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Consorzio Parco delle Groane
Via della Polveriera, 2
20020 Solaro (MI)
Tel: 02/9698141
Fax: 02/96790196
E-mail: info@parcogroane.it
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Visitor Centers
\"Park
 This is the Park Seat and is situated at the km 14 of the SS road Bustese, between Solaro and the Villaggio Brollo.
It is the result of the conversion of a pre-existing military place (a munition deposit) whose dormitories have been replaced with the offices of the Consorzio, and whose refectory with the conference hall and the welcome center for the public, where information about the Park are provided.
In the holidays, the volunteers of the Park keep an information point open. A new great hall dedicated to exhibitions and to environmental education is under construction.
From the Park Center, a number of cycle-ways leave both towards the North and the South.

From 1st July 2002, the opening hours of the offices in the Park Center "Polveriera" in Solaro will be the following:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9.00 a.m. to midday
Tuesday from 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

  • Address: Via della Polveriera, 2 (Str. Statale 527 Km. 14) - Solaro (MI)
    Tel. and Fax 02/9698141
  • Services offered: information service, meeting and/or conference hall (150 seats), lab, guided visits service.

Park Center Oasi Cesano "Alex Langer"
Managed by LIPU
The Park Center has been recently inaugurated, and it consists of a meeting hall, a didactic lab, and an exhibit space. It has prepared a calendar of educational and didactic events, which can be consulted on the web site (Italian text). It is a wooden building entirely built with the funds of the Municipality of Cesano Maderno and at the disposal of the town for all the actions regarding sustainability, within the project of Agenda 21, also shared with the Municipalities of Seveso, Desio, and Meda: visit the web site Centro Parco Oasi Cesano (Italian text).
  • How to reach it
    From Milano or Como take the old SS road n. 35 (dei Giovi-Comasina) or the superhighway leading to Meda, until Cesano Maderno, and then follow the directions for getting to the Oasi.

  • By train
    Cesano Maderno is directly linked to Milano, Como, and Brianza, through the Ferrovie Lombarde FNM, Milano Seveso line: the railway station is situated at one kilometer from the Oasi.
 

Agricultural Cooperative "Il Sentiero"
  It is a biological agricultural firm in Cesate (behind the town sportsground), where there are services for the tourists (company outlet, information on the Park, bike hire service, catering).
Via Dante, 108 - 20020 Cesate (MI) Tel. 02/99069037
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