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Lake Ma ggiore and surrounding mountains Sales Guide 2016 . 2017 Sales Guide Highlights Quick Guide 2016 / 2017 Contents

BORROMEO ISLANDS Central Lago Incontrovertibly the heart of Lago Maggiore and a place of art “par excellence”: Isola Bella, and . Situated in the Gulf of Borromeo, all three of them have fascinated people throughout history: with the art and culture of a great ruling dynasty: the General Information 4 Borromeo family. There are so many attractions for the visitor to wonder at: grandiose ter- Map raced gardens with palazzo, an authentic fishing village with picturesque houses, one of the most spectacular botanic gardens anywhere in the world with many exotic plants – and so Travel information Isola dei Pescatori much more. Taxiboats, Shipyards and Boat Rental Services Coach Rental Services Villa Taranto -Pallanza Golf Courses A villa built in the 1830s by a Scot, Captain Neil McEacharn, and in the meantime one of the richest botanical gardens in the world. With thousands of plant species – eucalyptus, azalea, Events rhododendron, magnolia, maple, camellia and dahlia, it stretches over an area measuring 16 hectares. Upper Lago 9 Parco Nazionale Val Grande Valleys Central Lago 13 This national park situated between the Val d’Ossola, the Val Vigezzo and Lago Maggiore The Gardens of Villa Taranto measures 15,000 hectars and is noted as the largest integrated natural wild reserve in ; Lower Lago 19 here nature has been preserved in all its primal wildness. East Shore and 22 Isola di S. Giulio Legend has it that S. Giulio was a dangerous snakes’ nest transformed by St Julius in 390 AD The Swiss part of the Lake 27 into a centre of the Christian mission. Its is noted as one of the most out- standing Romanesque buildings in the whole of . Ossola Valleys 30 Ossola Valleys The boundary between Italy and runs along the ridge of this high mountain Lake Orta 36 Isola di San Giulio with an altitude of 15,200 feet. It is the second highest mountain in the , separating the Gressoney Valley in the Valle d’Aosta from the Val . The highest mountain station in , Vineyards Europe is situated here at 14,957 feet, the “Rifugio Margherita”. and Paddy Fields 40 Alpe Veglia e Alpe Devero Nature Park ALPE VEGLIA E ALPE DEVERO NAT URE PARK Ossola Valleys Nature 46 This nature park at the Swiss border, dominated by the towering skyline of the Alpe Veglia and Alpe Devero, is fascinating for its diversity of vegetation: with waterfalls, rivers, lakes, and Hotels 48 above all vast stretches of untouched countryside with the Cascata di Buscagna and the Lago di Codelago; a thrilling experience, and not only for nature lovers. Camping 60 Villa Pallavicino B&B and more 62 Monte Rosa The villa gardens extend over an area of more than 16 hectares and form the “balcony” of Lago Your contact: Maggiore. Visitors young and old can delight in its glorious world of plants and a zoological Local Services 76 Maggioni Tourist Marketing garden with more than 40 species of animals from all over the world – white swans, rare Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Straße 3 ducks, cranes, fallow deer and pheasants. Gastronomy 10407 Berlin Excursions Telephone +49 (0)30 440 44 398 General Upper Lago Fax +49 (0)30 420 88 582 Information These ancient fortifications rise up out of the water between and . Meeting – Conference e-mail [email protected] They were built between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries and are divided up onto two Incoming agencies www.maggioni-tm.de Upper, Central, islands. In their time, they served as a place of refuge for the feared robber baron family of the Tourist guidance Lower Mazzarditi, before the Borromeo family put a stop to their games and usurped them of their Lago Maggiore possessions. Imprint 87 Sacri Monti – Orta – – Varese East Shore Castelli di Cannero Four places of pilgrimage in the overall region of Lago Maggiore, the so-called “Sacri Monti”, Isola Bella, Isola dei Pescatori and Varese have been declared world heritage sites by the Unesco. Each “Sacro Monte” consists of several chapels along the Way of the Cross; step by step they lead up the mountain into the natural The Swiss part landscape, as if by reaching the top the pilgrim has come as close as possible to God. of the Lake Santa Caterina del Sasso East Shore and Varese The monastery of Santa Caterina del Sasso is indubitably one of the most beautiful and popu- lar sightseeing attractions on the Lombardian side of the lake. It lies between Arolo and Reno Ossola Valleys on a rocky promontory above Lago Maggiore and is accessible by ship and by car. The monas- Rocca di tery itself can be viewed best from the water, but when you climb down the many steps from the car park above the monastery, you are rewarded with a breathtaking view onto the lake. Lake Orta Rocca di Angera East Shore and Varese The Rocca of Angera was built on the remains of a previous castle and inhabited in the thir- Novara, teenth and fourteenth centuries by the Visconti; it was extended and then acquired by the Vineyards and Borromeo family, who still own it today. Fascinating art treasures can be seen inside the castle, Paddy Fields among them the frescoes of the Sala di Giustizia in the Visconti Wing.

SAN GAUDENZIO DOME Novara, Vineyards and Paddy Fields Hotels Novara’s most important church is the Basilica di San Gaudenzio built in 1659 with architec- ture by Pellegrino Tibaldi. Its dome is 397 feet high, the city’s landmark, heralding from afar the approach to the city. It is also a work of (completed in 1888) and crowned by a gilded figure of Christ. Inside, one of its most interesting features is the Scurolo, a kind of Local Services San Gaudenzio Dome ground-level crypt, holding the mortal remains of Novara’s patron saint, St. Gaudenzio.

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GETTING THERE Because of its favourable geographical position in the north of Italy at the Swiss border, the region Motorway (Autobahn) information of Lago Maggiore is very easy to reach for travellers from the Britsh Isles and Nothern Europe. () bis.bmvbs.de BY CAR/BUS Motorway (Autobahn) information From the Mont Blanc tunnel via the A5 – A4 and A26 motorways in Italy, to Lago Maggiore (Switzerland) www.autobahnen.ch or Lake Orta. From via the St. Gotthard motorway to on the Swiss side of Lago Maggiore. Motorway (autostrada) information (Italy) Switzerland Then across the border at Piaggio Valmara and on via federal road 34 along the shore of Lago www.autostrade.it Maggiore. Motorway (autoroute) information From Basel via direction a) Lötschberg Tunnel or b) direction , Sion, Brig to the () . From there to Domodossola on federal road 33 to the Ossola Valleys, Lago www.autoroutes.fr Maggiore or Lago d’Orta. From Lindau (D) /Bregenz (A) via Chur/St. Bernardino motorway to Locarno (CH). From Locarno as described above. From via A8 or A26 motorways to for the East Shore of Lago Maggiore.

Switzerland BY TRAIN Train information (Germany) Via Paris with the TGV high speed train to Milan. From Milan to Lago Maggiore via rail route www.bahn.de Train information (Switzerland) Milan-Domodossola. www.sbb.ch From Basel, rail route Basel-Milan via the to Domodossola or Verbania or Stresa. Train information (France) www.sncf.fr BY PLANE Train information (Italy) The three Milan airports: Malpensa (MXP), Linate (LIN) and (BGY) are flown to from www.trenitalia.it nearly all European airports, including low-cost airlines, also full-service airlines. Malpensa air- port is the most conveniently situated at only 20 km from the southern part of the lake. Further information and air traffic Italy www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/en MXP www.sacbo.it Regular bus shuttle services connect the airport with train station (railway route www.-airport.com Milan-Domodossola) and with Milan Central Station (Stazione Centrale). The train shuttle service, the Malpensa Express, connects the airport with the Milan Cadorna and Centrale Further information station. The Swiss regional rail line S30 connects the airport with via Laveno www.malpensaexpress.it and . The bus shuttle service Alibus connects the airport with the West side of Lago Shuttle-Service Alibus Maggiore, it runs several times daily; reservations required - by e-mail or telephone. Malpensa-Stresa-Verbania Telephone (+39) 0323 552172 e-mail [email protected] LIN/BGY www.safduemila.com/alibus-2016- A bus shuttle service connects the two airports with Milan Central Station (Stazione Centrale). malpensa.lagomaggiore.html Trains for Lago Maggiore leave here at least every hour (e.g. to Arona, Stresa, Verbania and Malpensa-Domodossola Telephone (+39) 03239 0324 240333 Domodossola). On request, direct transfers can be arranged to Lago Maggiore. Please contact e-mail [email protected] the incoming agents listed here. www.comazzibus.com TRN Turin Airport is situated about 130 km from Lago Maggiore. It has flight connections solely General with the largest European airports. Information LOCAL SERVICES LOCAL TRANSPORT Central Tourism Authority of Upper, Central, Various options of public transport are available in the region around Lago Maggiore: by ship the Region of Upper, Central Lower on Lago Maggiore and Lago d’Orta; also train and bus. Among the most impressive are jour- and Lower Lago Maggiore, Lago Maggiore neys on the Vigezzina railway or by ship. Lake Orta and Ossola Valleys Distretto turistico dei Laghi East Shore By Ship Via dell’Industria, 25 BY TRAIN 28924 Verbania Fondotoce (VB) and Varese Lago Maggiore Shipping Company: Italian State Railways: Trenitalia Telephone (+39) 0323 30416 Call Centre (+39) 06 68475475 Navigazione Lago Maggiore e-mail [email protected] www.distrettolaghi.it www.trenitalia.com Direzione di Esercizio V.le Baracca 1 The Swiss part 28041 Arona - NO Central Tourism Authority of the of the Lake Regional Railways: Telephone (+39) 0322 233200 Region Novara www.trenord.it Fax (+39) 0322 249530 ATL Novara e-mail [email protected] Baluardo Quintino Sella 40 Rail route: Milan-Arona-Stresa-Verbania- www.navlaghi.it 28100 Novara Ossola Valleys Domodossola-Simplon-Brig (CH) Telephone (+39) 0321 394059 Lago d’Orta Shipping Company: Rail route: Novara-Orta/- e-mail [email protected] Navigazione Lago d’Orta srl www.turismonovara.it -Domodossola Via Curotti 36 Central Tourism Authority of the Lake Orta Rail route: Milan-Luino-Bellinzona (CH) 28887 Omegna - VB Region East shore and Varese Rail route: Milan-Laveno and Milan-Varese Telephone (+39) 345 5170005 Settore Turismo - Provincia di Varese Fax (+39) 0323 861018 21100 Varese e-mail [email protected] Novara, Regionalbahn SSIF Vigezzina-Bahn Telephone (+39) 0332 252412 Vineyards and www.navigazionelagodorta.it e-mail [email protected] Rail route: www.vareselandoftourism.it Paddy Fields Domodossola-Santa Maria Maggiore By BUS Central Tourism Authority of (Val Vigezzo)- (CH)-Locarno (CH) Three bus companies connect all locati- the Region Locarno, ons throughout the province. Junctions are Hotels Via Mizzoccola 9 Switzerland 28845 Domodossola - VB Domodossola and Verbania. Ascona-Locarno Tourism Telephone (+39) 0324 242055 Further information and timetables for the Incoming & Hospitality Novara 25 km e-mail [email protected] Postfach - CH - 6600 Locarno www.vigezzina.com region’s overall public transport network: Telephone +41 (0)848 091091 Local Services www.lagomaggioreexpress.com www.vcoinbus.it e-mail [email protected] www.ascona-locarno.com

