Parco di Monza

The Italian Lakes


This enormous park is the green lung of the city; it's also one of the largest enclosed parks in Europe, with some 295 hectares of bello bosco (charming woodland). It sits on the Lambro river and incorporates the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, one of the world's oldest motor-racing circuits and home of the Italian Grand Prix. Also here is a horse-racing track, a golf course, tennis courts, a 50m Olympic swimming pool and miles of cycle paths.

You can hire bikes at Cascina Bastia (single/tandem €3/6 per hour).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The Italian Lakes attractions

1. Villa Reale

1.25 MILES

In Monza's colossal park stands this equally colossal palace. Built between 1777 and 1780 as a viceregal residence for Archduke Ferdinand of Austria,…

2. Giardini Reali

1.32 MILES

The ‘Royal Gardens’ run to a modest 40 hectares and couch the Villa Reale in a sea of artfully cultivated greenery. They were one of Northern Italy's…

3. Museo e Tesoro del Duomo

1.86 MILES

Religious art museums are often dull, full of faded priestly vestments and tarnished silver that hasn’t been polished since the Risorgimento. But this…

4. Duomo

1.87 MILES

The Gothic Duomo, with its white-and-green-banded facade, contains a key early-medieval treasure, the Corona Ferrea (Iron Crown), fashioned according to…

5. Pirelli HangarBicocca

6.94 MILES

This stunning, multipurpose exhibition space inhabits a huge former locomotive factory on the outskirts of Milan. Temporary exhibits include smartly…

6. Santuario di Santa Maria alla Fontana

9.36 MILES

Originally situated in a bosky wood, this sanctuary once enclosed a pool of healing thaumaturgical water, frequented since ancient times by the old, tired…

7. Stazione Centrale

9.4 MILES

Annually, nearly 100 million people pass through these hulking portals and onto train platforms beneath a cinematic cylindrical glass roof. Begun in 1912…

8. Torre Pirelli

9.56 MILES

Construction began in 1956 on Milan’s tallest grattacielo (skyscraper). The 32-storey Pirelli Tower sits on the site of the company’s 19th-century factory…

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