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FEATURE (Category: Europe | Alps | Italy | Switzerland | summer | water | lakes | scenic drives)
Italy/Switzerland: Lago Maggiore
Italy/Switzerland: Lago Maggiore
In the sixties and seventies the Swiss shore was a meeting place for artists and the rich. The money is still there, but got older. Where hip galleries used to be now you encounter expensive pharmacies. But the azure coloured lake, Riviera-like shores and surrounding valleys never lost their attractiveness. The largest part of the lake is in Italy and nothing has changed there. The beauty of its islands like Isola Bella is timeless. Lakeside resort Stresa still dreams of the return of its belle epoque. And subtropical botanical gardens, hidden monasteries and proud castles dot the shores as they did before.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [ITALY.PIEMONTE 01527] 'Isola di San Giulio.' The romanesque basilica of San Giulio at Isola di San Giulio in Lago d'Orta. Its interior contains some beautiful frescoes. Photo Paul Smit.](/img/spacer.gif "Smit & Palarczyk > [ITALY.PIEMONTE 01527] 'Isola di San Giulio.' The romanesque basilica of San Giulio at Isola di San Giulio in Lago d'Orta. Its interior contains some beautiful frescoes. Photo Paul Smit.")
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'Alessi for half prize.'
Close to the Lago Maggiore the Lago d'Orta is situated. In Crusalino, still before arriving at that lake, you cannot miss the Alessi factory. In front of its door a giant corkscrew 'Anna G.' looks down on you. The factory shop sells design thingummies with little defects for low prices, like the famous singing teakettle with the bird or the sparkling fallus being a gas lighter. Photo Paul Smit. [ITALY.PIEMONTE 01651]
'Alessi for half prize.'
Close to the Lago Maggiore the Lago d'Orta is situated. In Crusalino, still before arriving at that lake, you cannot miss the Alessi factory. In front of its door a giant corkscrew 'Anna G.' looks down on you. The factory shop sells design thingummies with little defects for low prices, like the famous singing teakettle with the bird or the sparkling fallus being a gas lighter. Photo Paul Smit. All rights reserved. No permission for reproduction, including copying or saving of digital image files or text, is granted without prior written authorisation from the author.