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TAx i boATS Coach rental services Upper, Central, Consorzio Motoscafisti Summer Boat Consorzio Motoscafisti Associati - Upper, Central, Novara, vineyards Beltramini e Gianoli P.zza IV Novembre, – VB Stresatours Vie XXV Aprile 15 – – VA Lower Lago Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 924742 Via Bolongaro 3, Stresa – VB Lower Lago, and Paddy Fields Telephone (+39) 0331 958122 Taxi Boat del Lago Mob. (+39) 336 240655 Mob. (+39) 339 6790707/ 339 2280347 Ossola Valleys Fax (+39) 0331 959273 Cannobio – VB e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 33103 Pirazzi Autoservizi e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 70595 www.summerboats.it e-mail [email protected] Almatour Via Marconi 28 – – NO www.beltraminiegianoli.com Mob. (+39) 331 9597143 www.stresatours.com Via alla Cartiera 52 – Verbania – VB Telephone (+39) 0322 58003 Consorzio Isole Borromeo e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 572600 Fax (+39) 0322 589816 Piazzale Funivia, Carciano di Stresa – VB Consorzio Motoscafisti Lake Tours Castano Turismo e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 552984 e-mail [email protected] Via Merano, 15 – Varese Telephone (+39) 348 3193627 Piazza Marconi, Stresa – VB e-mail [email protected] www.pirazzi.it Battello “Cannero Riviera” Mob. (+39) 347 4840697 Telephone (+39) 0323 31480 Telephone (+39) 0332 830000 Mob. (+39) 338 6047849 www.almatour.it Fax (+39) 0332 235280 Via delle Magnolie 6, Cannero Riviera – VB e-mail [email protected] Autoservizi S.A.F. Telephone (+39) 0323 788112 www.isoleborromee.com Fax (+39) 0323 32503 e-mail [email protected] Via Novara, 12 – – NO Mob. (+39) 339 2153073 e-mail [email protected] Autoservizi S.A.F. www.castanobus.it Telephone (+39) 0322 863117 Fax (+39) 0323 1970321 Consorzio Motoscafisti Stresa Lido 2000 www.laketours.it Via alla Cartiera, 39 – Verbania – VB Fax (+39) 0322 863477 e-mail [email protected] Viale Lido 4/A, Carciano di Stresa – VB Telephone (+39) 0323 552172 ICare Limo & Coach Services Isole Lago Maggiore e-mail [email protected] www.lagotaxi.it Telephone (+39) 0323 934377 Piazza Marconi, Stresa – VB Fax (+39) 0323 552165 Flughafen Mailand Malpensa Mob. (+39) 347 7816453 www.safduemila.com Mob. (+39) 348 5138441 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0331 701160 Partyboat “La Zattera” Fax (+39) 0323 933056 e-mail [email protected] www.safduemila.com Fax (+39) 0331 1986882 Via della Maestra 21, Cannero Riviera – VB e-mail [email protected] www.isolelagomaggiore.com Myshuttle e-mail [email protected] Mob. (+39) 345 4646552 www.stresa.net/lido2000 Via A. Costa, 8/E – Novara Fax (+39) 0323 1970321 Borroni Events www.icarelimo.it Telephone (+39) 0321 624840 e-mail [email protected] C.so Umberto I, 4 – Stresa – VB Consorzio Interlaghi: Navigazione Isole L ake orTA Fax (+39) 0321 397417 www.partyboat.it Borromee, Telephone (+39) 0323 30251 Italian Limousine Service e-mail [email protected] Lago Maggiore A.L.A & Lago d’Orta Consorzio Navigazione Servizio Pubblico Fax (+39) 0323 33398 Via XXII marzo 1 – Gallarate – VA Lago Maggiore Boats Via A. Rosmini 13, Stresa – VB e-mail [email protected] www.myshuttle.net Telephone (+39) 0331 297070 Verbania-Pallanza – VB Mob. (+39) 348 5138441 www.borronievents.it Fax (+39) 0331 799341 Mob. (+39) 340 2455815 Piazza Motta 1, 28016 Orta San Guilio – NO e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Mob. (+39) 336 236132 Telephone (+39) 333 6050288 East shore and Varese www.lagomaggioreorta.com AED Scuola & Vacanze www.italianlimousinenetwork.com e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.lagomaggioreboat.it www.motoscafisti.com via Francia G. 28 – – VB Airpullman Noleggi Telephone (+39) 333 7045567 Via Giusti 84 – – VA Morandi Srl Noleggio Autobus Fax (+39) 0323 880269 Telephone (+39) 0331 258411 Gran Turismo e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0331 251777 Via Dandolo 1 – Varese Shipyards and Boat rental services www.aedscuolaevacanze.it e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 831350 www.airpullman.com Fax (+39) 0332 284627 Upper, Central, Polaris Yacht Servizi Turistici WindyWaves Autoservizi Comazzi e-mail [email protected] Via Mazzini 2, – VB c/o Nautica Lavazza, – VA Via Nosere 49 – Domodossola – VB www.moranditour.it Lower lago Telephone (+39) 348 5826383 Telephone (+39) 0331 796475 / 339 5279209 Telephone (+39) 0324 240333 Marina Banano e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 02 700551836 Fax (+39) 0324 240982 www.polarisyacht.it e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via delle Magnolie 6 (Harbour Residence Hapimag) www.windywaves.com Cannero Riviera – VB La Societa’ delle Regate 1858 www.comazzibus.com Telephone (+39) 0323 788112 Via G. Mazzini 23, Belgirate – VB Nautica Mob. (+39) 345 4646458 Telephone (+39) 0323 31266 Via G. Carducci 575, Ispra – VA Fax (+39) 0323 1970321 Fax (+39) 0323 932721 Telephone (+39) 0332 781663 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0332 784105 Golf Courses www.marinabanano.it www.lasocietadelleregate1858.com e-mail [email protected] www.nauticaispra.it Casa e Vela Even More Yachting Upper, Central, Golf dei Laghi – 18-holes Golf Gerrre – 18-holes Via Martiri Oggebbiesi 21, – VB Via Campeggio 1, Solcio di Lesa – VB Agenzia Franchi Yachts Via Trevisani 926 Casella Postale 961, 6616 Losone Telephone (+39) 0323 48272 Telephone (+39) 392 6518286 Lower Lago Ranco – VA 21028 Travedona Monate – VA Telephone (+41) (0)91 785 10 90 Fax (+39) 0323 48747 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 347 2354907/ 328 8874282 Telephone (+39) 0332 978101 Fax (+41) (0)91 785 10 91 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0332 772674 Golf – 9-holes www.casaevela.it www.evenmoreyachting.com e-mail [email protected] Via Pineta 1 Fax (+39) 0332 977532 e-mail [email protected] Cantiere di Ghiffa www.lagomaggiorecharter.com www.lizardmarine.eu 28818 Pian di Sole di Premeno – VB e-mail [email protected] www.golflosone.ch General www.golfdeilaghi.it Via Belvedere 2, Ghiffa – VB Motonautica Verbano Anna Brovelli Nautica Telephone (+39) 0323 587616 Information Telephone (+39) 0323 402042 Via del Porto 5, Arona – NO Viale Repubblica 12, Angera – VA e-mail [email protected] Golf Club Le Robinie – 18-holes Mob. (+39) 346 3735367 Telephone (+39) 0322 243497 Novara, Vineyards Telephone (+39) 0331 960192 www.golfpremeno.eu Via per 9 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 241981 Mob. (+39) 339 5774729 Upper, Central, 21058 Solbiate – VA and PAddy Fields e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Lower Circolo Velico Canottieri Intra – Sailing school Golf & Sporting Club Verbania – 18-holes Telephone (+39) 0331 329260 Via 6, Verbania – Intra www.motonauticaverbano.com www.annabrovellinautica.it Strada Statale 34 del Lago Maggiore Fax (+39) 0331 620887 Arona Golf Club – 9-holes Lago Maggiore Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 581201 Cantiere Nautico S. Lucia Cantiere Nautico F.lli Piccaluga 28924 Verbania Fondotoce – VB e-mail [email protected] Via in Prè e-mail [email protected] Via Pisa 3, – NO Via Gerboso 1, Lisanza di Sesto Calende – VA Telephone (+39) 0323 80800 www.lerobinie.com 28040 Borgoticino – NO www.cvci.it Telephone + Fax (+39) 335 6231751 Telephone (+39) 0331 977275 Fax (+39) 0323 800854 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 907034 East Shore e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] and Varese Nautica Bego www.nauticasantalucia.it e-mail [email protected] Idea Verde Golf Club e-mail [email protected] Via Generale dalla Chiesa 6, Verbania-Intra Even More www.golfverbania.it Via San Francesco 17 – 9-holes www.aronagolf.it Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 404544 Verbano Navigazione Via Pescatori 1, Base Nautica di Lisanza 21057 – VA e-mail [email protected] Giuseppe Botteselle Sesto Calende – VA Golf Club Alpino di Stresa – 9-holes Telephone (+39) 0331 333767 Golf Club Castelconturbia – 27-holes e-mail [email protected] Corso Cavour, 129, Dormelletto – NO The Swiss part Telephone (+39) 392 6518286 Viale Golf Panorama 48 Fax (+39) 0331 331427 Via Castelconturbia 10 www.nauticabego.com Mob. (+39) 335 6264658 e-mail [email protected] of the Lake e-mail [email protected] 28010 – NO www.yachting-store.it e-mail [email protected] www.evenmoreyachting.com 28839 Vezzo – VB www.nautitalia.it Telephone (+39) 0323 20642 www.ideaverdegolfclub.com Telephone (+39) 0322 832093 Marina di Pallanza Centro Nautico S. Anna e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 832428 Viale Tonolli 17, Verbania-Pallanza Yatching Center Il Porticciolo Via per Angera 5, Sesto Calende – VA Panorama Golf – 9-holes www.golfalpino.it e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 506082 / 348 9111498 Via Sempione 86, – NO Telephone + Fax (+39) 0331 923024 Via Belmonte, 21100 Varese Ossola Valleys Telephone (+39) 0331 922141 www.castelconturbia.it Fax (+39) 0323 506082 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 330356 e-mail [email protected] Golf des Iles Borromées – 18-holes e-mail [email protected] www.centronauticosantanna.it e-mail [email protected] www.marinadipallanza.com www.cnilporticciolo.it Loc. Motta Rossa Circolo Golf – 36-holes www.panoramagolf.it Marina di Verbella 28833 Brovello Carpugnino – VB Via Sant’ Isidoro 1 Cantiere del Verbano Via delle Ferriere 15, Loc. S. Anna 28010 Bogogno – NO Lake Orta S.S. del Sempione 10/15, Feriolo di Baveno – VB East shore and Varese Sesto Calende – VA Telephone (+39) 0323 929285/ 929164 Varese Golf Club – 18-holes Telephone (+39) 0322 863794 Telephone (+39) 0323 28280 Nautica Luino Telephone (+39) 0331 921108 / 921232 Fax (+39) 0323 929190 Via Vittorio Veneto 59, 21020 – VA Fax (+39) 0323 28179 Lungolago Via Dante 27/29, Luino – VA Fax (+39) 0331 920642 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 229302 Fax (+39) 08322 863798 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 531558 e-mail [email protected] www.golfdesiles.it Fax (+39) 0332 821293 e-mail [email protected] Novara, www.cantieredelverbano.com Fax (+39) 0332 510519 Cantiere Nautico Donato e-mail [email protected] www.circologolfbogogno.com Vineyards and Cantiere Nautico Taroni e-mail [email protected] Piazza Lago 2, – VA East shore and Varese www.golfclubvarese.it Paddy Fields Via Sempione Nord 48/50 Nautica Marine Star di Tana Guido & C Telephone (+39) 0332 520010 Novara Golf Club – 9-holes Carciano di Stresa – VB Viale Dante 6, Luino – VA www.cantierenauticodonato.it Castello di Cavagliano European Golf Club Ispra – 6-holes Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 30037 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 531169 Swiss Part of the Lake 28043 – NO Via Esperia 467 Hotels e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] L ake orTA Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 927834 21027 Ispra – VA Golf Club Patriziale – 18-holes www.cantierenauticotaroni.com e-mail [email protected] Nautica Lavazza Circolo Vela Orta – Sailing School Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 785804 Via Lido 81, 6612 Ascona Club Nautico Stresa Via Lago 35, Brebbia – VA Orta San Giulio, Fraz. Imolo – NO www.golfclubnovara.it e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+41) (0)91 785 11 77 Via Sempione Sud 17, Stresa – VB Telephone (+39) 0332 989 113 Telephone + Fax (+39) 3271 214369 Fax (+41) (0)91 785 11 79 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 30551 Fax (+39) 0332 989 086 e-mail [email protected] www.beepworld.it Local Services e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.clubnauticostresa.com www.nauticalavazza.it www.golfascona.ch

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6 2016 19 – 24 July 2016 9th Lago Maggiore Half Marathon 19 – 21 August 2016 Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola 23 August – 06 September 2016 The upper Lago Maggiore is the northern part of the www.lmhm.it 55th Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del lake extending towards Switzerland and stretching as 11 – 13 March 2016 Lago Maggiore th International classical music festival far as Cannobio, the last town on the Italian side. The 25 Rally Internazionale dei Laghi Midsummer Jazz Concerts (July) International rally Meditazioni in Musica (August) secret of this region’s beauty lies in a breathtaking Stresa Festival – main festival concerts www.varesecorse.it (August/September) contrast of lake and very steep mountains. The thickly 12 – 13 March 2016 Stresa and other locations around Lago Maggiore wooded mountains make a more dramatic impression 9th Gli Agrumi di Cannero Riviera www.stresafestival.eu Citrus fruits festival 25 – 30 July 2016 here than for instance the gentler hills of the southern Cannero Riviera 17th Malescorto side of the lake. Travelling along the lakeside road 34 www.cannero.it International short film festival 12 – 19 March 2016 leading from the famous Simplon road all the way to www..malesco.vb.it B.A.F.F. – 14th Busto Arsizio Film Festival Switzerland, you pass several picturesque lakeside Busto Arsizio (Province of Varese) 31 July 2016 www.baff.it AronaMen Triathlon townships that have taken shape between mountains 16 – 20 March 2016 Arona and the lake. The Malpaga castles, also called “The 17th Locarno Camelie www.aronamen.it Camellia Exhibition 3 – 13 August 2016 Castles of Cannero”, can be seen near Cannero Riviera. Locarno (Switzerland), Parco delle Camelie 69th Festival del Film Locarno These fascinating ruins situated on two tiny islets www.ascona-locarno.com International film festival 19 – 20 March 2016 Locarno (Switzerland) visible from the lakeside are the landmarks of the upper 50th Mostra della Camelia www.pardo.ch Lago Maggiore. Here we find miniature oases of tradi- Camellia exhibition 14 August 2016 Cannero Riviera and Verbania 44th Palio Remiero tion in the small villages built directly into the nearby www.cannero.it Traditional rowing regatta www.verbania-turismo.it Verbania - Pallanza rocks of the mountains. They have remained almost www.camelieinmostra.it www.verbania-turismo.it unchanged for centuries. The connects 10 – 25 April 2016 19 – 29 August 2016 the Val Vigezzo with Lago Maggiore and offers many Settimana del tulipano San Vito Tulip exhibition by the Villa Taranto botanical gardens Traditional folk festival options for excursions and rambling. Verbania - Pallanza, Villa Taranto Omegna www.villataranto.it www.sanvito-omegna.it 13 – 16 May 2016 5 September – 14 October 2016 Festival Internazionale di Artisti di Strada 71st Settimane Musicali di Ascona International street artists festival Classical music festival of Ascona Ascona (Switzerland) Ascona (Switzerland) www.ascona-locarno.com www.settimane-musicali.ch 26 May – 12 June 2016 2 – 5 September 2016 th 13 Novara Jazz – Summer edition 33rd Raduno degli Spazzacamini International jazz festival International chimney sweep gathering Novara Santa Maria Maggiore, Ossola Valleys www.novarajazz.org www.museospazzacamino.it 4 June – 18 September 2016 Mid September 2016 Un paese a sei corde 7th Corto e Fieno International guitar festival Rural film festival Lake Orta and Lago Maggiore Ameno, Lake Orta www.unpaeseaseicorde.it www.cortoefieno.it 23 June – 2 July 2016 End September 2016 nd 32 JazzAscona New Orleans & Classics 13th Editoria e Giardini International jazz festival Garden book exhibition Ascona (Switzerland) Verbania www.jazzascona.ch www.editoriaegiardini.it 23 June – mid July 2016 27 September 2016 th 10 LetterAltura 3th Valli Varesine Mountain literature festival Bicycle race Verbania and Ossola Valleys Province of Varese www.letteraltura.it www.trevallivaresine.com 24 June – 09 July 2016 7 – 9 October 2016 th 12 AmenoBlues 12th Novara Gospel Festival Blues festival Gospel music festival Ameno www.amenoblues.it www.novaragospel.it Summer 2016 Autum 2016 – Spring 2017 Festival fuochi d’artificio Novara Jazz – Winter edition The U pper L ago Summer fireworks International jazz festival Lago Maggiore, Lake Orta and other locations Novara www.distrettolaghi.it www.novarajazz.org 7 – 20 July 2016 October/November 2016 – March 2017 Moon & Stars Stagione Musicale Comunale Rock- and pop concerts Classical music concerts Locarno (Switzerland) Varese www.moonandstarslocarno.ch www.stagionemusicale.it Mid July 2016 6 November 2016 th 14 Cactus Folies 6th Lago Maggiore Marathon Cactus festival and market Province Verbano Cusio Ossola Verbania - Pallanza, Villa Giulia www.lagomaggioremarathon.com www.verbania-turismo.it End October – Beginning November 2016 Mid July 2016 Sagra MeleMiele Tones on the Stones Apple honey festival Music, theatre and dance festival in quarries , Ossola Valleys Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola www.melemiele.it www.tonesonthestones.com

