DK Travel : Milan and the Lakes : Editor's choice

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Panettone

All across Italy at Christmas time people snap up boxes of this traditional Lombard cake, though locals enjoy it year-round. It is quite dry, and studded with fruit and candied peel.
Pirelli Tower

Its reign as the world’s tallest concrete skyscraper lasted less than a decade, but this wedge rising on the site of Pirelli’s first tyre factory remains a symbol of Lombardy’s robust economy.
Playing a Round of Golf

Definitely make a round of the 18 holes at Circolo Villa D’Este and check out the course of Golf Club Menaggio & Cadenabbia.
Polenta

Northern Italy’s corn-meal side dish can be prepared in any form, from a soupy mush to a paste firm enough to slice and fry. It’s often studded with mushrooms or some other delicacy.
Porta Nuova

Piecemeal city gate incorporating ancient Roman funerary reliefs and a 13th-century marble tabernacle.
Prada

The most chillingly expensive of Milan designers, Prada breathed new life into relaxed minimalism with the help of a small red stripe.
Risotto alla Milanese

If you order risotto in Italy, you usually have to wait at least 20 minutes as the cook must constantly stir the round arborio rice until it reaches the optimum gooiness. It’s time-consuming to make in small batches, so most restaurants will prepare it only for two or more people. Milanese often tinge their risotto bright yellow with saffron, and may throw in seasonal vegetables. In Mantova they spice it up with sausage.
San Colombano

Milan’s own red is chiefly significant for making the DOC level despite being grown on the outskirts of an industrial city.
San Gottardo in Corte

Founded in 1336 as a chapel for the town hall.
San Martino della Battaglia

A tart white made from Tocai grapes of Friuli; there’s also a dessert liqueur version.