Casale Della Certosa, Pavona

Advantages: A really little jewel you can't miss...
Disadvantages: The most important part of it it's his exterior view

...All of the people in the world has already name Pisa because of the tower. Not so many people knows the other interesting things Pisa has to offer. It is a mix of various architectural styles grown up as time passed by. I live there, so before I start with my review about the church, I just may give you some suggestions in the case you'd like to visit Pisa. My first thought about Pisa was that I didn't like it a lot. A quite calm city to live, but not so typical, very different to my born city. However my opinion has changed in this three years I spent in this place. Its main buildings were started in the medieval age and some in the Renaissance. Campo dei miracoli and S. Maria della Spina are middle age oriented, also if with a lot of Arabic influences. It hosted a lot of famous personalities: it's Galileo Galilei born city... Read review

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Advantages: Very modern facilities for kids
Disadvantages: Seems very out-of-date and forgotten compared to other places in Milan

...We visited the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci in 2007. We had a job finding it as many locals we asked hadn't heard of it or didn't know where it was, and even one road away we saw no indications that it existed at all. We eventually found it (via San Vittore 21, about 5 minutes walk from S. Ambrogio station on M2, the green line). Entry cost €8 each which, after looking around, we thought was a bit excessive. If it's going to go towards making the rest of the museum modern and interactive as the labs for schoolchildren, maybe we will go back. You get a little map of the museum with contact details on the back (would have been helpful in finding the place). It's probably a good idea if you're planning a visit to have a look on their website to get the map and travel directions first. Also note... Read review

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Advantages: good snack, good wines
Disadvantages: none

...The family Verro, the same of La Contea, has opened in 1992 it's agricultural company. The boss here is Claudia Francalanci, Antonio Verro's wife. Claudia's father has Tuscany origin and his family comes down of artisan tradition, and the mother has extraction peasant as all her family and worked always in the production of wines. In Miss Claudia's wine cellar, Al nido della cinciallegra, you can find a high productions of wines not only of this area, but also from all Italy and others places around the world. But her jewels are the wines that she produces in her agricultural company. A high range of special wines, coming from grapes dealt with natural and biological methods, like: Chardonnay Dolcetto d'Alba two kinds of Grappe Barbaresco Nebbiolo d'Alba Barbera d'Alba Metodo Classico Brut Moscato d'Asti The wine... Read review

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