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General Information The late thirteenth-century Palazzo della Ragione, today called Parasio for short, dominates the town centre, and the church of San Vittore. The lakeside promenade of Cannobio is Navigazione Lago Maggiore Museums Lago Maggiore Shipping Company Rete Museale Alto Lago renowned as one of the most beautiful on the entire Lago Maggiore. Just visible beyond it are Telephone (+39) 0322 233200 Upper Lago Museum Network the fishermen’s houses. Piazza Vittorio Emanuele III is situated directly in front of the old har- Fax (+39) 0322 249530 Telephone (+39) 0323 840809 / 348 7340347 bour and is the main meeting point of the town. Finally you come to the lido, a wide-ranging e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.navlaghi.it www.prolocotraregoviggiona.it and well tended beach near the river estuary. Naturally this is always a popular goal in summer for a great number of bathers and sun-worshippers. Overall public transport network of the region www.vcoinbus.it In the vicinity Carmine Superiore Castelli di The landmark of this small, medieval town Carmine Superiore is the fourteenth-century Cannero Cannero Riviera, church of San Gottardo. This intact, medieval village is located on the rambling route from Cannero Riviera to Cannobio. Town Information Cannero Riviera Museo Etnografico Trarego Viggiona Postcode 28821 - Province VB Ethnographic Museum Altitude 214 m c/o Villa Laura, Via Dante Alighieri 29 This community consists of three mountain villages – Trarego, Viggiona and Cheglio – situ- Carmine Superiore Population 1036 28821 Cannero ated in green countryside on the slopes of Monte Carza (3661 feet), with a breathtaking view Telephone (+39) 0323 670731/ 788091 Market day Friday onto Lago Maggiore. e-mail [email protected] Tourist Information e-mail [email protected]  Gorge of Sant’Anna Via Orsi 1 Admission 1,- Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 788943 Parco degli Agrumi Not far from Cannobio, visitors can experience a breathtaking natural spectacle: the e-mail [email protected] Citrus Fruits Garden Sant’Anna Gorge, the start of a track which was originally the only connection between www.cannero.it 28821 Cannero Val Cannobina and Lago Maggiore. Today it is a popular rambling route through the Val Tourist Information Trarego-Viggiona Telephone (+39) 0323 840809 / 348 7340347 Contrada San Marino e-mail [email protected] Cannobina. It has a church dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto and a bridge from Roman times. 28826 Trarego-Viggiona - VB www.cannero.it Telephone (+39) 377 1699972 Museo Tattile di Scienze Naturali e-mail [email protected] Natural Science Museum www.prolocotraregoviggiona.it 28826 Trarego Viggiona Ghiffa, Oggebbio Telephone (+39) 0323 840809/797943 e-mail [email protected] Town Information Ghiffa Museo dell’arte del Cappello Cannero Riviera Cannero Riviera Postcode 28823 - Province VB Millinery Museum Altitude 201 m Corso Belvedere 279 Cannero Riviera was built on an alluvial promontory on the small river Rio di Cannero. Because Population 2398 28823 Ghiffa - VB Telephone (+39) 0323 59209 / 670731 of its extremely mild climate the town was given the additional name of “Riviera”; lemons, Comune di Ghiffa e-mail [email protected] Corso Belvedere 92 oranges, olives, Bougainvillaea and even bananas thrive in its gardens. For a long time the town e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 59110 www.museodellartedelcappello.it was the object of strife between the rival families of the Sforza and the Visconti. The town has e-mail [email protected] also been given a picturesque and shady lakeside promenade and has an enchanting historic part e-mail [email protected] Opening times with narrow alleys, arbours, restaurants and many small shops. The bathing beach of Cannero www.comune.ghiffa.vb.it April to October Saturday and Sunday Riviera is also a beauty spot that attracts a great number of visitors, especially in summer. 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm Via SS. Trinità 48 Sightseeing Telephone (+39) 0323 59870 Tourist Information Oggebbio Visible on two offshore islets are the famous Castelli di Malpaga, also called Castelli di e-mail [email protected] Strada Manzi 1 www.sacrimonti.net 28824 Oggebbio - VB S. Agata di Novaglio – Oggebbio Cannero. The ruins of the castle are spread over the two islets and from the shore look as if Telephone (+39) 0323 1970252 they themselves are growing out of the water. The castles, also called Rocca Vitaliana, were e-mail proloco.oggebbio@libero .it General www.comune.oggebbio.vb.it built by Ludovico Borromeo between 1519 and 1521. Information Torchio dei Terrieri – The so-called “Torchio dei Terrieri” is an important record of social and cultural history and evidence of the local economic tradition. If you follow the signs in Ghiffa also has elegant villas surviving from the nineteenth century, among them the Villa of Upper, Central, Oggiogno, you soon reach the wine press shed with the press, constructed in 1742. It consists the Russian Prince Pietro Troubetzkoy. The township has become known since the nineteenth Lower of a chestnut-wood beam 10 m long, weighing several tons. As a special attraction you can century for its production of felt hats, and the milliners of Ghiffa have made a name for them- Carmine Superiore Lago Maggiore visit the small mountain villages above Cannero Riviera. Whether in Trarego-Viggiona or in selves all over the world. A millinery museum has been set up in a section of the former Panizza Cheglio, you cannot help but be entranced by the magic of past ages. hat factory. East Shore and Varese In the vicinity Sightseeing South of Cannero Riviera is Oggebbio, which no visitor should miss. The town of Oggebbio The Sacro Monte della SS. Trinità di Ghiffa and its pilgrimage church, three church-sized with its around 1000 inhabitants is situated between Cannero Riviera in the north and Ghiffa The Swiss part chapels and a Way of the Cross from the seventeenth century are situated in the middle of in the south on the Piedmontese west side of Lago Maggiore. The community of Oggebbio of the Lake an extensive nature reserve of 200 hectares, the Riserva Naturale Speciale di SS. Trinità di encompasses 15 villages, here scattered throughout the mountains, but also reaching as far Ghiffa. This woodland nature sanctuary around the Sacro Monte is today a centre for leisure Cannobio down as the lakeside. activities: there is a keep-fit course and also a restaurant. The monumental complex consists Ossola Valleys of , chapels, and portico of the Way of the Cross. It lies in a breathtaking spot above Cannobio Lago Maggiore, in the middle of a nature reserve. Tradition has it that it is the location of many miracles. Sources from the sixth century already testify to an oratory; the church was probably Sacro Monte di Ghiffa Town Information Tourist Information first built in the twelfth or thirteenth centuries and enlarged in the seventeenth. The square in Lake Orta Postcode 28822 - Province VB Via A. Giovanola 25 Upper Lago Villas Altitude 214 m Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 71212 / 71393 front of the shrine is enclosed by the portico of the Way of the Cross; it consists of 14 arches Population 5155 e-mail [email protected] with cross vaulting resting on stone columns and leading into a Lady Chapel. www.procannobio.it Novara, Market day Sunday Vineyards and The nature reserve covers 194 hectares of woodland and also a rich range of flora, above all Paddy Fields Cannobio is the last locality on Lago Maggiore before the Swiss border. Today the small town is chestnut trees, and fauna of many species – from the wren to mighty birds of prey. Numerous a popular destination for tourists and one of the leading holiday resorts in the entire province. teaching paths run through this protected region; you can even find traces of ancient settle- Excavations have unearthed what are probably pre-Roman graves, evidence of long-standing ments and learn something of the region’s religious traditions. The nature reserve has become Hotels human settlement. Because of its geographical position, Cannobio was a major strategic and a popular area for ramblers, who can follow its paths even as far as the Val Grande National economic centre already in Roman times. Park. Local Services Cannobio

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Premeno

Town Information Tourist Information Postcode 28818 - Province VB Associazione turistica Premeno Altitude 840 m c/o Villa Bernocchi Population 780 Viale Marsaglia 1 Telephone (+39) 0323 587130 Market day Thursday e-mail [email protected] www. prolocopremeno.it

There was already a human settlement here in primeval times and remains of the and of the Roman Imperial age have been found. Today Premeno is the chief tourist centre of the Verbania interior. Hospitality has a great tradition and is combined with a unique spirit of enterprise. The first tennis court in the whole of Italy was opened here in 1903 and was subse- quently host to many national tournaments. In 1965 a nine-hole golf course was opened, the first of its kind in Europe.

Premeno lies in the centre of a basin covered in deciduous and coniferous forests surrounded by the hills of Sasso Corbé and Pizzo d’Omo. Both heights protect the location from the cold Premeno north winds and ensure a mild climate and bracing air, making it a popular recuperative resort for tourists and holiday-makers.

Zip Line The wealthy Lombardian middle-class already discovered Premeno in the nineteenth centu- Località Alpe Segletta ry by, who built elegant villas here, such as the Villa Calvi, Villa Bonomi, Villa Murari, Villa 28812 - VB Mangiagalli and Villa Bernocchi. Villa Bernocchi is today owned by the municipality and pre- Telephone (+39) 333 9467147 e-mail [email protected] sents major exhibitions, concerts and other events. www.lagomaggiorezipline.it The green meadows and slopes were used until recently for pastural agriculture, testified by the many surviving mountain huts on the alpine pastures and by many well tended walking routes lined by enchanting votive chapels.

In the vicinity Several types of traditional handicraft have survived in the little village of Esio near Premeno: copper work, wrought iron and, first and foremost, woodwork, especially for agricultural implements.

Val Cannobina

Museo Etnografico Ethnographic Museum Piazza della Chiesa 28825 - VB Telephone (+39) 0323 76100 Lago Maggiore opens up at its widest point towards the e-mail [email protected] Borromeo Bay with the famous Borromeo Islands: Isola www.museogurro.it Opening times Bella, Isola Madre and Isola dei Pescatori. While Isola 15 April to 15 November Bella has been transformed by the building activities of the Borromeo family into a miracle of the crea- Valle Cannobina is a wild, spacious, very green and in large areas still unpopulated valley connecting the Vigezzo Valley with Lago Maggiore. Geographically the valley belongs to the tive spirit, and Isola Madre is an ideal garden landscape, Alpi Lepontine. The Cannobino rivulet flows through the valley, its banks lined by steep walls of Isola dei Pescatori has remained simple and authentic in rock that occasionally form spectacular narrow passes, as in the famous Orrido di S. Anna – a character. well-known and very popular excursion destination for tourists and visitors to this region. The River basin in Cannobina-Valley At the margin of the bay we find the towns of Stresa mountains attain a height here of 2189 m. and Baveno, also the Verbania Monte Limidario at 2189 m is the highest mountain in the Valle Cannobina and the Rocce districts of Pallanza and Suna. del separate the Val Vigezza from the region of the Centovalli. The townships ori- ented towards the lake include S. Agata, Campeglio, Socragno, Cinzago, Ronco, Marchile, Stresa has become renowned The C entral L ago Rondonico, Formine, S. Bartolomeo, Piaggio. as the “Pearl of Verbano”, and Among the various centres of the Valle Cannobina are Cavaglio, Gurrone, Spoccia, Orasso, all together these places have Cursolo and Finero on the left side of the valley. On the right side are Socraggio, Crealla, the highest share of tourists throughout the whole of and Gurro, all localities that have shaped the region with their own particular tradi- Lago Maggiore. Their splendid hotels form a scenery tions. Notable places situated on the valley plain are Ponte Socraggio, Nivetta, Lunecco, Ponte that has caused tourism to thrive ever since the late Falmenta, Ponte Spoccia, Arietta and Creves. One of the valley’s characteristic features is that it is very narrow and dark down below and opens up increasingly as it ascends. nineteenth century. Today major events take place in these towns, to which many prominent people and VIPs Museum Museo Etnografico di Gurro e della Valle Cannobina are invited. Ethnographic Museum of the Valle Cannobina The museum is in an historic eighteenth-century building on the town’s central square. It coll- S. Anna Gorge ects various traditional objects and original costumes from the Valle Cannobina.

