Citta di Novara

It was just an idea that came to me at night before I went to Milano. Novara city is located between Torino and Milan (around 1 hour from Torino or 45 mins from Milan). It is also a junction when you want to go Switzerland from Genova. I went there by tricky idea. I bought ticket to Milan from Torino, but I stoped in Novara for 2 hours, and back to get next train to Milan. I don't know whether this idea is correct or not but I was successful to do it.

Novara is the 2nd largest population in Piamonte region after Torino. Although it was said 2nd largest, don't think that Novara is crowded city. It was really very calm, silent, and quite a lot old people. Even this city is not mentioned in yahoo travel. I did not see many young people with 'strange' style in this city. The main view of Novara is the big and tall tower of Basilica San Gaudenzio. It has 121 meters long with artistic design. You can see this tower form the station or from every parts of the city. The basilica itself is also nice. Instead of basilica with its tall tower, there is also duomo di Novara (catedral di Novara) which is very old. It is located near the basilica by crossing the downtown of the city. Near the duomo, there is a children park which will be very crowded of children during weekend. Novara views is very nice. In downtown, not many cars crossing the street so you can really enjoy your walk. When I was there, there was a ceremony held by red cross of italy dedicated for old people who helped the organization (I think), so, such a festival that rarely happen in that small city. There are also some other churches which are quite old and artistic in term of design in this city, so just visit this city. Just the problem is, when I tried to find a postcard of Novara, I could not find it. Oh ..

June 2, 2007