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Milanese excursions: Cusago and its farm houses

Posted in Milan, Uncategorized on January 29th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment

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Recently, I was back in Milan very briefly for a special occasion. More specifically, I was in Cusago, a municipality in the Province of Milan, about 11 km away –to the west- from the central commune of Milan itself.

From the couple of hours I spent there, what I have gathered about Cusago is that it is a less hectic commune than Milan, and that it is more like the countryside with a variety of farm houses turned either into local locandas / trattorias (restaurants) cooking home-cooked, authentic meals; or beauty farms –not spas-, offering solitude and health treatments to their clients. There are also many storage houses, as well as large logistic companies. Thus, it is a half industrial half solitary, silent commune.

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