Weekend in Lombardia

Philosophy of an emotion
Lombardia
Benessere
Magazine: October 2007

Lombardia. Emerged between rolling moraines, the Relais Eroma is an 18th century hamlet that maintains all the fascination of its history.

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Spa in a farmstead
Strada Ticino - Besate (MI)
Benessere
Magazine: October 2007

Lombardia. Following an unsurfaced path we arrive by cutting through the green Parco del Ticino.

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Long live grape picking
Lombardia
Bambini
Magazine: September 2007

In the farm Il Gambero of Santa Maria della Versa, in the Oltrepò Pavese, on Sunday 2nd September a children’s wine festa will take place.
The little ones can enjoy some picking and treading. After having tasted the grape must, there will be visits to the wine producing areas.
To conclude, a snack for children and wine tasting for adults. Also in the Oltrepò, at the agriturismo La Torretta di Borgo Priolo, the 15th-16th and then the 22nd-23rd September there is the grape harvest festival. The day out with activities and tastings of the company’s products costs 32 euros. On request, and with a minimum of 10 participants, the Pietrasanta cellar of San Colombano al Lambro (Milan) is open for grape picking to children for the whole month.
Finally, in the Piacentino region: every Sunday in September there is a grape festa at the Castello di Gropparello.

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All-round Relaxation
Lombardia
Benessere
Magazine: June 2007

The Alpen Spa of the Hotel Milano in Bratto della Presolana, located in the Bergamo Pre-Alps, is a small, secret haven to rejuvenate guests, who can pamper themselves with an equatorial shower or a chromotherapy steam bath. Among other treatments, the guest might choose a rose hip peeling or a brown sugar scrub, a lemon balm mask or a nettle wrap, or an ayurvedic, Presolana stone or Argan oil massage. June heralds the start of the minutely studied “Total Wellbeing Weeks”. The programme envisages the “De-stress and Nature Week” from 9-16 June and from 30 June-7 July: 7 nights room and full board, 7 relaxation sessions, 9 antistress treatments, 9 relaxation techniques, tours and a whole lot more. Prices start at 2155 for a Deluxe room.

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