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Brescia
Lombard city at the mouth of the Val Trompia, with a Roman forum, a round Romanesque cathedral and the Cidneo castle above.
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Highlights
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Diözesanmuseum Brescia
The diocesan museum of Brescia, in the cloisters of San Giuseppe.
Idee di vacanza
The Brescia visitor centre, where the province's routes and passes are booked.
Museo Nazionale della Fotografia
A photography museum in Brescia, with cameras and prints from the nineteenth century on.
Museo Santa Giulia
A monastery museum in Brescia running from Roman houses to Longobard treasure, a World Heritage site.
Risorgimento-Museum „Leonessa d’Italia“
A museum in Brescia's castle on the Ten Days of 1849, which earned the city its Lioness name.
Torre della Pallata
A thirteenth-century town gate tower in Brescia, with a fountain at its foot.
Torre d’Ercole di Brescia
A Roman tower incorporated into later houses beside Brescia's forum.
Basilica Romana
The Capitolium and forum of Roman Brescia, part of the Longobard World Heritage site.
Chiesa dei Santi Faustino e Giovita
A church in Brescia dedicated to the city's patron martyrs.
Chiesa dei Santi Nazaro e Celso
A Brescia church holding Titian's Averoldi polyptych of 1522.
Chiesa del Santissimo Corpo di Cristo, la “Cappella Sistina di Brescia”
A Brescia church frescoed and gilded from floor to vault, known locally as the city's Sistine Chapel.
Chiesa di San Clemente
A church in Brescia with several altarpieces by Moretto, who is buried there.
Chiesa di San Faustino in Riposo
A small church in Brescia, where the city's patrons were said to have rested.
Chiesa di San Francesco d’Assisi
A thirteenth-century Franciscan church in Brescia, with its original cloister.
Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista
A Brescia church whose sacrament chapel pairs canvases by Moretto and Romanino.
Chiesa di San Giuseppe
A sixteenth-century church in Brescia, with a cloister off the nave.
Chiesa di San Pietro in Oliveto
A Carmelite church on the Cidneo hill below Brescia's castle, among olive terraces.
Nothing of this kind in Brescia.
Routes
Percorso nero in Franciacorta
A short marked route on the Franciacorta hills west of Brescia, among vineyards and patches of woodland.
- 18.8 km
- Distance
- 75 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 34 min
- Duration
La Via delle Sorelle
A stage of the 130-kilometre path between Bergamo and Brescia, over hills and through villages linking the two upper towns.
- 128.7 km
- Distance
- 3 289 m
- Ascent
- 38 h 27 min
- Duration
- 188
- Check-ins
In MTB sul Monte Maddalena
A ride out of central Brescia onto the Maddalena ridge behind the city, passing the old farmsteads of Casa Termini and Monte Rotondo.
- 28.8 km
- Distance
- 658 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 10 min
- Duration
- 28
- Check-ins
Ciclovia della Cultura attraverso i comuni della Franciacorta
A long cultural route between Bergamo and Brescia, through the Franciacorta villages and vineyards.
- 78.1 km
- Distance
- 319 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 17 min
- Duration
- 49
- Check-ins
Cultural Cycle route Bergamo - Brescia
A long link between the two Capitals of Culture, running out of Bergamo through Seriate and on past Clusane and Provaglio towards Brescia.
- 78.1 km
- Distance
- 325 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 17 min
- Duration
- 49
- Check-ins
Open route VisitlakeiseoPista Ciclabile Brescia-Paratico
A valley cycleway of nearly 37 km ending at Paratico on Lake Iseo, past the campsites of Clusane and the Provaglio-Timoline stop.
- 36.9 km
- Distance
- 147 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 24 min
- Duration
- 45
- Check-ins
Brescia - Paratico Cycle Path
A signed cycle route from the centre of Brescia out to Lake Iseo, through the Franciacorta vineyards past Rodengo Saiano and Passirano.
- 36.9 km
- Distance
- 174 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 25 min
- Duration
- 45
- Check-ins
Open route VisitlakeiseoDa Rodengo Saiano tra le colline della Franciacorta
A long ride through the Franciacorta hills from Rodengo Saiano, among the vineyards above Lake Iseo.
- 73.0 km
- Distance
- 958 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 22 min
- Duration
- 27
- Check-ins
Verso l’altopiano di Ere passando per le cave di Botticino
A gravel route east of Brescia through the Botticino quarries, over the Passo della Fobbia and up to the Ere plateau, 1,756 m of climbing.
- 99.8 km
- Distance
- 1 622 m
- Ascent
- 10 h 23 min
- Duration
- 12
- Check-ins
In bici alla scoperta di Brescia
A flat city tour of Brescia, linking the historic centre and its InfoPoint with the Torre Coltrina lookout on the edge of town.
- 23.9 km
- Distance
- 46 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 10 min
- Duration
- 8
- Check-ins
In bici da Brescia verso la Franciacorta
A long, easy run from the city into the hills of the Franciacorta between Brescia and Lake Iseo, past Rodengo Saiano and its cascine.
- 51.9 km
- Distance
- 156 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 45 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Black route in Franciacorta
A short ride from Cellatica towards Gussago on lanes and field roads, with a steep optional spur to the Madonna della Stella sanctuary.
- 18.8 km
- Distance
- 98 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 45 min
- Duration
Open route VisitlakeiseoDa Brescia a Pontevico
A flat ride out of the city onto the plain, heading south through Verolanuova, with the castle and the old town worth a stop before you set off.
- 46.7 km
- Distance
- 22 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 12 min
- Duration
No routes of this kind in Brescia yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Percorso nero in Franciacorta
A short marked route on the Franciacorta hills west of Brescia, among vineyards and patches of woodland.
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Data sources
- Official website: gardalombardia.com ↗
- Routes and highlights: Visitbrescia, Visitlakeiseo, Visit Lake Iseo, Visitfranciacorta, Visitbergamo, in Lombardia
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