LAKE MAGGIORE
Situated between Lombardy, Piedmont and Switzerland, it is one of Italy’s most stunning and historically important lakes, with breathtaking landscapes, verdant nature and little masterpieces of art.
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The Lombard bank of Lake Maggiore is a succession of villages and unspoilt nature. Ideal places for an in-depth visit or a weekend of sport or relaxation.
Mother nature is sovereign in Alto Verbano. Monteviasco can only be reached on foot or by cableway from Ponte di Piero. This village is famous for its 18th century mills placed in a natural setting. The extraordinary position of Maccagno offers a vantage point over Lake Maggiore. Here the onlooker’s gaze can reach out to the Swiss shore, on one side, and Stresa, on the other. Luino is a instead a multifaceted town with an enchanting lake front. The picturesque, colorful and worldwide known Luino market is held every Wednesday.
Trompe l’oeil frescos, five centuries of pictorial cycles, spontaneous and organised murals: colour is everywhere in and around Laveno Mombello. Nestled against the mountain-side, with a sheer drop below to the lake, the Eremo di Santa Caterina del Sasso hermitage can be reached down steep steps from the group of houses above, with a lift dug out of the rock, or via the lake. A large number of pictorial cycles inside and outside the church walls cover a period from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century. The view out over the lake is unforgettable.
Finds from the Iron Age, evidence of the Ice Age, monuments of industrial archaeology, dolls from the eighteenth century to date: lower Lake Maggiore. One of the last examples of flooded forests in Lombardy, the Oasi della Bruschera alternates stretches of water with paths through trees and rushes. With its five factory buildings, built between the twelfth and seventeenth century, the Rocca di Angera stands guardian of the Lake Maggiore.
- Discover Lombardy
- LAKE MAGGIORE
Experiences
Lago Maggiore Unspoilt landscapes
- Lakes

From Lake Ceresio to Lake Maggiore through Valcuvia
- Parks

Brebbia and the pipe factory
- Art & Culture

Park of Tenuta La Quassa and the Ispra Kilns
- Parks

Lago Maggiore Artist’s brushstrokes
- Lakes

Sesto Calende
- Active & Green

Lago Maggiore Old stories
- Lakes

Luino
- Lakes

Vacation at Lombardy Lakes
- Lakes

Places
The Abbey of San Donato
- Religious Tourism

The hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso
- Religious Tourism

Park of the Ticino Valley
- Parks

Laveno
- Lakes

Civico Museo Parisi Valle
- Art & Culture

Village of Maccagno
- Villages

Necropoli di Caravate
- Art & Culture

Where to sleep
CAMPING OKAY LIDO
Sesto Calende

HOTEL DAVID
Sesto Calende

HOTEL FUNIVIA
Laveno-Mombello

HOTEL DEL CONTE
Laveno-Mombello

ALBERGO PAVONE
Angera

HOTEL PONTI&PONTI
Angera

LIDO DI MONVALLE
Monvalle

ALBERGO PARADISO
Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca

HOTEL DEL PARCO SRL
Sesto Calende

HOTEL IL PORTICCIOLO
Laveno-Mombello

HOTEL TORRE IMPERIALE
Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca

INTERNATIONAL CAMPING ISPRA S.R.L.
Ispra

IL SOLE DI RANCO
Ranco

HOTEL DE CHARME LAVENO
Laveno-Mombello

ALBERGO DEL SOLE
Porto Valtravaglia

HOTEL EUROPA
Ispra

LOCANDA POZZETTO
Laveno-Mombello

CAMIN HOTEL LUINO SRL
Luino

IL BELVEDERE DI RANCO SRL
Ranco

CAMIN HOTEL COLMEGNA
Luino

How to arrive
BY PLANE
Milano Malpensa 23 km, Linate 80 km, Orio al Serio 106 km
BY TRAIN
trenitalia.com
trenord.it
BY CAR
Autostrada A8
Autostrada E62
BY BOAT
navigazionelaghi.it
Information
INFOPOINT LUINO
Via della Vittoria
T. +39 0332 530019
INFOPOINT LAVENO MOMBELLO
Piazzale Europa, 1
T. +39 0332 667223
INFOPOINT SESTO CALENDE
Viale Italia, 6
T. +39 0331 919874
INFOPOINT VARESE
Piazza Monte Grappa, 5
T. +39 0332 281913
INFOPOINT LAVENA PONTE TRESA
Via Ungheria, 2
T. +39 0332 180 6862
INFOPOINT PORTO CERESIO
Via Mazzini, 26
T. +39 0332 181 7522
TOURISM SITE
doyoulake.it
vareseturismo.it
vareselandoftourism.it
angera.it
Useful numbers
EMERGENCY
112
HOSPITAL
Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi
Varese
T. +39 0332 278111
Ospedale Filippo Del Ponte
Varese
T. +39 0332 299111
Ospedale Causa Pia Luvini
Cittiglio (VA)
T. +39 0332 607111
Ospedale Angelo Bellini
Somma Lombardo (VA)
T. +39 0331 751111
Ospedale Luini Confalonieri
Luino (VA)
T. +39 0332 539111
POLICE
Comando Provinciale Varese
Via Aurelio Saffi, 55, Varese
T. +39 0332 4501