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General Information value, including original furniture, paintings and frescoes from the sixteenth to the nine- teenth centuries, Flemish tapestries of silk and gold, sculpture and ancient weaponry. There Navigazione Lago Maggiore Ferrovie dello Stato Lago Maggiore Shipping Company Italian State Railways are resplendent halls in the interior of the building: a ballroom, a throne room, an armoury, Telephone (+39) 0322 233200 www.trenitalia.it an alcoved hall and the Salon Napoléon, where Napoleon is supposed to have lingered on Fax (+39) 0322 249530 Overall public transport network of the region several occasions In addition, the building has six subterranean halls with natural grottos, e-mail [email protected] www.vcoinbus.it – www.safduemila.com www.navlaghi.it their walls rendered with tufa and adorned with mosaics. The Italian gardens consist of ten terraces designed like a blunt pyramid. The terraces form a semi-circle, so grandiose Baveno in effect that it is called the Theatre; standing at the centre is a sculpture of a unicorn, heraldic beast of the Borromeos, next to it allegorical statues of nature and art, also other Isola dei Pescatori Town Information Museo Granum mythological stone figures. Postcode 28831 - Province VB Granite Museum Altitude 205 m c/o Palazzo Pretorio Isola dei Pescatori (or Superiore) Population 4741 P.zza della Chiesa 8

Telephone (+39) 0323 924632 The unique outline of an ancient village makes this the most picturesque of the islands: its Market day Monday e-mail [email protected] pointed campanile towers up over the red roofs; the houses, prettily adorned with low arbours, Tourist Information Adventure Park - Aqualake look out onto the lake where many boats are moored at the shore. The island is named after P.zza della Chiesa 8 Strada Cavalli 18 Telephone (+39) 0323 924632 the fishermen, the pescatori, who have lived here for centuries. The fishing island enchants Telephone (+39) 0323 919799 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] young and old with its simple houses, its narrow alleys and stone portals and passages. The www.bavenoturismo.it e-mail [email protected] church of San Vittore is a national monument and has an original apse with single-arch win- Baveno www.aquadventurepark.com dows from the eleventh century. There are several typical shops and well-known restaurants on the islands, where you can try dishes made of freshly caught fish. If Stresa is the green paradise of love, Baveno is the serene and enchanted isle of dreams; thus Isola dei Pescatori Nino Bazzetta De Vemenia’s description of it in his Guida del Lago Maggiore in 1931. The town Isola Madre is Roman in origin; seen from Milan it lies beyond Stresa and is today a famous tourist destina- Isola Madre is the largest of the Borromeo Islands. It lies in the middle of the gulf and is home tion and holiday centre. Baveno is also renowned for its water with low mineral content and to a resplendent palace with one of the most renowned and oldest gardens its granite quarries. Its villas are a great sightseeing attraction: Villa Henfrey-Branca, the Villa in Italy. Starting in the sixteenth century, the Borromeo family gradually transformed the Barberis and the Villa Fedora and Villa Durazzo (Lido Palace Hotel), each one of them well original fortress into a luxurious summer residence. Thanks to the mild climate this included worth a visit. The town of Baveno is one of the starting points for visiting the Borromeo Islands. a stupendous botanical garden: more than 150 different sorts of camellia, a special cypress from Kashmir, subtropical plants and flowers of unique and exotic types. The fascination of Culture bounteous nature is enhanced even more by the exotic fauna living and running free around The Romanesque church of SS. Gervasio and Protasio was consecrated on 13 May 1343. It the gardens: among them white peacocks, pheasants of various species and colourful par- was recorded as a church as early as the 10th and 11th centuries. rots. The palace was built in the sixteenth century and refurbished by the Princess Borromeo in 1978, who fitted it out with furniture taken from the various residences of her family. The Isola Madre Feriolo In the vicinity palace was converted into a museum. It contains interesting reconstructions of ancient Feriolo rooms, numerous collections – liveries, tapestries and porcelain, a puppet theatre, a splendid You reach the small district suburb of Feriolo from Baveno via the shore road. Here you see picture gallery with sixteenth century Lombardian paintings, and a doll collection with French cheery, colourful houses along the bank of the lake, and one boat after another on the lake. and German collector’s pieces from the nineteenth century. The village lies in a quiet bay on the Borromeo Gulf, enchanting all comers with its magical charm. Feriolo, with its lakeside promenade, the beaches, the rustic houses and characteristic balconies, is indeed a most rewarding destination for the tourist, whether wishing to stay a while, or just see the sights. General Information Town Information Mergozzo Civico Museo Archeologico di Mergozzo Postcode 28802 - Province VB Archaeological Museum The BORROMeo Islands Altitude 196 m + Upper, Central, Population 2213 Ecomuseo del granito di Montorfano Isola Madre Lower Admission Tourist Information Granite Museum of Montorfano Lago Maggiore for palaces and gardens Adults Minors 1 Adult Group 2 Group of Minors 3 Via Roma 20 – Mergozzo Information Antico Palazzo Comunale, Via Roma 8 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 800935 Telephone (+39) 0323 80101 Isola Bella Isola Bella e 15,00  8,50  12,-  7,- e-mail [email protected] East Shore Telephone (+39) 0323 80291 (Direzione Museo) Isola Madre  12,00  6,50  10,-  5,50 e-mail [email protected] and Varese Isola Bella + Isola Madre  20,50  10,-  16,50  9,50 www.comunedimergozzo.it e-mail [email protected] Isola Bella + Isola Madre + www.gruppoarcheologicomergozzo.it Rocca di Angera  24,-  13,50  19,-  11,50 The Swiss part 1 Minors (from aged 6 to 15 years) , For special queries, reservations and guided of the Lake free admission for children under 6 years of age tours please contact: There is another lake in the immediate vicinity of the Borromeo Bay – a miniature, so to speak, 2 A dult group: more than 18 in number, Telephone (+39) 0323 30556 free admission for the 19th Fax (+39) 0323 30046 of its big brother Lago Maggiore. 3 School classes: free admission for one teacher e-mail [email protected] The lake was originally connected to Lago Maggiore and first separated in the ninth century with 13 schoolchildren www.borromeoturismo.it (online booking) Ossola Valleys by the alluvial land of the . This division caused Lago di Mergozzo to develop a markedly Isola Bella, Isola Madre and Rocca di Angera warmer average temperature. At the west end of Lago di Mergozzo we find the town of the Opening season 18 March to 23 October Opening times Every day from 9 am to 5.30 pm Mergozzo same name. Motor boats have been prohibited for some years now. It is moreover noted as one of the cleanest lakes in Upper Italy, thus its camping grounds and beaches are extremely Lake Orta The Borromeo Islands are without doubt Lago Maggiore’s trademark. They lie in the bay of Isola Bella Gardens of Borromeo popular with people who know and love the region. The banks and mountain slopes around the the same name, which is lined with the townships of Stresa, Baveno and Verbania. Here Lago lake are far less populated than the other banks of Lago Maggiore. Maggiore is at its widest. The imagination and hard work invested by its population throug- Novara, hout the course of history have made the islands into a region that is outstanding for its rich Vineyards and Culture culture and art. Paddy Fields Mergozzo is still excellently preserved in its medieval structure. The location was once Isola Bella known as the old trade route from Italy via the Simplon Pass (Sempione) to (Wallis) in Switzerland. Today Mergozzo seems as if time has stood still, with its alleys for pedestrians, Hotels Isola Bella may be described as the most famous of the Borromeo Islands and the one pretty churches and modest houses. The lakeside promenade of the little town is outstanding most popular with the tourists. Its name – formerly Insula Inferior – stems from Isabella, for its beauty and cultivation, inviting all comers to take a revitalising walk. the wife of Carlo III Borromeo. He started the work of transforming this formerly infertile, rocky island in the first half of the seventeenth century, a task finished in 1671 by Vitaliano Local Services Isola Bella VI. The great baroque palace is a fully fledged museum with unique exhibits of incalculable Vercio

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In the vicinity Giardino Botanico Alpinia Museo dell’Ombrello Montorfano Botanical Garden Umbrella and Parasol Museum Viale Mottino 26 – Alpino di Stresa Via Golf Panorama 2 Lago di Mergozzo is separated from the Toce Valley by the mountain Montorfano, 2604 feet 28836 - VB 28836 Gignese - VB high. The township of the same name was built on the foothills of a granite massif; it contains Telephone (+39) 0323 20163 Telephone (+39) 0323 89622 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] the eleventh-century Romanesque church of S. Giovanni Battista, which has been preserved www.gignese.it/museo almost completely intact. A climb up to the summit of Montorfano provides a unique view Opening times onto both lakes and the mouth of the Toce. A large quarry is evidence today of centuries of April to October 9.30 am to 6 pm Opening times April to September quarry work. Many archaeological finds from this and other excavation sites in the region are Admission Tuesday to Sunday kept in the Museum of Antiquities. Adults  4,- 10 am to 12 pm and 3 pm to 6 pm Reduced (children aged 4 to 12)  3,50 In October viewing on request Groups (min. 15 persons)  3,- The garden is situated about 300 yards away Admission Stresa  from the intermediate station of the local Adults 2,50  funicular in Alpino. Children and Groups (per person) 1,50 Town Information Alpyland Postcode 28838 - Province VB Summer Toboggan Run Montorfano Altitude 200 m Monte Mottarone Population 4945 Telephone (+39) 0323 1991007 e-mail [email protected] Market day Friday www.alpyland.com Verbania Tourist Information P.zza Marconi 16 Town Information Casa della Resistenza Telephone (+39) 0323 31308/ 30150 Postcode 28922 - Province VB World War Two Memorial e-mail [email protected] Altitude 197 m Via F. Turati 9 www.stresaturismo.it Population 31157 28924 Verbania Fondotoce - VB Telephone (+39) 0323 586802 Market day Verbania-Intra Saturday e-mail [email protected] Verbania-Pallanza Friday www.casadellaresistenza.it By the late nineteenth century, Stresa had developed into the “Pearl of Verbano” and is one Tourist Information Museo del Paesaggio di Verbania of the most famous destinations on Lago Maggiore. The town lies directly opposite the Corso Zanitello 6 Landscape Museum, Painting, Sculpture Borromeo Islands, and its location has made it a central launching point for boat excursions Verbania - Pallanza and Archaeology Telephone (+39) 0323 503249 / 556669 Palazzo Biumi Innocenti Stresa across the entire Borromeo Bay. e-mail [email protected] Salita Biumi 6 www.verbania-turismo.it 28922 Verbania - Pallanza This “little strip of land” was originally a farming settlement. Later it developed into a popu- Telephone (+39) 0323 556621 Museums Fax (+39) 0323 508167 lar holiday resort for the nobility. A few remains can still be seen of the former castle; they e-mail [email protected] can be viewed in the Villa Pallavicino gardens. The real heart of the town – more than the La Casa del Lago www.museodelpaesaggio.it Ethnographic Museum Admission Piazza Cadorna, a lovely square with shops, cafés and restaurants – is the fabulous lakeside Via Cavallotti 16 Adults  5,- Stresa seen from Isola Bella promenade, an elegant avenue with opulent gardens and colourful floral borders and with a 28921 Verbania - Intra Reduced  3,- Telephone (+39) 0323 53814 breathtaking view onto the Gulf of Borromeo; on the other side you see the villas and luxury e-mail [email protected] hotels from the belle époque. www.lacasadellago.it Acquamondo Culture Museum of Water (Natural History Museum) Stresa was ruled – and thus shaped – by the Visconti and Borromeo families until 1748. After Via Umberto I several decades of Austrian rule, Stresa and the whole western bank of the Verbano region was 28801 - VB Telephone (+39) 0323 468506 allotted to the Savoy dynasty. The Napoleonic road, the well-known Sempione Tunnel and the e-mail [email protected] General www.parcovalgrande.it railway line of the same name greatly increased the onrush of tourism in the early nineteenth Verbania-Pallanza Information century. Stendhal, Chateaubriand, Dumas, Dickens and Lord Byron all added to the town’s renown through their literary works. Today several congresses and international events are Verbania Upper, Central, held in Stresa in the modern Palazzo dei Congressi. Lower Amalgamating the four localities of Pallanza, Intra, Suna and Fondotoce in 1939 formed what Lago Maggiore is today the largest township on Lago Maggiore, also known as the Garden on the Lake. It has Villa Pallavicino a population of around 32,000 inhabitants The Villa Pallavicino is situated on the outskirts of the town, enticing visitors with its wonder- East Shore ful gardens and zoo, also many exotic plants. The villa is renowned as an ideal, neo-classical and Varese District of Pallanza example of a summer villa, serving as an architectural model for many other villas on the lake. This ancient village is of Roman origin. The spit of land lies opposite the Gulf of Borromeo and stretches out into the sea. Pallanza is today a popular tourist destination with many hotels, The Swiss part Borromeo Islands seen from Stresa villas and parks. of the Lake Villa Pallavicino Admission The historic centre is characterised by its ancient quarter, squares and stately buildings. The Via Sempione Sud 8 Adult  9,50 medieval origins of both town centres of La Villa and La Piazza are still clearly visible. Telephone (+39) 0323 31533 / 32407 Children (aged 4 – 14)  6,50 Ossola Valleys e-mail [email protected] Groups of 20 persons and over  7,- Verbania-Pallanza, Isola di S. Giovanni www.parcozoopallavicino.it School rate (min. 20 students)  5,- The Palazzo della Città, today’s Town Hall since the nineteenth century, impresses for its (free teacher ticket with every ten students) Opening times arcade of 32 pink granite pillars. There is an impressive view onto the Borromeo Islands from Middle of March to October the modernised lakeside promenade. This is the town’s main meeting place, a venue for events Lake Orta Daily 9 am to 7 pm such as the Corso Fiorito, firework displays and the Palio Remiero.

In the vicinity Museo del Paesaggio Novara, The opulent slopes of the Mottarone, also called the “noble” mountain of Stresa, offers many Because the local landscape is rightfully regarded as one of the most grandiose cultural Vineyards and excursion options for lovers of nature. There is a funicular railway between Stresa Lido and monuments, a museum devoted to this was set up in 1914 in Pallanza, a district of Verbania. Paddy Fields Mottarone leading directly to the summit of the mountain, altitude 4891 feet. Halfway you Professor Antonio Massara has compiled a collection of pictorial material for this museum. can make a pleasant stop and visit the Alpine Gardens, famous for their alpine mountain flora. Hotels Many small, idyllic villages have accumulated on the slopes of the Mottarone, such as Gignese, famous for its remarkable Umbrella and Parasol Museum. Local Services

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District of Intra The picturesque alleyways of Intra’s medieval town centre are today alive with the bustle of people working and shopping. The richly ornamented Palazzo Peretti in the Via De Bonis is one of the most resplendent buildings in the town. Shaping the town’s character, too, are the alleyways of Via San Vittore, Vicolo del Freschetto and Vicolo del Moretto, also the Piazza Ranzoni. Centre of business and animated hub of the town is the Palazzo delle Beccherie. From the lakeside promenade you can see the ancient harbour with its imposing granite columns from Montorfano and the old landing pier. All Italian and Swiss harbours on Lago Maggiore can be reached from the new harbour. And every Saturday on Piazza del Mercato you can enjoy one of the largest weekly markets on Lago Maggiore. Villa Taranto The grandiose park of the Villa Taranto connects the two sections of the town. The villa gar- dens have been laid out in English style, although Italian elements are not missing: statues, fountains, ponds, terraces, waterfalls. Here the visitor can encounter all the elements of the earth, which lends a magical aura to these sacred grounds. The Villa Taranto gardens has one Verbania-Intra of the most important botanical gardens in the world. Thousands of plant species and flowers of all kinds cover an area of 16 hectares, interlaced by four miles of avenues. T he L oWER L ago

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In the vicinity Gardens of the Villa Taranto Monterosso The round, characteristic profile of this 2,276 feet-high mountain looms up in front of Lago Maggiore. You can see it directly beyond the localities of Fondotoce and Suna. Interesting This zone covers the shorelines of the lower Piedmontese archaeological finds have been made in this region, testifying to human settlement of at least Verbano region. Belonging to it are Arona, Mount Mottarone 3000 years. A trip to the summit of the wooded Mount Monterosso rewards you with a 360° panoramic view across the entire Bay of Borromeo. in the north and the town of in the direction of the southern summit of Lago d’Orta. There are many enchan- ting townships in the environs, including Arona, Massino, Visconti, , Lesa and Belgirate. A breathtaking landscape has evolved in the Lower Lago. The surrounding mountain range of Alto Vergante reaches

Verbania-Intra a maximum altitude of around 2625 feet; mountains and valleys teem with water – a characteristic feature of the region – as are the many scattered mountain villages. Before the major roads and railways were built and the steamship line started on Lago Maggiore, there was a flourishing harbour in Castelletto Sopra Ticino and Sesto Calende on the southern mouth of the Lago; it was of great import for trade with the whole of and Switzerland.

