The lake  
Lake Maggiore offers unique beaches thanks to the beautiful surroundings in which it is situated: the green of the mountains and the colours of the gardens reflect into the intense blue of the water. It is daily possible to make excursions and guided visitations to cities and to the lake islands. Possibility to rent bicycles, little private boats, motor boats and sailing boats.The navigation of Lake Maggiore offers night cruises on motor ships with dance and live music. All included with well organised bar- and restaurant service.

 The islands  
The Borromean Islands offer numerous attractions. Isola Bella, seen on the picture, presents a beautiful palace to visit with its famous gardens, the terraces with blossoming azalea’s, rododendro’s and camelia’s. L’ Isola Superiore “dei Pescatori” constitutes an onforgettable impression of hospitality with its typical alleys which are covered with little round stones, with the houses that lean one to the other, with the little harbour and the nets hanging in the sun.
Infact the islands were visit trough out the centuries by intellectuals, poets, writers and they were portrait painted. For the palaces of Isola Bella and Isola Madre famous international architects came over and numerous gardeners were working there for decades to create an authentic Eden from rocks laying in the water: the fertile grond was also brought from the coast.

  Trips  
The entire province is spread out with typical locations, mountains and lakes. The Cascata del Toce waterfall, seen on the picture, the mediaevel villages of Valle Ossola (for ex. Vogogna with its mediaeval castle), the Sacre Monte, recenty named Patrimonio dell’Umanità dell’Unesco and the musea of the landscape. There are also excursions by cable car, cabin- and chair lift; from the cable car Stresa-Mottarone till the one that brings you to Monte Moro in front of the majestic eastern site of the Monte Rosa. To conclude we name Villa Pallavicino, just ouside of Stresa at a few km distance of the residence. This centenarian old park is turned into a zoo.