and local dishes, created by skilled chefs who will only use first-rate products.

Days will be enriched by visits at fashion streets and handicraft's workshops. You will have the chance of devoting yourself to your favorite sports, gambling house, music, opera and theatre.

You will have the opportunity of taking lessons in cooking, painting, ceramics, horse-riding, golf and whatever Lombardy can offer you.

For the whole period of vacation a private driver will take the visitors along the itinerary, a tour leader will explain the tour and tourist guides will show details about all castles and villas.
The residences where you will stay are selected for their uniqueness and quality of the service.

Welcome to Italy. Lombardy is waiting for you.

Lombardy Region Government
Association "Castles and villas open to visitors in Lombardy"

What used to be a place for the delight of the privileged few, is now a pleasant meeting point for all, close to the congested industrial cities. People go there with a desire to enjoy the subtle fascination of the countryside of Oltrepo Pavese.
Putting to use what remained of a glorious castle and making it socially useful: that was the idea that led to the creation of the San Gaudenzio restaurant inside the ancient manor-house.

These rooms are suitable (and were specifically prepared to that end) for satisfying a full range of needs of man or woman not only of today, but of all times. These rooms are just right for an unforgettable wedding night, for a well-earned rest after a demanding day of business, for a brief stay well away from the frenetic pace of modern life, or for thousands of other special occasions.
In line with the setting of the restaurant, the Castle offers it customers some very finely furnished (rather a rare feature nowadays) bedrooms and apartments. They are functional and include the latest equipment typical of our times.

The room has been renovated according to the original characteristic of the environment and equipped for meeting and professional "refresher courses".
The structure offer a high quality hospitality for meetings, culture and industrial presentations with the possibility of overnight and protracted stays. Three rooms are equipped to receive from 30 to 100 persons.

It can all begin in the characteristic chapel adjoining the Castle: the Parish Church of San Gaudenzio originating in the V century AD and magnificently restored in 1985. You can select the floral decorations of your preference, the nuptial rite with particular readings, and the appropriate music to create YOUR wedding ceremony.

To crown the most beautiful day of your lire, you also have too choose the right place, a venue where you, your friends and relations are accommodated in a special, magic atmosphere, so that everyone has a uniquely precious memory of your dream of love.

Sobriety and elegance are born of art: without them there is no harmony to inspire reason. This is, in essence, the fundamental reason that links the structural elements of the garden-park adjoining the XV century Castle of San Gaudenzio. Recently completed, this accurately prepared green area exhibits some significant traits of XVII century style - an age not only of ideological transition but also of a change in stylistic taste. The garden, which is initially orderly and geometric, as befits the XVI century, gradually changes into a park, thus producing a movement of liberation and life. Standard trees, flowering, leafy and fruit-bearing bushes, from the flower-quorum of this place.

Various private tours for group and individuals are available in this picturesque region of Italy