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General Information In the vicinity Navigazione Lago Maggiore Ferrovie dello Stato St was born in 1538 in the castle above Arona, the Castello della Rocca, Lago Maggiore Shipping Company Italian State Railways Telephone (+39) 0322 233200 www.trenitalia.it where a monument is dedicated to him. Beyond the town the monumental statue of Fax (+39) 0322 249530 Overall public transport network of the region St Charles Borromeo rises up as its landmark; it is called San Carlone by the local people. e-mail [email protected] www.comazzibus.com At 20,68 m. it is one of the largest statues in the world and thus an outstanding religious www.navlaghi.it www.stnnet.it www.safduemila.com monument in the region around Lago Maggiore. It was commissioned by Cardinal Federico Borromeo and executed between 1614 and 1698. And there’s an extra trick to it: you can actu- Alto Vergante ally go into the statue, which has small windows on various sides providing a fantastic view onto the surrounding landscape and the lake. On the opposite, east shore of the lake in the Town Information Tourist Information province of Varese is the Rocca d’Angera, a fascinating medieval castle. Postcode 28040 - Province NO Via Ing. Viotti 2 Altitude 465 m Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 219713 Population 1126 Alto Vergante Massino Visconti e-mail [email protected] Belgirate www.massinovproloco.it Arona San Carlo Town Information Tourist Information Alto Vergante is actually a mountain range with a maximum altitude of 800 m.; it stretches Postcode 28832 - Province VB Via Mazzini 57 Altitude 199 m Telephone (+39) 0322 7244/ 370 3142901 San Carlone from the southern part of Lago Maggiore to the town of Stresa. It separates Lag Maggiore Population 531 e-mail [email protected] Statue of St. Carlo Borromeo from the neighbouring Lago d’Orta. Thick, untouched forests grow on the heights of Alto e-mail [email protected] Piazzale San Carlo www.turismo-belgirate.it e-mail [email protected] Vergante, ideal for mountain bikers and hikers. From here you see one beautiful vista opening www.statuasancarlo.it up after another of one or the other lakes. South of Stresa is the elegant village of Belgirate. Belgirate is ten kilometres from Verbania Numerous pretty villages dot its hills, among them Pisano, Nebbiuno and Massino Visconti. It is and 80 km. from Milan. It is a favourite Lago Maggiore address for prominent people and VIPS. constructed on an incline between Monte Cornaggia and Monte San Salvatore at 794 m. The Whether the name of the town is Celtic or Lombard in origin is still a matter of controversy. The village centre is located on the east side of this mountain. Massino Visconti has much to offer locality was inhabited as early as Roman times, as is proven by coins found in the region. But the tourist, with is historic and artistic heritage, the riches of its landscape and its mild climate; the area was a place of settlement even before this – demonstrated by finds from the Stone it also offers plenty of accommodation, and restaurants serving dishes of the region. Age. Belgirate was the meeting place in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries of several San Salvatore is a place of pilgrimage with a numinous and mystical aura. Following one of the intellectuals, among them the author Stendhal. Some scenes from his work “The Carthusians many paths descending the sides of the mountain you find yourself immediately in untainted, Alto Vergante S. Salvatore of Parma” are located here. But other famous personalities were attracted by the locality, natural countryside. Shady chestnut forests alternate with beeches; heather, broom and fern including Gozzano, Rosmini and de Amicis – and first and foremost the great Italian writer grow along the way, also groups of silver birch. This beautiful vantage point was no doubt Alessandro Manzoni; they returned time and again to sojourn in the area. one of the reasons the Benedictines built an abbey here around 1000 AD. Augustinian canons arrived in 1400 and introduced devotions to the Madonna della Cintura. They lived her for more Sightseeing than two hundred years until they were superseded by hermits. There are two chapel in the The fascination of grand, stylish villas with spacious gardens such as the Villa Carlotta or the square, San Quirico and Santa Maria Maddalena, both of which contain beautiful old frescoes. equally famous Villa Cairoli is a great attraction for visitors. Many old houses with their typical loggias and beautiful churches, S. Maria del Suffragio among others, some of them from the Arona fifteenth century, lend the town its special aura.

Town Information Museo Archeologico di Arona Postcode 28041 - Province NO Archaeological Museum Lesa Belgirate Altitude 212 m Piazza San Graziano 34 Population 14558 Telephone (+39) 0322 48294 Town Information Museo Faraggiana e-mail [email protected] Postcode 28040 - Province NO Museum of Comtemporary Art Market day Tuesday www.archeomuseo.it Altitude 199 m c/o Chalet Villa Faraggiana Arona Tourist Information Gottard Park Population 2373 S. s. Sempione 1 - 28046 Meina General P.le Duca d’Aosta Telephone (+39) 0321 231655 Transport Museum Market day Thursday Information Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 243601 S.S. Sempione 172 – 28053 Castelletto Ticino NO e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0331 923080 / 349 1262272 Tourist Information www.museomeina.it www.comune.arona.no.it Via Vittorio Veneto 2 e-mail [email protected] Upper, Central, www.museogottardpark.it Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 772078 e-mail [email protected] Lower www.prolocolesa.com Lago Maggiore Arona lies in the and was originally built between the precipitous rock massifs of the Vergante mountain range foothills. The town has every right to be named the Located between Meina and Belgirate is the charming resort of Lesa, noted among other East Shore Gate to Lago Maggiore. Arona drops down gently from the surrounding slopes towards the things for its typical arcades lining the shores. It is situated in one of the sheltered coves of Lago and Varese water. Its lakeside promenade is lined with ancient trees, and its character is shaped by medie- Maggiore and can be described as a typical, elegant holiday resort with luxuriant gardens and val and baroque architecture. Early urban development originated in antiquity. A Benedictine beautiful summer palaces. abbey dominated the town from above until it became part of the domain of the Torriani in The Swiss part Sightseeing the twelfth century – and of the Visconti from 1277. The fief of Arona went to the ruling of the Lake One of the most famous inhabitants of Lesa was the Italian author Alessandro Manzoni. The family of the Borromeos in 1439, who held it until the eighteenth century. In 1744 Arona was Lesa Arona Piazza del Popolo writer achieved world fame in the nineteenth century with his novel “I promessi sposi” (The endowed the status of a city by Carlo Emanuele III of Savoy. Primarily owing to its favourable Betrothed). He lived here in the so-called Villa Stampa. Since 1839 for over twenty years, geographical location the city of Arona soon became an important trade centre between the Ossola Valleys he spent the summer months in this beautiful, mid-eighteenth-century villa, which had for- regional capital of Milan and the Swiss canton of Tessin (Ticino). merly belonged to his second wife Teresa Borri, widow of Count Decio Stampa. The Museo Sightseeing Manzoniano was founded in his memory and contains a great number of individual docu- Among the jewels of the town centre is the collegiate church of Santa Maria, a Renaissance ments illustrating the writer’s life and work. Then there is the Castello Florio – a small castle Lake Orta building housing a polyptych by the renowned artist Gaudenzio Ferrari. Also well worth a visit built in the early nineteenth century by the engineer Viotti in imitation of the medieval castles are the churches of the Santi Martiri and Santa Maria di Loreto. And there’s always some- of Lesa. Visitors can also go to the Villa Savio-Sozzani-Tavella, a fortress-like building by the thing going on Corso Cavour, the pedestrian precinct and main shopping street in the historic Novara, architect Pietro Bottini, now accommodating an exclusive restaurant. centre. You can also find villas with beautiful gardens, such as the Villa Ponti, noted for its art Vineyards and exhibitions, and the Villa Cantoni – one of the most elegant and resplendent villas of Verbano; In the vicinity Paddy Fields then there is the Villa Zuccòli with a terraced park, always a great attraction for a multitude In the ancient district of Solcio there are several villas visible between the lake and a hill oppo- of visitors. The medieval trading centre of the Piazza del Popolo is particularly impressive, it is site a small cove, one of them the Villa Cavallini. Also worth mention are the neo-classical Hotels situated directly on the lakeside promenade and opens up to the lake. Here, in the heart of the Villa Stampa and the Villa Correnti, commissioned to be built in neo-classical style in the late town, you also find the so-called Casa del Podestà, with an entrancing pointed-arch arcade nineteenth century by the statesman Cesare Correnti. and the Museo Archeologico, with fascinating archaeological finds. Arona is in addition one When you leave the small town on the road to Massino Visconti, you pass the Pieve di San Giorgio, Local Services Arona of the headquarters of the shipping company (Navigazione Lago Maggiore) and thus an ideal a parish church with a tower from Roman times. Somewhat further along the same route you come Solcio Villa Ponti embarkation point for boat excursions across the entire Lago Maggiore. to the little church of San Sebastiano, likewise a Romanesque building from the eleventh century.

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Navigazione Lago Maggiore Ferrovie dello Stato Lago Maggiore Shipping Company Italian State Railways Telephone (+39) 0322 233200 www.trenitalia.it Fax (+39) 0322 249530 Trenord e-mail [email protected] www.navlaghi.it Regional Railways www.trenord.it Swiss State Railways Overall public transport network of the region The East Shore of LAGO Telephone (+39) 0332 530135 www.muoversi.regione.lombardia.it MAGGIORE aND VARESE www.sbb.ch Angera ANgera, Ranco, Sesto Calende

Town Information Angera Museum / Angera Civico Museo Archeologico Postcode 21021 - Province VA Rocca Borromeo / Museo della Bambola Archaeological Museum Altitude 204 m Fort Borromeo / Doll Museum Via Marconi 2 Population 5667 Fortificazione - Via alla Rocca 21021 Angera - VA Telephone (+39) 320 4653416 Market day Thursday Telephone (+39) 0331 931300 Fax (+39) 0331 932883 Fax (+39) 0331 960181 Tourist Information – IAT Angera e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via Marconi 2 www.borromeoturismo.it (online booking) www.simarch.org Telephone (+39) 0331 931915 e-mail [email protected] Opening times 18 March to 23 October Museum / Sesto Calende daily 9 am to 5.30 pm Tourist Information – IAT Sesto Calende Museo Civico di Sesto Calende Viale Italia 6 Admission Archaeological and Natural History 21018 Sesto Calende - VA Adults  9,50 reduced  6,– Museum Telephone (+39) 0331 919874 Groups  8,– reduced  5,50 Piazza Mazzini 1 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0331 928160 www.prosestocalende.it Isola Bella/ Isola Madre/ Rocca di Angera-Combi ticket Fax (+39) 0331 922605 Adults  24,- Reduced  13,50 e-mail [email protected] Groups  19,- reduced  11,50 www.simarch.org

The pretty little town of Angera lies on the Lombardian shore opposite Arona in Piedmont. Lago Maggiore is barely a mile wide at this extremely narrow point. Already inhabited in prehistoric times, the town developed under the Romans into an important pivot of activity. During the , Angera was the ruling seat of a powerful duchy. It gets its identify- ing landmark from this period, the main sightseeing attraction of the little harbour town: the castle of Rocca d’Angera, throning on a rock. Sightseeing The Rocca was built on the remains of a previous castle and inhabited in the thirteenth and The Lombardian east shore of Lago Maggiore stretches from fourteenth centuries by the Visconti; it was extended and then acquired by the Borromeo fam- Sesto Calende on the southernmost point of the lake to Zenna ily, who still own it today. Fascinating art treasures can be seen inside the castle, among them General the frescoes of the Sala di Giustizia in the Visconti Wing. They date from the early fourteenth Information on the Swiss border, a distance of around 40 miles. Compared to century and among the subjects they depict is the victory of the Visconti over the Torriani. the Piedmontese west shore opposite, it makes a wilder and more Also remarkable are the frescoes in the Borromeo Wing, which were part of the Borromeo Upper, Central, elemental impression. Palazzo in Milan until 1943 but were brought to Angera after the palace was destroyed. And Lower The Lombardian shore is surrounded by gentle hills all the way up there’s more, for the Dolls Museum is well worth a visit. It has more than 200 exhibits and is Lago Maggiore one of the foremost museums of its kind in the whole of Europe. The Castellana Tower offers to Laveno. The thick reed belt is also a characteristic feature of this a view of a very special kind: the panorama from up here encompasses the castle complex East Shore section – which is extremely interesting as well for its wealth of and the crowning crenellations of the circumvallation, and extends all the way to the Sacro and Varese prehistoric and Roman archaeological finds. Moreover, the many Monte near Varese. In contrast to medieval Rocca, the Archaeological Museum in the impos- medieval buildings here provide an in-depth view of their epoch. ing Palazzo Pretorio illuminates the most ancient, prehistoric and above all Roman past of The Swiss part Further north the lake shore becomes much steeper. Like the Angera. Close by the harbour is the pilgrimage church of Madonna della Riva; among its of the Lake treasures inside is a very beautiful altar of the Virgin Mary and Child (Madonna col hinterland it bears almost alpine features. Between the wooded Bambino) dated 1443. Other pleasures awaiting the visitor include a walk along Angera’s Rocca d’Angera mountains, often over 3281 feet high, are Valcuvia, Valtravaglia lakeside promenade, lined by a double row of great chestnut trees and looking out towards Ossola Valleys and Val , extending all the way to Lago Maggiore. In this the little island of Partegora. section the fascination exerted by the landscape is simply spell- In the vicinity binding. Not far from the southernmost point of Lago Maggiore where the Ticino leaves the lake is Lake Orta About 15 miles east of Laveno is Varese, the capital of the province the little town of Sesto Calende on the left bank of the river. A double-level iron bridge leads across into the Piedmontese province of Novara. A must-see in Sesto Calende is the Museo with the same name. The massif of Campo dei Fiori (4022 feet) Civico Archeologico Naturalistico. It houses impressive archaeological finds of the Golasecca Novara, looms up to the north of the city; here the foothills of the Alps Culture, an Iron Age culture (9th – 5th centuries BC), which was so called after the spot where Vineyards and Paddy Fields come to an end and, looking westwards, Lago di Varese stretches the finds were excavated, the nearby Golasecca. Outside the town the Romanesque Church out towards them. of San Donato is especially worth a visit. North of Angera we come to the little township of Ranco, noted for its traditional architecture. The Transport Museum here has an interesting Hotels collection of diverse transport vehicles.

