account What to visit in Lombardy for Christmas: 5 destinations for adults and children
With the arrival of Christmas, are you looking for ideas to visit cities in Lombardy with Christmas-themed events? B&B Hotels suggests many ideas for your weekends during the Christmas season. Ready to choose your hotel and then photograph Santa Claus? Discover our ideas dedicated to Christmas.
Discovering Christmas with children?
Milan is rich in events for the little ones: the Village of Wonders at the Indro Montanelli public gardens and the Darsena Christmas Village, with its ice skating rink. This year, "Il Sogno del Natale" (The Dream of Christmas), which will host Italy's largest Santa's village, will also open in Milan for the occasion. Don't miss the event: 30,000 sqm divided where you'll find all the magic of Christmas (and more). Rides, Santa's flying sleigh inside the Elves' labyrinth, Reindeer Shelter, Toy Factory, and food stalls to refuel. The ideal B&B Hotel to stay at? Obviously the B&B Hotel Milano San Siro, 5 minutes from the San Siro Racecourse.
Como at Christmas is tinged with magic and becomes "The City of Toys," as is now tradition during the Christmas period. Thanks to the Magic Light Festival, the entire city center, with its buildings and squares, will be filled with colors, lights, and projections. There are also typical markets, lakeside events, and entertainment for children, including a Ferris wheel at the lakeside gardens. The B&B Hotel Como City Center is the suitable hotel for the occasion.
The towns of Gromo and Castione della Presolana, in the province of Bergamo, host Santa's Bergamasque house. At Castello Ginami, you'll find elves to make Christmas crafts, and the Weapons Museum is open at Palazzo Milesi. The area is entirely dedicated to the Christmas atmosphere with markets, ice skating rinks, and concerts.
Christmas period for adults
Christmas in Lombardy is full of festivities and ideas even for adults; let our ideas inspire you:
Cremona is suitable both for Christmas shopping in the charming city center, where you can find typical products to put under the tree, and for seeing the Presepe dei Sabbioni, one of Lombardy's traditional nativity scenes, in the province of Cremona: more than 300 life-size characters and animals placed in a village of peasant huts. Distance from B&B Hotel Cremona, 40 minutes by car.
Monza is a city full of history, a stone's throw from Milan. For art and museum enthusiasts, several exhibitions can be visited at the Royal Villa of Monza. In the city center, the Christmas Village Monza will be set up, with the traditional Christmas market.