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LAKE MAGGIORE ITALY│TOP 10 THINGS TO DO
VIDEO OF THE BEST THINGS TO DO IN LAKE MAGGIORE ITALY! STRESA, ISOLA BELLA, VILLA TARANTO, LAKE MAGGIORE BEACHES AND MORE! TIPS FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS ON LAKE MAGGIORE ITALY!
LAKE MAGGIORE - STRESA:
FIRST THING TO DO ON LAKE MAGGIORE ITALY: SPEND ONE DAY IN STRESA. STRESA IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS OF LAKE MAGGIORE! IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY LAKE MAGGIORE AND STRESA WERE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN ITALY: LORD BYRON, STENDHAL, CHARLES DICKENS, HEMINGHWAY AND MANY OTHER FAMOUS PERSONALITIES WERE ATTRACTED BY THE BEAUTY OF THIS SHORE OF LAKE MAGGIORE!
LAKE MAGGIORE ISOLA BELLA:
ANOTHER INTERESTING THING YOU CAN DO ON LAKE MAGGIORE ITALY, RIGHT IN FRONT OF STRESA, IS TO VISIT THE GORGEOUS ISOLA BELLA. THE ISOLA BELLA ON LAKE MAGGIORE IS A PERFECT COMBINATION OF ART AND NATURE IN A STUNNING PLACE! ALSO BELOVED BY HEMINGHWAY, WHO SET ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS NOVELS IN THIS HEAVENLY PLACE: "A FAREWELL TO ARMS"!
THE ISOLA BELLA LOOKS LIKE A LARGE VESSEL SAILING THE WATERS OF LAKE MAGGIORE, DRENCHED IN A MAGICAL ATMOSPHERE!
THE BORROMEAN PALACE OCCUPIES MOST OF THE SURFACE OF THE ISLAND, IT IS THE RESULT OF FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF WORK. ACROSS THE YEARS THE BEST ARTISTS HAVE TRANSFORMED THIS DESERTED SPUR INTO AN ICON OF THE BAROQUE ART IN ITALY. THE ISOLA BELLA PALACE HAS MORE THAN 100 ROOMS. THE RECEPTION FLOOR IS THE BEST PRESERVED PART OF THE PALACE, WHERE THERE IS THE GALLERY OF THE PAINTINGS: OVER 150 PIECES OF ART. IT'S CONSIDERED THE MUSEUM OF THE ISOLA BELLA!
HERE IN STRESA, IN THIS VERY PALACE ON THE ISOLA BELLA, LADY DIANA AND THE PRINCE CHARLES WERE INVITED. IN 1986, DURING ONE OF THEIR FIRST TRIPS TO LAKE MAGGIORE ITALY, THEY WERE HOSTED INSIDE THE PALACE BY THE BORROMEAN FAMILY.
THE GARDEN OF THE ISOLA HAS THE SHAPE OF AN AMPHITHEATRE. THERE ARE SEVERAL STATUES THAT REPRESENT THE FOUR CLASSICAL ELEMENTS: AIR, EARTH, FIRE, WATER. THERE ARE OBELISKS AND THE UNICORN, THE HERALDIC SYMBOL OF THE BORROMEAN FAMILY. THE GARDEN IS A SPECTACULAR BALCONY WHERE TO ADMIRE LAKE MAGGIORE, THE GULF OF STRESA AND THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS. STATUES, OBELISKS, FOUNTAINS, FLOWERBEDS AND STAIRWAYS HAVE BEEN ARTFULLY CREATED TO CELEBRATE THE POWER OF THE NOBLE BORROMEO FAMILY.
LAKE MAGGIORE - THE BOTANICAL GARDENS OF VILLA TARANTO:
THE BOTANICAL GARDENS OF VILLA TARANTO IS A SPECIAL PLACE, A WONDERFUL AND GARDEN THAT CAN'T BE COMPARED TO ANY OTHER IN ITALY. WE ARE IN VERBANIA, ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE MAGGIORE. IN VILLA TARANTO THERE ARE MORE THAN 20.000 BOTANICAL SPECIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THRIVE IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS, EACH ONE WITH ITS SPECIFIC MICROCLIMATE, EXPRESSLY REALIZED TO ALLOW VEGETATION TO GROW PROPERLY. MORE THAN 4 MILES OF WELL SIGNALED WALKWAYS ALLOWS 150.000 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR TO VISIT THE GARDENS OF VILLA TARANTO INDEPENDENTLY. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE GARDENS OF VILLA TARANTO IS THE AREA OF THE TERRACING, CHARACTERIZED BY THE TYPICAL GEOMETRIC SHAPES OF THE ITALIAN GARDENS, WITH FLOWERBEDS, FOUNTAINS AND WATER GAMES, AND WITH THE STATUE OF "THE FISHERMAN", BY THE NEAPOLITAN SCULPTOR VINCENZO GEMITO. WE ARE IN THE HEART OF THE CASTAGNOLA PROMONTORY OF LAKE MAGGIORE, SO CALLED BECAUSE ONCE THIS AREA WAS A HUGE CHESTNUT WOOD OF WHICH FEW TREES STILL ARE IN THE PARK. THE OLDEST IS FROM THE 17TH CENTURY.
THE BOTANICAL GARDENS OF VILLA TARANTO HOST MANY LOTUSES.
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LAKE MAGGIORE - ARONA:
ARONA IS ONE OF THE MAIN CITIES ON LAKE MAGGIORE. ARONA IS VERY POPULAR THANKS TO THE MANY RESTAURANTS, PUBS, THE PEDESTRIAN OLD TOWN AND THE BEAUTIFUL LAKEFRONT, AND THANKS TO ONE OF THE MAIN MONUMENTS OF LAKE MAGGIORE: THE STATUE OF SAINT CARLO BORROMEO, THE TALLEST STATUE IN THE WORLD FOR OVER 200 YEARS! THE STATUE OF SAINT CARLO OF ARONA IS 115 FEET TALL. NOWADAYS IT'S THE SECOND HIGHEST EMPTY INSIDE STATUES IN THE WORLD AFTER THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NEW YORK. ONCE YOU REACH THE TOP OF THE STATUE OF ARONA YOU’LL BE BREATHLESS FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE VIEW! https://www.statuasancarlo.it/
VILLA DELLA PORTA BOZZOLO
IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT TO DO WHEN ON HOLIDAY ON LAKE MAGGIORE, ITALY, HERE IS ANOTHER GREAT IDEA! ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF LAKE MAGGIORE YOU CAN VISIT THE VILLA DELLA PORTA BOZZOLO, A GREAT COUNTRY MANSION RENOVATED AND TRANSFORMED INTO AN ARISTOCRATIC DWELLING IN THE 18TH CENTURY! LOUNGES AND SITTING ROOMS, GALLERIES AND BEDROOMS WITH LIVELY FRESCOES WITH ILLUSIONISTIC PAINTED ARCHITECTURE, MYTHS AND ALLEGORIES, COLORFUL FLOWERS PAINTED EVERYWHERE. VILLA DELLA PORTA BOZZOLO IS A MASTERPIECE OF THE ROCOCÒ PERIOD, WITH ORIGINAL FURNISHINGS THAT RECREATE THE ATMOSPHERE OF A NOBLE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RESIDENCE.
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