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LAVENO Sightseeing Sightseeing attractions include the two churches Madonna del Carmine and San Giuseppe on Town Information Funivie del Lago Maggiore / Laveno Postcode 21014 - Province VA Cable car Laveno Luino’s beautiful plane-tree lined lakeside promenade, and above all the church of San Pietro. Altitude 204 m Telephone (+39) 0332 668012 It is situated at the end of the Viale delle Rimembranze next to the cemetery. Inside there is a Population 8884 e-mail [email protected] fresco portraying the Adoration of the Three Kings (Adorazione dei Magi); it is attributed to www.funiviedellagomaggiore.it Market day Tuesday the Renaissance painter . The oldest part of the church is its Romanesque bell Tourist Information tower from the eleventh century. Also worth a visit is the older centre of Luino, situated some- Piazza Vittorio Veneto 10 Museo Internazionale Design Ceramico International Ceramics Museum Telephone (+39) 0332 626111 what higher up, with narrow alleys with the houses jostling for space – many of them restored Lungolago Perabò 5 - Fraz. Cerro Telephone (+39) 0332 625551 and refurbished. The parish church of San Pietro e Paolo is also located in this part. Not far e-mail [email protected] away on the Piazza Libertà you come across several elegant palazzi from the eighteenth and www.midec.org nineteenth centuries; among them the Palazzo Crivelli Serbelloni, now accommodating the town hall. Other interesting sights can be found in the town library and the Museo Civico Of all the towns on the east shore, Laveno, situated at the margin of a deep cove, is the only housed in the Palazzo Verbania near the shore, including a small painting collection and one to possess a natural harbour. Because of the ferry connection to Verbania and the railway archaeological finds from the vicinity. line via Varese all the way to Milan, in the 1880s the town grew into an important hub of trade Laveno Mombello and trans-shipment. This fostered the establishment of various kinds of industry, ceramics In the vicinity one of the most notable. Luino Church of San Pietro e Paolo Luino itself is situated at the mouth of the far-reaching, densely populated Travaglia Valley, whereas lies further north at the exit of the narrow, wooded Veddasca Valley. Sightseeing The little town is divided into two by the river , Maccagno-Inferiore and -Superiore. Nor should you miss a stroll along the entrancing lakeside promenade in Laveno; it attracts Adjoining the small tourist harbour is the open space of the Piazza Roma, dominated by a innumerable visitors on public holidays and market days. Likewise stretching along the shore is medieval tower, the so-called Torre imperiale. Visiting the church of Madonna della Punta the town centre, developed in the nineteenth century; its buildings form a colourful, multifac- (sixteenth century) also rewards you with a breathtaking view onto Lago Maggiore and the eted backdrop setting the scene. Some way further upwards on a hill we find the older centre Castelli di Cannero, which are located on two tiny islands in front of the Piedmontese town of the little town, built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Next to the church of Santi of Cannero Riviera. And more: Maccagno has a most charming lakeside promenade. A futur- Giacomo e Filippo is the Villa De Angeli Frua, accommodating the town hall. The villa gardens ist bridge leading across the Giona is the supporting structure for the Museo Civico. Various are now used as a Parco pubblico, a public park. Another extremely popular destination – twentieth century works of art have been shown here since 1979, among them by De Chirico, and not only for hang gliders and paragliders – is the summit of Sasso del Ferro, 3484 feet Fiume, Levi, Parisi and Picasso. East of Maccagno in the Veddasco Valley is the little village of high. An aerial cableway takes you up to the nearby mountain peak, which has a fantastic Monteviasco, at an altitude of 3031 ft. You reach it either by a cableway from Mulini di Piero Luino Panorama view onto the lake and the Monte Rosa massif beyond it. or on foot via steps. Many of the old village buildings have been restored in their original styles and are now holiday homes. In the vicinity Laveno Mombello Reminders of the former ceramics industry can be found in the Museo della Ceramica in a little township by the name of Cerro, which, like Mombello, now belongs to Laveno. The museum is SANTA CATERINA DEL SASSO not only full of interest, but is housed in the very splendid, Late-Renaissance Palazzo Perabò. Also worth a visit is the artists’ community village of Arcumeggia on the slopes of Monte Altitude 199 m Opening times March: every day 9 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm Monastery Santa Caterina del Sasso Nudo. In the mid-twentieth century, several famous artists adorned the outside walls of the April to October: Via S. Caterina 13 every day 8.30 am to 12 pm and 2.30 pm to 6pm houses of this old village with impressive frescoes. If you travel in a northerly direction from 21038 - VA November to February: Saturday, Sunday and Holidays Telephone (+39) 0332 647172 / 252412 Laveno you soon reach the picturesque locality of Caldè. Like several other places straggling 9 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm e-mail [email protected] Viewing for groups on request between Lago Maggiore and the surrounding hills, the little village with its fishers’ houses www.santacaterinadelsasso.com lining the shore is part of the communal district of Castelveccana. Even further northwards, Tourist Information – IAT Leggiuno General Telephone (+39) 0332 647207 towards Luino, you arrive at the lively town of . Its small lakeside prom- Information enade is lined with plane trees; in addition, the historic centre contains excellently preserved Val Veddasca buildings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Also worth a visit are the parish The monastery of Santa Caterina del Sasso is indubitably one of the most beautiful and popu- church Parrocchiale dell’Assunta and the nearby Oratorio di San Rocco. lar sightseeing attractions on the Lombardian side of the lake. It lies between Arolo and Reno Upper, Central, Lower on a rocky promontory above Lago Maggiore and is accessible by ship and by car. The monas- Lago Maggiore LUINO, Maccagno tery itself can be viewed best from the water, but when you climb down the many steps from the car park above the monastery, you are rewarded with a breathtaking view onto the lake. Arcumeggia East Shore Town Information Luino Funivie Ponte di Piero/Monteviasco According to legend, in the twelfth century a hermitage was situated on the spot where the Postcode 21016 - Province VA Cable car Ponte di Piero/Monteviasco and Varese Altitude 200 m Telephone (+39) 0332 990021 monastery is now, inhabited by an erstwhile rich merchant, Alberto Besozzi, who had made Population 15390 e-mail [email protected] a vow to become a hermit. On the other hand, there is historic verification that Dominicans

Market day Wednesday Museum / Luino settled here in the early thirteenth century and built a small priory and oratory. In time, other The Swiss part of the Lake Tourist Information – IAT Luino Museo Civico Archeologico Paleontologico religious orders followed; reconstructions, extensions and artistic enhancements were carried Viale della Vittoria Archeological and Paleontological Museum out. Ownership of the monastery passed to the surrounding parish churches in the nineteenth Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 530019 Viale Dante 6 (Palazzo Verbania) century and since 1920, the complex of buildings only rarely opened its gates. After years of e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 532057 neglect, ownership of the monastery was granted to the Province of Varese. The province had Ossola Valleys Tourist Information – IAT Maccagno Museum / Maccagno it restored and has thus bequeathed a genuine treasure to the east shore of . Via Garibaldi 1 Museum Parisi Valle 21010 Maccagno - VA Museum of Comtemporary Art Telephone (+39) 0332 562009 Via Leopoldo Gianpaolo 1 Special features of architecture and art history Lake Orta e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 561202 The tour of the site, which consists of three building complexes, begins with the Convento e-mail [email protected] www.museoparisivalle.it meridionale. Of the former monastery rooms, the chapter house with its outstandingly beau- tiful fourteenth- and fifteenth-century frescoes is especially rewarding to visit. After crossing Novara, The town of Luino lies on a wide-stretching bay at the mouth of the . It has been the a small courtyard, you next enter the Conventino, the small monastery, its Gothic colonnade Vineyards and economic centre of eastern Lago Maggiore at the latest since industrialisation and the rail- housing a danse macabre fresco dating from the seventeenth century. Finally we come to the Paddy Fields way network connection in the second half of the nineteenth century. Luino is renowned and actual church adjoining the monastery, the Chiesa di Santa Caterina, with its Romanesque extremely popular far beyond its limits thanks to its market, which was sanctioned by Emperor church tower and an eighteenth-century Neapolitan organ. The church is dated 1587 and con- Hotels Charles V at the early date of 1541. Since then, myriads of stalls around the Piazza Garibaldi sists of several chapels, with an early date between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. have sold a wide assortment of wares, ranging from food and household articles to clothing Notable among them are the chapels of Santa Caterina and Santa Maria Nova, and above and leather ware. The township is especially proud not only of the two writers born here, Piero all the chapel of San Nicola with a fresco portraying Christus Pantokrator. Meanwhile, the Chiara and Vittorio Sereni, but also of , a freeman of their town, and holder of the chapel of St. Alberto holds the mortal remains of the hermit. The oldest part of the church is Local Services Luino The port Nobel prize for literature. probably the Memorial Chapel located behind it. Santa Caterina del Sasso

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Town Information Museo Civico Archeologico di Villa Mirabello Postcode 21100 - Province VA Archaeological Museum Altitude 384 m Piazza della Motta 4 Population 83798 Telephone (+39) 0332 255485 e-mail [email protected] Market day Monday, Thursday and Saturday Opening times Tourist Information - IAT Varese 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and 2 pm to 6.30 pm Via Romagnosi 9 closed on Mondays € Telephone (+39) 0332 281913 Admission 4,- e-mail [email protected] www.varesecittagiardino.it Castello di Masnago The Swiss part of Lake Maggiore, surrounded by the towns Pinacoteca e Museo d’Arte Moderna e Locarno, Ascona, and further small villages, prides Funicolare Sacro Monte di Varese Contemporanea Cable-railway Modern Art Museum itself on its numerous and extraordinary nature beauty spots Telephone (+39) 0332 225549 / 821210 Via Cola di Rienzo 42 – Loc. Masnago e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 820409 as as historically and culturally interesting sites. Thanks to www.avtvarese.it e-mail [email protected] the enchanting flowers and plants from all 5 continents, the Sacro Monte di Varese Opening times www.sacrimonti.net Tuesday to Sunday Botanical Garden of the Brissago Island is of major impor- 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and 2 pm to 6.30 pm Museums Admission € 4,- tance. In the Città Vecchia, the old town of Locarno, you can Musums of the Province of Varese visit several churches. Other important locations of Locarno www.simarch.org Museo Baroffio e del Santuario del Sacro www.varesecultura.it Monte di Varese are the Visconti Castle, the Rivellino and the Sanctuary of Varese Battistero Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza Art Museum Madonna del Sasso in . Modern Art Museum Piazzetta Monastero Piazza Litta 1 Telephone (+39) 0332 212042 In Ascona you can visit Monte Verità and the Museum of e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 283960 www.museobaroffio.it Modern Art. In Brissago you will find the Tobacco Factory. e-mail [email protected] www.visitfai.it/villapanza Opening times On the opposite shore of the lake are located the natural May to September Opening times 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and 3 pm to 6.30 pm reserve Bolle di , a refuge for different animal and Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 6 pm closed on Mondays Admission € 4,- plant species and, on the hillside, the Park of , with great panoramic views. Varese in the north-west of at the foot of the massif of Campo dei Fiori has been the Travelling up into the valleys, you will note that the land- capital of the province with the same name since 1927. The town’s past goes back to prehistoric scape changes radically. Mountains, rivers, waterfalls and times; it has been an important since the eleventh century, in later centuries encour- wonderful forests make this territory very fascinating, wild aging the growth of various other industries and trades. Varese is famous most of all for its many gardens and parks, which is why the town was also called ‘città-giardino’ – garden city – in the and unique. Here you can find small and typical villages nineteenth century. Varese has “shared” the University of with since 1998. almost intact from the elapse of time, considered real archi- Sightseeing tectural jewels and living evidence of their secular history. Varese’s historic centre is for the most part situated within its former limits fortified in the This region is the ideal place for hiking (with a very large Middle Ages. The Basilica of San Vittore is on the central piazza and dominates the square network of hiking trails) and for practicing many different with its neo-classical façade and imposing baroque tower. The interior is memorable for the sports. Thanks to several modern cable cars, it is possible to Varese Palazzo Estense and Garden high altar and the apse, and above all for the paintings by Lombardian masters. The bap- tistery, directly next to the basilica, was built between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries easily reach very small settlements and mountainous set- on a previous building (8th /9th century); it contains very beautiful Gothic frescoes. Other tings of extreme beauty. churches well worth a visit in the centre are San Antonio alla Motta, San Giuseppe and the Santuario della Madonnina in Prato. Moreover, the visitor should not miss the Palazzo Estense. Francesco III d’Este, the former governor of Lombardy – then ruled by –com- missioned Giuseppe Bianchi to build it between 1766 and 1771. A feature of great note is the park behind the palazzo, in Italian style and known as the Giardini Estensi. From the park you arrive at the adjoining gardens of the Villa Mirabello. The villa itself stands on a hill, a vantage point for a wonderful view. Today it is the home of the Musei Civici, which contain a prehistoric department, a historical section, a natural history collection and a painting gallery. The Corso Matteotti is Varese’s popular promenade, a busy pedestrian precinct with well- preserved palazzi and arcades, all in all a place where no one can resist the desire to stroll and linger. From here you soon reach the former Benedictine convent of S. Antonio, a rewarding destination above all for its cloisters and the former refectory, today the Sala Veratti. Orbiting around the old centre of Varese is a group of seven Castellanze, once autonomous localities, The Swiss Part Varese Corso Matteotti in the meantime now mostly part of the municipality. The Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza in the Biumo Superiore is not only an architectural jewel, but also contains an impres- sive collection of contemporary art. Not far from the Villa Panza is the Villa Ponti, today a of the Lake congress centre with gardens. There are other splendid villas and much green to be found in the remaining six castellanze. In the vicinity Above the town near the wooded slopes of the Campo dei Fiori is the Sacro Monte, one of the largest and most impressive Ways of the Cross in Italy and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003. The procession route was laid out between 1605 and 1680. It is over a mile long and leads from the Prima Cappella (1919 ft) to the church of Santa Maria del Monte (2887 ft). All together 14 votive chapels line the way of contemplation; they are dedicated to the Mysteries of the Rosary. Santa Maria del Monte, the centre of the place of pilgrimage, shows sty- listic elements ranging from the Romanesque to the baroque era. The climb up to it is a reward- Sacro Monte di Varese ing experience, not least owing to the harmonious interplay of landscape and architecture.

