By Air

Novara is about 30 km from 'Milan Malpensa airport although there is no way of direct communication between the city and the airport due to the presence in the middle of the river Ticino.

By Train

The city is served by three railway stations.Vignale FS, a small station operated by the Ferrovie dello Stato (regional trains).Novara FS, the principal station of the Ferrovie dello Stato, Italy's national railway (regional, national and international trains).Novara Nord, the station operated by the LeNord railroad. The new station in via Leonardo da Vinci opened in 2005 (regional and high-speed trains (only 2006) trains).

By Road

Novara is linked to Turin and Milan by the A4 motorway (via the junctions Novara Ovest and Novara Est). The A26 motorway crosses most of Novara province, but there is not a junction that links it directly with Novara.To reach Novara from the A26, one must exit at Vercelli Est, but one can also reach Novara by way of the A4, which crosses the A26 at a junction. Novara is served by a system of dual-carriageway bypasses.The oldest such bypass is the Tangenziale Est, directly linked with the motorway junction Novara Est.In 2003, road works were completed on the Tangenziale Sud.

Novara Cathedral, Basilica of San Gaudenzio, Abbazia di San Nazzaro Coast, Broletto Novara

Novara Cathedral

is an imposing building in neoclassical style, built between 1863 and 1869 by architect Alessandro Antonelli.The building has undergone restoration work lasted 12 years and ended in November 2009 with the completion of the renovation of the Romanesque bell tower.The cathedral, together with the other sacred buildings connected to it, is located in the heart of the city in Republic Square , the site of a previous cathedral, Romanesque of  XI - XII century , dall Antonelli demolished to make way for new building.Ancient church, consecrated in 1132, have kept a part of the mosaic floor of the chancel ( XII century ) and some furniture and paintings.It dates from the twelfth century, the chapel dedicated to San Siro, next to the sacristy, with interesting frescoes.

Basilica of San Gaudenzio

was built on the highest point of Novara between 1577 and 1690 following the destruction ordered by Charles V, the old church outside the walls, far from the existing 841, located at the beginning of the Viale XX Settembre.The design was entrusted to Pellegrino Tibaldi, which can be attributed to the marked verticality of the building and a sense of vigorous plasticity emanating from the front and sides, driven by both niches, windows and columns projecting powerfully.The entrance of the basilica, of monumental proportions, is closed by a door in walnut worked with rosettes, heads of cast iron, designed by Alessandro Antonelli, who also designed the imposing dome 121 meters high, completed in 1887.

Abbazia di San Nazzaro Coast

is a religious complex constituted by the Church of Saints Nazzaro and Celso and the nearby monastery , situated in the vicinity of the cemetery, on a modest rise of land called the Hill of Victory, from which the name "the coast".The first historical records proving the existence of a church in San Nazzaro "de coasts" are the 1124 and 1155 - 1157 but you are sure of the existence of a church dedicated to the holy martyr, situated outside the city walls, since the tenth century.A church is located next to the Historical Museum Novarese "Aldo Rossini," which opened in 1965 and aimed to preserve, enhance and pass on the memory of the fighters of the city and the province of Novara.The hill on which stands the complex also serves as the Memorial Park area and is monumental summary of the battles of Novara from 1848 to 1945.

Broletto Novara

is a medieval architectural complex consists of four historic buildings sprung up in different eras with different styles of art and not consistent with each other, arranged in a quadrangle around a courtyard (or "Arengo") center. It is located in the city center a short walk from the Duomo , is accessed through an archway from the Republic Square (south) and a second bow Course Italy (north).Always focus of civic life town, the Broletto was also home to the prison and later the craft guilds and now houses the civic museums and a Gallery of Modern Art, also held there, and temporary exhibitions during the summer at the cinema 'open. The complex is built on public land. Originally the area was bordered by hedges, before they built the four buildings.

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