LAKE MAGGIORE

Duration 6 hours.

Excursion includes transfer from your hotel to the city of Stresa, motor-boating on the lake with visiting of Borromeo barroque palace with terraced gardens on the Bella island (visit of palace is possible from 15.03.2009 to 19.10.2009). , lunch on Pescatori island (if preffered) and return back to Milan.

Lake Maggiore, Italy’s second biggest lake. Acting as a watery boundary between two regions – Lombardy and Piedmont, Maggiore can also claim to be in two countries at once: its northern tip sits in Switzerland.

All of the Italian lakes have huge charm, and Maggiore – also called Verbano - is no exception. 34 miles from Milan’s Malpensa airport, Lake Maggiore is less glitzy than Como, less crowded than Garda, and is, on the whole, a more natural experience. Until you reach Stresa however, where the fantastical and the grandiose rule.