Capital of its province and the second biggest city in Piedmont after Turin, Novara is in a strategic location for commerce and has much to offer tourists. 

Surrounded by picturesque hills, the city is at the crossroads of the area between Milan, Turin, Genoa and Switzerland, and is the starting point for a range of tours of cultural, historical and artistic interest. The local food and wine are renowned, and there is a variety of possibilities for leisure activities.

Features of the city are long tree-lined boulevards, the so-called baluardi, columns of serizzo (a type of granite), paved and cobbled streets, and trottatoie (the strips of flat stone once laid on cobbled streets to facilitate the passage of carriage wheels), as well as a number of historic buildings. Cultural sights include the bronze monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Piazza Martiri della Libertà, Palazzo Orelli, the Cathedral, the Baptistery, the Basilica of San Gaudenzio, and the complex of the Broletto (medieval municipal hall).

This area in the heart of Piedmont between the Sesia and Ticino rivers has been poetically called “the Gentle Land”, and is characterised by rice fields where the green hills sweep down to the plain, and tranquil villages with a strong agricultural and craft tradition.

To discover the history, culture and traditions of the Novara area, the visitor should explore its characteristic small towns, burghs like Borgomanero, Ghemme and Romagnano Sesia, which are full of interest and should not be missed on a tour of discovery of the province.

Visits to the Dome of San Gaudenzio in Novara restart

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Lake Maggiore, From 27 April to 24 November 2024

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Lakescapes 2024

Lake Maggiore, From 27 April to 24 November 2024

The Novara Hills Earth Market is born

Colline Novaresi, From 13 April to 1 December 2024

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The beautiful countryside around Lake Maggiore offers peerless convention facilities. With its natural and artistic beauties boasts a long tradition in the meeting and convention hosting sector with many excellent venues and services, and unrivalled hospitality facilities. Quality, hospitality and the varied and beautiful scenery make it one of the preferred destinations for visitors from all around the world.