Lake Maggiore

Overview

Discover Lake Maggiore: Private Tours, Experiences & Custom Travel

Lake Maggiore is Italy's second largest lake and home to many garden covered islands including Isola Bella, Isola Madre and many other gardens like the Villa Taranto.

The lake is a popular summer retreat for the Milan nobility as well as the French, German and Swiss who come to enjoy the fantastic scenery and rich, tropical plant life that this area of Italy is famous for, due to the micro-climate that exists here and causes rare and tropical plants to grow.

There are some stunning hotels in this area and fantastic spas. Stresa is the largest town on the lake and the most beautiful.

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Lake Maggiore Through Our Eyes

Photographed during our own travels and research, these images follow the journey through Lake Maggiore, from the first view of the landscape to the small details that give the place its character.

Stresa Italy

Borromeo Gardens

Isola Bella

Palazzo Borromeo

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Hotels

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Hotel Verbano

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The Verbano Hotel is located on the picturesque Isola dei Pescatori (Fishermen’s Island) in the hear...

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Stresa

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Villa Mayfair

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Villa Lushes

3 Beds 4 Baths 7

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Villa Willows

3 Beds 4 Baths 6

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Villa Lumsdens

4 Beds 6 Baths 8

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The Road to Lake Maggiore

Most of our guests arrive by private car, with a driver who knows these roads and where it is worth stopping along the way. These are the journeys we arrange most often.

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