Just north of the Milan city center, Sesto San Giovanni will charm you with leafy parks and lively streets lined with alfresco cafes and dimly-lit wine bars. The neighborhood is known as Sesto by locals and is a fantastic place to experience urban Italian living. There are a handful of small museums and galleries to explore, as well as two beautiful public parks that offer a collective 3,000 acres of green space. Sesto San Giovanni is also a wonderful place to dive into Lombardy's flourishing food scene, which champions delicacies such as risotto alla Milanese, crispy fried polenta, ossobuco veal shanks, and buttery Panettone cake.