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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 01681] 'In the gardens of Isola Bella.' View over Lago Maggiore from the gardens of Isola Bella, indeed the 'beautiful island.' Photo Paul Smit.](/img/spacer.gif "Smit & Palarczyk > [ITALY.PIEMONTE 01681] 'In the gardens of Isola Bella.' View over Lago Maggiore from the gardens of Isola Bella, indeed the 'beautiful island.' Photo Paul Smit.")
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'Round-trip-boat.'
At the Lago Maggiore the round-trip-boats, connecting important sights and towns all around the lake, are exclusively aimed at summer tourists, therefore offering no good alternative to the car out of season. Neither do they sail in the evening. Which make them no true part of public transport, as is the case at some lakes in the northern Alps. Photo Paul Smit. [ITALY.PIEMONTE 01713]
'Round-trip-boat.'
At the Lago Maggiore the round-trip-boats, connecting important sights and towns all around the lake, are exclusively aimed at summer tourists, therefore offering no good alternative to the car out of season. Neither do they sail in the evening. Which make them no true part of public transport, as is the case at some lakes in the northern Alps. Photo Paul Smit. filename: 1713 |
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