Our next trip to Franciacorta

When we want to escape from our daily routine and from our usual places without going too far, we usually make a quick ride to Franciacorta.
It’s a gorgeous small region located between Brescia and Bergamo, coming from Verona it’s about 100km in the direction of Milan. It’s very easy to reach driving the A4 highway from Venice to Milan, taking exit Rovato.
The main features of Franciacorta are first of all the beautiful rolling hills, the amazing ancient villas (most of them now converted into relais or restaurants), the charme of Lake Iseo, some very romantic old villages and the local wines, named Franciacorta wines. The wine producers have also created the Wine Route of Franciacorta with the possibility to visit the wineries.
So today – in a moment of “need to escape” – we decided that next Saturday we will drive to Franciacorta, taking a walk around Lake d’Iseo, then we will drive around trying to discover some new villages, pass by our favourite small family owned winery (Barboglio de Gaioncelli) and finally we will go and sit somewhere in a fancy place and drink a Franciacorta Satèn as an aperitive.
I really can’t wait till Saturday!…