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Expo 2015
In 1851 the world's first Expo took place in London, exhibiting the 'Works of Industry of
All Nations'. It featured 25 countries and from the profits emerged the Victoria & Albert
Museum, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum. With 128 countries
already signed up, Milan is looking forward to hosting one of the biggest Expos yet, start-
ing on 1 May 2015 (
www.expo2015.org
). Costing a cool €13.5 billion; the six-month
shindig is estimated, by Bocconi University, to achieve €25 billion in investment and cre-
ate more than 200,000 jobs. It's a bold vision and one that the precarious Italian govern-
ment is counting on to lift the country out of its economic doldrums. If you plan on visit-
ing the city during the event (May to October 2015); book everything well in advance as
there'll be 20 million other people looking to do the same.
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Getting Away From It All
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Get some green with a picnic and sunbathing in Parco Sempione (
Click here
)
.
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Lose yourself in a crowd of determined bargain hunters at Luino's weekly flea market
(
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)
.
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Tour lakes under your own steam with kayaks from Bellagio Water Sport (
Click here
)
.
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Find Lorenzo Lotto with a church crawl around some of Bergamo's finest masterpieces
(
Click here
)
.
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Research rock art along the Unesco heritage protected valley, Valle Camonica (
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DON'T MISS
Reserve ahead for fascinating behind-the-scenes tours of La Scala's costume and craft
workshops
(
390 243353521;
www.teatroallascala.org
; Via Bergognone 34; €5;
Porto Genova) .
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