This Summer I don't want to go far. This sentence is a good claim and it represents a new desire to discover some towns in Lombardy, like Mantua, Brescia, Bergamo, Milan and Cremona.

Cremona, in fact, could be the starting point of a wonderful journey. Forget the frenzy, let your breath slow down and relax. Listen to the symphony of your steps and enjoy the rhythm of your heart-beats: Cremona is ready to conquer you forever. The roads, the churches, the hidden palaces, the small courtyards and the squares. A long-lasting adventure, a new joy for every step you take. Enter the violin-making workshops where it is renewed every day the wise art of making the violins. Follow the perfumes of Italy's sweetest town and buy its typical products in the town-centre's shops. A Church in every square till the great Cathedral which, with its bell-tower Torrazzo, fills the town-centre with an unforgettable peaceful feeling.

You don't need to run or go far away. The beauty is closer than what you can imagine. Cremona is closer than what you think.