Homes in Lombardy
With an annual GDP that’s double the size of Italy’s next most productive region, Lombardy has been rightly dubbed the ‘economic powerhouse’ of the nation. This affluent, extremely well-run bit of Italy sits tucked up against the border with Switzerland, and it’s hard not to feel a bit of a cultural connection between the two. That said, Lombardy is also emphatically Italian, with all the stylish clothes, beautiful buildings, stunning food and healthy work-life balance that that suggests.
As well as its industriousness, Lombardy is famed for its geographical beauty. With its romantic head in the Alps and its hard-working feet in the Po Valley plain, Lombardy yields celestial mountains, exquisite lakesides, emerald-green pasturelands and wide-skyed cropfields. There is no shortage of fresh-air escapes for those diligently working in the region’s many handsome, small-sized cities.
As a buyer in Lombardy, you’re most likely to be drawn to these little cities or to the region’s spectacular Alpine lakes. The latter yield some of Europe’s most beautiful landscapes, perhaps especially around Lake Como, where green slopes dotted with sighingly pretty villas plunge into dreamy blue water. Half of stately Lake Maggiore’s shoreline is in Lombardy, as is half of Lake Garda and some parts of Lake Lugano. Lake Iseo is here too, as are bijou lakes Varese, Comabbio, Annone and others.
One thing you won’t struggle with in Lombardy is getting around. This region prizes efficiency, and