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Ascona-Locarno Central Tourism Authority Telephone +41 (0)848 091 091 Tourist Information Box Fax +41 (0)91 759 76 94 www.ascona-locarno.com CH-6600 Locarno www.ascona-locarno.com e-mail [email protected] T he Valle Onsernone is one of the most impressive and mysterious valleys in Ticino. Characteristic are the thick forests, spectacular gorges and white water; this rather isolated Locarno place can be reached by a winding road. Along this road, which leads up to the village Spruga, there are some fantastic villages, built on sunny terraces with an interesting traditional archi- Town Information Camelia Park Altitude 195.50 m www.ascona-locarno.com tectural style. Numerous internationally renowned writers and artists of the past and present Population 15575 found and still find the Valle Onsernone the ideal place for inspiration, thanks to the extraordi- Castello Visconteo Tourist Information Archeological and City Museum of Locarno nary and up to this day intact natural and human surroundings. To be visited: the Onsernone Largo Zorzi 1 www.locarno.ch Museum and the mill of in Loco, where the traditional flower of the valley, “Farina Bóna” is grinded. Madonna del Sasso Madonna del Sasso www.ascona-locarno.com/madonna-del-sasso Valle Onsernone CENTOVALLI Recognised worldwide for its Film Festival Locarno has also a strong relationship with flowers, the beautiful Camellias in particular attract many visitors. The Piazza Grande, with typical Tourist Information arcades, is one of the most famous squares in Switzerland. This is the meeting place as well www.ascona-locarno.com as the heart of the town and the main commercial and cultural activities take place here; the The Centovalli is named a hundred valleys because of the countless side valleys leaving the weekly market on Thursdays, the Moon & Stars concerts and the open air film projections main valley to the left and right. It is an important transit route between Switzerland and during the Film Festival. Going back to the Roman times, this square has been a strategically Italy. Its natural scenery, of outstanding beauty, offers nature- and hiking friends a wide range and commercially important place. There are various witnesses of the past, as for example of recreational activities. The many villages, which you pass by, while travelling through the the sanctuary of Madonna del Sasso, the Visconteo Castle with the “Rivellino”, a bulwark, Centovalli, allow you to discover many characteristic corners, where traditions of the past are attested as a Leonardo da Vinci work and the picturesque old town. still lived. Verdasio, Rasa and are only a few of the small villages, enchanting in Ascona their simple and authentically beautiful way. To be visited: the regional Museum and the bell Centovalli tower in as well as the Dimitri Theatre in Verscio (www.teatrodimitri.ch). Town Information Monte Verità Altitude 191 m www.monteverita.org Population 4780 Film festival Piazza Grande Museo comunale d’Arte Moderna VALLEMAGGIA Tourist Information Municipal Museum of Modern Art Tourist Information Viale Papio 5 www.museoascona.ch c/o Shopping Centre - www.ascona-locarno.com Nestled in a suggestive sunny bay, the village of Ascona is considered one of the most exclu- The is not just the longest and mostly spread out valley of the Italian part of sive and elegant resorts of Switzerland. Five-star hotels, classy restaurants and its 18-hole Switzerland: it’s a fantastic alpine valley which has been modeled throughout the years by golf course, embedded in magnificent surroundings, stand for exclusive holidays. You will be the clear waters of the river Maggia. The same generous river that during the summer time fascinated by the old part of town with an intertwined network of alleys, squares and cob- is specially appreciated for it’s refreshing powers. The side valleys Val Bavona, Val Lavizzara blestone streets which lead to the Piazza, the promenade along Lake Maggiore which hosts and Val Rovana increase the territory value with their spectacular mountains – an appealing a series of events, markets and festivals, the most world-famous being the New Orleans Jazz attraction for excursionists and discovery. A magical atmosphere, surrounded by wild nature, Festival. water, stone, history and culture is the special ingredient added to the simple but just fantastic General Brissago food offer at one of the many “grotti”. A destination which should be discovered and rediscov- Information ered the whole year round. Valle Bavona Town Information Parco botanico delle Isole di Brissago To be visited: the Vallemaggia Museum in , the church in Mogno and the village of Bosco Ascona Lakeside Promenade Altitude 197 m Botanic Garden of the Gurin. Upper, Central, Population 1974 www.isolebrissago.ch Lower Lago Maggiore Tourist Information Centro Dannemann – Fabbrica Tabacchi Via Leoncavallo 25 Dannemann Centre – The Tobacco Factory VALLE www.centrodannemann.com East Shore Tourist Information and Varese Brissago is a small village close to the Italian border perched between the shores of Lake Via al Giardino 3 – Tenero www.ascona-locarno.com Maggiore and the steep mountains rising behind the village centre. There are several char- acteristic hamlets, scattered along the mountainsides, from where you enjoy a breathtaking “The heart of the river carries the magic of the Verzasca; never has an artist painted this The Swiss part 180° view. The name Brissago is also often connected with two structures of major importance: fascinating “green”…” The Verzasca Valley is without a doubt one of the Ticino valleys, which of the Lake first, the islands, of which one hosts the cantonal botanical gardens, a true nature treasure strongly reflects the past of the alpine region to the south of the Gotthard. An idyllic place sur- created in 1885 by the Baroness Antonietta di Saint-Léger and secondly the Tobacco Factory, rounded by green landscapes but still only a few minutes drive to the town centre. At the foot renowned for the production of high quality cigars. of the valley on the shores of the lake, there is the village Tenero with its renowned camping Ossola Valleys resorts of international standard, the National Junior Sports Academy and the surrounding Isole di Brissago Gambarogno landscape rich with vineyards. To be visited: the beautiful village of , the Romanic small bridge of and the “Casa della lana” in Sonogno. Lake Orta Tourist Information Via Cantonale 29 - Gambarogno www.ascona-locarno.com Further leisure activities Novara, The Gambarogno lakeside, on the left hand of the Lago Maggiore, offers a rich and varied Vineyards and Cardada Lido Locarno Paddy Fields natural scenery: just look at the glistening lake, the soft hills and enjoy the sight of the most www.cardada.ch www.lidolocarno.ch fascinating mountains. Near Vairano, at the botanic Garden of Gambarogno, located between Flowers and Gardens Termali Salini & SPA the lake and the mountains, there is a world of traditions and mysterious scents, and the pano- www.ascona-locarno.com/gardens www.lidospa-locarno.ch Hotels ramic view is overwhelming. Two hundred kilometres of hiking trails wind along the mountains Lago Maggiore Shipping Company MTB Trail and valley of the Gambarogno, cutting through chestnut woods, crossing meadows that are www.navigazionelaghi.it www.ascona-locarno.com/bike like giant flower beds, and here and there you will find an Alpine farm house. To be visited: the Lago Maggiore Express Adventure Park natural reserve “Bolle di Magadino” and the botanic garden of the Gambarogno in Vairano www.lagomaggioreexpress.com www.parcoavventura.ch Local Services Vira Gambarogno (www.parcobotanico.ch). Mountainbike Valle Verzasca

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Ferrovie dello Stato Nature Parks Parco Alpe Veglia, Devero and Alta Italian State Railways Valle Antrona www.trenitalia.it V.le Pieri 27, 28868 - VB Telephone (+39) 0324 72572 SSIF Vigezzina Railway e-mail [email protected] Via Mizzoccola 9 www.areeprotetteossola.it 28845 Domodossola - VB telephone (+39) 0324 242055 e-mail [email protected] Piazza Pretorio 6 - 28805 - VB www.vigezzina.com Telephone (+39) 0323 87540 e-mail [email protected] Overall public transport network of the region www.parcovalgrande.it www.vcoinbus.it The OSSOLa Va lleys www.comazzibus.com Associazione Musei d’Ossola Ossola Valleys Museum Network Via Canuto 12, 28845 Domodossola – VB Telephone (+39) 0324 481756 / 335 5223122 e-mail [email protected] www.amossola.it

Valle Antrona River Bed Town Information Tourist Information Postcode 28841 - Province VB www.valleantrona.com altitude 908 m Population 529

This is the wildest valley of the Ossola Valleys. Though not the most famous, it is undoubt- edly the most secluded, a special circumstance to which the Valle Antrona owes its natural, unaltered character until this very day. The Antrona Valley is the least known part of the entire Ossola region, thus its extraordinary tranquillity and originality amidst pastures and woodland, small villages and old-world alpine huts. Absolute stillness reigns in the valley; time itself seems to have stood still. Numerous alpine lakes form the main feature of this landscape, evolved through glacier erosion. The “main road” through the Val Antrona starts in . It leads past small town- The Ossola Valleys and their towns and villages in the north of the ships like and, even smaller, the villages belonging to the municipality of Antrona Schieranco, until it divides in Antronapiana. While the northern fork leads to a man-made Lago Maggiore region are again a cosmos in themselves: here you lake, the Lago Alpe dei Cavalli, the southern route takes the traveller to Lago di Antrona. can enjoy both the beauty of the valleys – around Domodossola, The latter came into being in 1642 when a huge fall of rocks from Monte Pozzuoli tumbled for instance – as well as the fascination of high mountains. onto what was once the village of Grognasca. The mass of rocks interrupted the course of the Lago di Antrona The entire region is characterised by very diverse landscapes. It Troncone river, damming the water and eventually forming the present Lake Antrona. There many other lakes to be discovered in this valley apart from this, all in idyllic settings, including evolved between the , the lakes in the south and the Lago di Campliccioli and the Camposecco Reservoir at a height of 2325 m. in the north towards Switzerland. As a whole, the Ossola Valleys You can not only feel the past in this alpine region, but actually experience it as reality. The are more tranquil in impression, more natural, yet sometimes they pastures and clusters of villages are centuries old and testify to an archaic world – a living General manifest an aura that is nothing less than dramatic. history book, so to speak. A really unique feature is the typical architecture of the villages scat- Information tered throughout the valley, where customs and traditions are preserved which have otherwise From the northernmost township in Piedmont, Valle , long fallen into oblivion in other alpine regions. Anyone who travels along the roads from Upper, Central, you travel through one valley after another – , , Viganella, Seppiana and Antronapiana will encounter ovens where people Lower Valle Divedro, Valle , Valle Antrona and the famous still bake their own bread, and houses built in a style typical of the alpine region. Another com- Lago Maggiore Vigezzo Valley, and into the Valle Anzasca to the peak of Monte mon feature of the townships in the valley are the old wine presses – one of them for example goes back to the year 1745 and after restoration is still in use. It is set up in Antronapiana. East Shore Rosa: In you find yourself at the foot of the awesome, and Varese snowcovered massif of Monte Rosa, at 4637 metres the second Monte Rosa Valle Anzasca highest mountain in Europe. The Swiss part The Ossola Valleys are particularly fascinating for individual tour- Town Information Macugnaga Museums Gold Mine “Della Guia” of the Lake ists: they are ideal for hiking – alone around 1553 miles of walking Postcode 28876 - Province VB Museo della Montagna di Staffa Località Guia – Fraz. Fornarelli altitude 1327 m Museum of Mountain Culture Telephone (+39) 340 3953869 Population 647 Via Prati - Staffa e-mail [email protected] paths await the visitor. Furthermore, you can go on unforgettable www.minieradoro.it Tourist Information Telephone (+39) 0324 65112 Ossola Valleys trips on the Vigezzina railway through the Centovalli region in Piazza Municipio 6 e-mail [email protected] Admission Switzerland, which takes you through a wild, rugged landscape telephone (+39) 0324 65119 www.amossola.it Adults  6,- fax (+39) 0324 65775 Reduced  5,- seemingly untouched by human hand. The Val Grande National e-mail [email protected] Casa Museo della Civiltà www.macugnaga-monterosa.it Ethnographic Museum of Walser Culture Lake Orta Park is after all the greatest wild life reserve in the whole of Italy – Via Centro Abitato 273 Macugnaga Cable Car Fraz. Borca an attraction in itself. The Parco Naturale Alpe Veglia e Devero – Piazzale Funivia 9 Telephone (+39) 347 9842329 telephone Novara, (+39) 0324 65050 / 65060 e-mail [email protected] a protected nature reserve at the Swiss border in the canton of fax (+39) 0324 203945 www.museowalser.it Vineyards and e-mail [email protected] www.amossola.it Paddy Fields Vallais (Wallis) is also well worth a visit. www.macugnaga-monterosa.it Alone 70 different types of cheeses can be tasted here, among them of course the king of cheeses, the Bettelmatt. This region The Valle Anzasca is famed as one of the most frequented and also most beautiful valleys in Hotels the entire Ossola region – inhabited as well by chamois and ibex. The valley is named after produces various kinds of salami, too, not to forget the famous the river . It is very dark and narrow in its lower region, and opens up more and more as gnocchi made of chestnut flour. it rises up to the summit of Monte Rosa. Eleven pyramid-shaped peaks covered in snow with Himalaya-like cliffs and rocks the form the famous Monte Rosa, a mountain range 4634 m. Local Services high. Its name is derived from the word “roise”, which means glacier. Monte Rosa Mountain Hut Margherita

