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Province of Italy, located in the Lombardy region
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By car
The province is served by these autostradas: the A8 Milan - Varese, A9 Lainate - Como - Chiasso, A8/A26 - Gallarate-Gattico branch, A36 Pedemontana Lombarda, and A60 Varese ring road motorways.
By train
The main railway hubs are the double station of Varese on the Porto Ceresio-Milan and Saronno-Laveno lines, and the station of Gallarate also on the Porto Ceresio-Milan line, on the Domodossola-Milan…
By boat
The boats and ferries on Lago Maggiore are managed by the Società Navigazione Lago Maggiore, on the Arona-Stresa-Locarno line, thus allowing a direct connection between Lombardy and Piedmont, and…
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a place of pilgrimage and tourism that has 13 17th-century chapels
known for its Museum of Textiles and Industry
has several worthwhile museums and churches
visit the pipe museum, which has 30,000 pipes, tools, machinery, paper volumes, porcelain and terracotta
can be a good base just outside chaotic Milan, especially if you're arriving at Malpensa and Linate airports
a typical Lombard historical centre, with a weekly Wednesday market that began in 1541
Poggio Sant'Elsa, reachable by the "Sasso del ferro" cable car, is a mountain facing Lake Maggiore with a panoramic view of the lake
offers steam train trips on a restored railway through a wooded area
known worldwide for Disaronno (Amaretto di Saronno), the almond-flavoured liqueur
has a Museum of Flight
home to the biggest museum in the world about petrol/gas stations, with a collection of old gas pumps and more than 6000 related objects
a cliff that is used for rock climbing activities
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