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Milan is must see honeymoon destination for urbanites and fashionistas. Located in Italy's Lombardy region, Milan is recognized throughout the world as a premier design and fashion capital. The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in the Piazza Duomo, Via Montenapoleone, and Via della Spiga are the main spots for designer boutiques and haute couture. Like its Rome and Florence counterparts Milan, has many important museums and monuments including the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie home to Leonardo’s Last Supper and the Brera Museum home to Madonna and Child by Bellini. Even the Galleria is an architectural masterpiece and connects two of Milan's most famous landmarks: The Duomo and the Teatro Alla Scala. For honeymooners seeking nightlife, Milan as a major metropolitan city delivers in pubs and nightclubs.

Piedmont's capital city, Turin holds special appeal for honeymooners with a penchant for automobiles or movies. For sightseeing, the greater Piedmont region's hilly landscapes - populated with feudal castles, sanctuaries, abbeys, country churches and of course claim to some of Italy's finest vineyards including Barolo and Barbaresco - rival Tuscany.

Hop a boat and tour Lake Como during your honeymoon. Be sure to check out the Palatial Villa Erba where parts of Ocean's 12 were filmed. Heck, if it's cool enough for Clooney, Pitt, and Damon, it's pretty cool. The 400-year old city of Lake Como is a great place to scuba dive, fish, play tennis and golf, or just live like an Italian - stroll the water's edge, window shop, or relax with an Italian coffer or latte in a cafe and people watch for hours. All of the towns along the Lake are worth a visit and can be accessed by ferry. Lake Como nightlife isn't wild and crazy but there are some spots where you can dance until 3:00 am on the weekends.

Why You’ll Love It
If you were thinking of sprucing up your wardrobe, you are not intimidated by the haughty boutiques of Milan or the elite residents of Lake Como, and you enjoy getting to know a place during your travels, the only decision left before you book your northwest Italy honeymoon is: Piedmont to Lombardy? Or if you cannot decide, stay in Benevello for access to the best wineries, sights and cuisine of Piedmont as well as Milan and the Italian Riviera.
Why She’ll Love It
She loves the refined living and opportunities for exploration characteristic of a honeymoon in northwest Italy. This is an opportunity to dust off her tennis game, tour the country side and scout the best restaurants and boutiques. The hills of Lake Como's towns give shop 'til you drop a whole new meaning.
Get to Know Northwest
  • Two hours outside of Milan in Pessione is the museum of the history of wine making. The collection includes wine-making equipment, Imperial glass receptacles, and Etruscan and Apuleian ceramics.
  • Mochaccino lovers should visit Al Bicerin in Turin. In business since 1763, its trademark drink (and namesake) is cream and chocolate.
  • If you've never seen a ricepaddy, you don't have to go to Asia - ricepaddies abound in the waterlands of Piedmont's provinces of Novara and Vercelli. Piedmont's real specialties are many: truffle, Asti, Monferrato and Barolo wines, cheese, cold meats, vermouth, and even grissini (breadsticks). If your honeymoon is in the fall definitely check out the Autumn harvests in the Langhe region - near Alba.
  • Como is only a few miles from the Swiss boarder, why not check out the town of Lugano for a special romantic dinner - about 20 minutes away.
Best Booze
Northwest Italy's best booze is wine. But which one? Be sure to ask for local recommendations wherever you dine or snack to pick your favorite.