[ITALY.PIEMONTE 01602] 'Stones with a view.' While in high season tourists are trapped in the traffic on the road circling Lago Maggiore, a few hundred meters up you'll find perfect quietness. The Alto Verbano, here near Piancavallo, offers the best slopes for a hike. Photo Paul Smit.

[ITALY.PIEMONTE 01591] 'Old port.' The old port of Cannero-Riviera, that part of the Lago Maggiore shore where it resembles most the French Riviera. Photo Paul Smit.

[ITALY.PIEMONTE 01587] 'Cannero-Riviera.' At this spot the shore of Lago Maggiore so much resembles the French Riviera that in the end it was called after it. Photo Paul Smit.

[ITALY.PIEMONTE 01593] 'Goats with a view.' While in high season tourists are trapped in the traffic on the road circling Lago Maggiore, a few hundred meters up you'll find perfect quietness. Take a hike and share the marvellous panoramas with the goats. The Alto Verbano offers the best slopes for such walks. Photo taken near Piancavallo by Paul Smit.

[ITALY.PIEMONTE 01585] 'Cannobio.' An angler has just returned in the little port of Cannobio from a tour on the Lago Maggiore. It's the hour the tourists are looking for a place to eat. Photo Paul Smit.