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The best way to get to know the Anzasca Valley is to take a trip to one of its famous alpine Valli Divedro, Antigorio and Formazza refuges: for instance the alpine hut of Zamboni-Zappa. You can get directly to Macugnaga by Town Information Varzo Museo Mineralogico Ossolano - chairlift and from there along a marked, circular route to the alpine hut. Here, on the Pedriola Postcode 28868 - Province VB Museo Nazionale delle Acque Minerali alpine pasture at a height of 2070 m., you have a breathtaking view over the troughs of the altitude 568 m Mineralogical Museum Del Belvedere glacier. Population 968 Via Bagni 18 Telephone (+39) 0324 61655 Macugnaga rises up at the foot of Monte Rosa and is a well-developed, modern tourist centre Tourist Information e-mail [email protected] both in summer and winter; yet at the same time has preserved its historic and valuable herit- Proloco Valle Divedro www.centroginocchi.it Piazza Agnesetta 2 - Varzo www.aldoroggiani.it age as a witness to the Walser culture. For winter sports fans there are two cross-country telephone (+39) 0324 780809 / 333 5481843 routes winding their way amongst the ancient houses of Pecetto and Isella, then leading on e-mail [email protected] Town Information Formazza into the forests. From here you can start out on foot or skis along the most beautiful routes e-mail [email protected] Postcode 28863 - Province VB www.valdivedro.it Altitude 1280 m Alpe Veglia e Devero Nature Park around Monte Rosa. Hinderbalmo is the name of a collection of huts and alpine farms at an Population 446 altitude of 1950 m. above Macugnaga. Museum Varzo archeomuseo Multimediale Tourist Information To the right of the path leading up here and about 500 m. before the hut you arrive at a large, Multimedia Archaeological Museum Fraz. Ponte irregularly shaped rock with incised signs on it in various places. Notwithstanding that the c/o Villa Gentinetta, Viale Peri 27 28863 Formazza - VB typical cruciform signs are missing, they are possibly the traces of pilgrims wandering through telephone (+39) 0324 72572 Telephone (+39) 0324 63059 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Macugnaga church and graveyard from Vallais (Wallis). www.amossola.it www.valformazza.it The historic town of Macugnaga has been shaped first and foremost by the mountain people Town Information Museum Formazza of the Walser. This Alemannic people settled in Upper Vallais (Wallis) in the thirteenth century, Postcode 28862 - Province VB Casa Forte in Ponte Formazza later expanding their own colonies from the Bern uplands as far as the Grimsel Pass and the altitude 508 m Ethnographic Museum of Walser Culture heights of the Gom. The Walser settlement also extends to include the Val Formazza, the Population 1490 28863 Formazza Fraz. Ponte Telephone (+39) 0324 634346/ 634336 Simplon Valley, the and the valley hollows of Monte Rosa – and thus also to Tourist Information e-mail [email protected] the town of Macugnaga. It is significant that Italian was first made the teaching language in Ufficio Turistico Valle Antigorio e-mail [email protected] Fraz. Bagni 20 - Crodo schools as late as 1880. telephone (+39) 0324 600005 Museum The influence of Walser culture is still evident in the structure of the houses built of wood and e-mail [email protected] Museo Mineralogico masonry. A church of Our Lady was built in the second half of the 13. Century, reconstructed e-mail [email protected] Mineralogical Museum Via Casa Francesco several times in the course of the centuries; it is also another witness to Walser culture. Not far Museums Crodo 28866 Premia - VB Alpe Veglia e Devero Nature Park from the church, now surrounded by a cemetery, is a lime tree from the 13. Century, where in Casa Museo della Montagna Telephone (+39) 0324 62021 ethnographic Mountain Museum e-mail [email protected] earlier times laws were decreed and councils held. Fraz. Viceno www.amossola.it Not far from the Walser House Museum is the village of Fornarelli, the location of the goldmine telephone (+39) 0324 618431 (Proloco) of Guia. The mine was in operation for more than two hundred years (1710 to 1946) and was e-mail [email protected] Thermal Baths SPA Centro Termale di Premia the first in Italy to be re-opened as a cultural facility. Centro Studi Piero Ginocchi Fraz. Cadarese 46 Two cross-country ski-runs close to Macugnaga are bound to make the hearts of winter sports Museo di Scienze della Terra Ubaldo Baroli 28866 Premia-VB Natural History Museum Piazza Municipio 9 fans beat faster. They wind their way between the old buildings of Pecetto and Isella and then Via Pellanda 15 Telephone (+39) 0324 617210 / 617157 Macugnaga lead into the woods. Numerous options for excursions on foot or on skis start here, leading you 22862 Crodo - VB e-mail [email protected] to the most breathtakingly beautiful routes around Monte Rosa. Very popular among hiking www.premiaterme.com experts is the village of further to the east. A widely ramified network of well-marked routes offers a great variety of hiking and rambling excursions to Alpine pas- The Divedro, Antigorio and Formazza valleys begin near in the vicinity of tures and mountains; these include Pizzo San Martino (2733 m.). Since 1903, a great iron Domodossola. The Antigorio and Formazza valleys together form a geographic unit, extend- cross has crowned the peak and its stunning panorama. ing as the vale of the river To c e to the township of Riale close to the Swiss border. This is also Val Antigorio - Baceno General the northernmost point in Piedmont. A formative feature of the Divedro Valley in the direction Information Valle Bognanco of the Simplon Pass is the torrent of . There is also railway line passing through the Divedro Valley, and the old Napoleonic road leading to Switzerland. When you leave the Orridi di Uriezzo – imposing gorges – in the Antigorio-Formazza Valley, Upper, Central, Town Information Bognanco Thermal Baths SPA Lower Postcode 28845 - Province VB Centro Termale di Bognanco you arrive at the Conca di Formazza at around 4002 feet. You can go skiing on the Sabbione Lago Maggiore altitude 980 m Piazza Ramponi 10 glacier at 9842 feet even in summer – all in all a truly gigantic natural spectacle, especially Population 319 28842 Bognanco - VB Telephone the waterfall of Cascata del Toce. The road continues steeply uphill as a footpath and ends at (+39) 0324 234109 East Shore Tourist Information e-mail [email protected] 7588 feet at the Passo di San Giacomo at the Swiss border. The Riale Formazza is a famous Via Cavallini www.bognanco.it and Varese telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 234127 cross-country circuit and was used in recent years by several national teams in preparation for Val Bognanco Lago di Paione e-mail [email protected] competitions. The Devero Valley opens up at Baceno, leading to the well-known Alpe Veglia www.valbognanco.com e Devero Nature Park. The Swiss part www.altavallebognanco.it of the Lake The inhabitants of the Antigorio and Formazza Valley stem from the mountain people of the Walser, who have influenced this region with their original way of life and traditions. This is The Valle di Bognanco stretches out from Domodossola in a westerly direction. It is only eight noticeable in the language, in the architecture, and in the traditional dishes, which have all or nine miles long, very green and is also called the “Valley of the Hundred Waterfalls”. The Ossola Valleys acquired their own quite individual character. Although the Antigorio and Formazza valley is holidaymaker can look forward to a delightful variety of landscape and a haven of unspoiled one single valley, it has two different cultural origins: that of the Rhaeto-Romanic culture and nature. The Bognanco Valley is known first and foremost for its mild climate and prolific ther- that of the Walser. The Antigorio Valley always formed an important connection between mal springs. Cascata del Toce Vallais (Wallis) and Tessin (Ticino). One of its townships is Crodo, well known for its excellent Lake Orta However, the Bognanco Valley has other entrancing qualities besides its thermal springs: it lies water and source of the famous Italian aperitif Crodino. The Antigorio Valley is very diverse in in the natural amphitheatre formed by the breathtaking, seemingly infinite stretch of the Alps. its geology. The parish church of San Gaudenzio in Baceno is well worth a visit in itself. It offers innumerable options for excursions and trips, for example up the Alpe Monscera or to Novara, the summit of the Pioltone and the Pizzo Stracuigo, rewarded by an incomparable view of the Vineyards and Alps and the surrounding valleys. And the valley is a must for trekking fans: starting out from Paddy Fields San Bernardo di Bognanco there are many excellently marked cycle and hiking routes leading to the surrounding peaks. The villages of Ansuno and Possetto are worth a visit as well for Hotels their numerous mills.

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Museums Town Information Domodossola Information Museum Postcode 28845 - Province VB www.vallevigezzo.eu altitude 270 m Museo di Scienze Naturali - Fond. Galletti Fondazione L’UniversiCá Natural History Museum Ethnographic Museum Population 18394 Town Information Santa Maria Maggiore 28845 Domodossola - VB Piazzale Colonia 2 Postcode 28857 - Province VB Market day Saturday Telephone (+39) 0324 492311 /316 Telephone (+39) 0321 231655 altitude 816 m every last Saturday also www.amossola.it e-mail [email protected] Handicraft Population 1236 www.universica.it Civico Museo Palazzo Silva Tourist Information Tourist Information Ethnographic Museum Piazza Risorgimento 28 Piazza Matteotti c/o Terminal Bus Town Information Malesco Piazza Chiossi 1 telephone (+39) 0324 95091 telephone (+39) 0324 248265 Postcode 28854 - Province VB 28845 Domodossola - VB e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Altitude 761 m Telephone (+39) 338 5029591 / 0324 492311 www.santamariamaggiore.info www.prodomodossola.it Population 1473 e-mail [email protected] www.amossola.it Museums Tourist Information Sacro Monte Calvario Museo dello Spazzacamino Via Ospedale 1 The pilgrimage centre of Re Borgata Sacro Monte Calvario 5 Museo Ossolano d’Architettura Sacra Telephone (+39) 0324 929901 telephone (+39) 0324 241976 Chimney Sweep Museum Museum of Sacral Art of Ossola Valleys e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] c/o Villa Antonia, Piazza Risorgimento 28 Via alla Chiesa, 28865 Crevalodossola - VB www.sacromontedomodossola.it telephone (+39) 0324 905675 Telephone (+39) 0324 239100 Museums Val Grande National Park www.sacrimonti.net e-mail [email protected] www.amossola.it www.museospazzacamino.it Museo Archeologico della Pietra Ollare Archaeological and Soapstone Museum Castello di Vogogna c/o Palazzo Pretorio Visconti Castle of Vogogna Pinacoteca Scuola di Belle Arti Piazza Ettore Romagnoli 28805 Vogogna - VB Rossetti Valentini Telephone (+39) 0324 92444 / 92261 Painting Gallery Telephone (+39) 0323 87200 e-mail [email protected] Via Rossetti Valentini 1 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] telephone (+39) 0324 95091/ 94213 www.parcovalgrande.it e-mail [email protected] The actual Ossola Valley extends between Lago Maggiore and the municipality of Museo Etnografico Ca’ di Feman Town Information Ethnographic Museum Crevoladossola and is the most centrally situated of the valleys throughout the Ossola region: Postcode 28853 - Province VB Piazza Sorelle Adorna altitude 836 m 28856 Villette - VB these radiate away from it in the form of a maple leaf. The To c e flows through the Val d’Ossola, Population 995 Val Vigezzo Telephone (+39) 0324 97029 as it does the Val Formazza and the Val Antigorio. Its source is in the Riale di Formazza at a e-mail [email protected] height of 5643 feet; after 50 miles it merges into Lago Maggiore at Borromeo Bay. The Ossola Tourist Information www.vallevigezzo.eu Valley is especially famous for its diversity of minerals and rich resources of stone: granite, marble, beole (a type of gneiss) and Serizzo (a type of granite) are its most precious treasures, Mountain Hut in Divedro Valley immortalised in the local architecture. The valley starts in and , a municipality of the Val Grande Nature Park. The town of Domodossola has existed in the centre of the Ossola valleys from time imme- The villages of Santa Maria Maggiore and Malesco are among the most well-known morial; it was already known in the second century AD, but under the name of “Oscele localities in the valley. Santa Maria Maggiore is renowned throughout Italy as a good-luck Lepontiorum”. Later it was called Domus Oxulae and served the entire region as the centre village, for this where the spazzacamini, the “black men”, come from, in whose honour a of Christianity. The construction of the Simplon Pass road in 1805 and the Simplon Tunnel Chimney Sweep Museum has been founded – the only one of its kind in Italy. in 1906 brought the town out of its historical isolation. For a good 1000 years the heart of The so-called blue Vigezzina Railway passes through this landscape. The panoramic route Domodossola itself has been the Piazza Mercato, lined with elegant manor houses with Malesco of this railway line is 32 miles long, travels over 83 bridges and through 31 tunnels, passes arbours and the wooden balconies typical of the region. There are abundant sightseeing des- over awesome gorges, past houses of local stone and wild and elemental rocks, and in one tinations in the close vicinity, for instance the Palazzo di Città, the Palazzo Silva, the church and a half hours connects Domodossola with Locarno on Lago Maggiore in Switzerland. It of S. Gervasio and Protasio and the Internationale Station with its underground platforms, also stops at several stations in Vigezzo. The valley is named Centovalli between the Swiss General from which the Vigezzina Railway trains leave for Locarno. An absolute must for visitors is a border and the lake. This is where lovers of untouched and peaceful nature and advanced hik- Information detour to the Holy Mountain of the town, the so-called Sacro Monte Calvario. The erection of ers will find a genuine paradise, because the mountain peaks in Val Vigezzo seldom surpass the Way of the Cross in the seventeenth century heralded the advent of Baroque art into the an altitude of 7874 feet. Ossola valleys. Upper, Central, Lower Another name for the municipalities of Montecreste, Crevoladossola, Masera and Trontano is The village of Druogno goes back to Celtic times; its name means “Village of the Oaks”. Lago Maggiore Castle of Vogogna the “Riviera Ossolana”: they form a kind of crown over Domodossola. Thanks to their amena- Some finds suggest the presence of prehistoric human settlement, like the crucible-shaped ble climate, their location in the Toce valley and their infrastructural function in connecting to signs marking rocks of the Campra alpine pasture. Today this is primarily a region of pas- East Shore the high-altitude Alpine pastures, they have always been well populated. In Roldo, a hamlet tural agriculture. and Varese belonging to the village of Montecreste, visitors can see an impressive pagan temple from The Vigezzo Valley during its time was known among connoisseurs as the valley of the the fifth or fourth century BC, while in Crevoladossola the parish church of Santissimi Pietro painters. Artists like Rosetti Valentini, Gian Maria Rastellini, Lorenzo Peretti, Enrico Cavalli e Paolo (16th century) is of particular interest for the sightseer. Another essential sightseeing The Swiss part et al. worked here and became renowned beyond the borders of Italy particularly for their destination is encountered on entering the village of Masera, the little church of S. Abbondio of the Lake landscapes. Almost at the end of the valley in Re is a Gothic or Byzantine pilgrimage church. (11th century). It lines the road leading through the Val Vigezzo, and its purity of style makes it It is dedicated to the Madonna of the Blood, which is supposed to have appeared there Val Grande National Park one of the most outstanding Romanesque buildings in the entire Ossola region. Subsequently miraculously in 1494. Devout pilgrims have come in droves to Re throughout the ages to a breathtaking approach to the Val Grande National Park leads via the mountains of Trontano, Ossola Valleys wonder at the miracle of Re and pray at the shrine of the “Blood Madonna”. On 29 April a village renowned for its resources of stone and wine. Incidentally, another convenient route 1494, Giovanni Zuccone is supposed to have thrown a stone at the picture, hitting the to the National Park starts out from the municipality of Beura Cardezza. Villadossola, on Madonna on her forehead. It was reported that blood flowed from the face of the Madonna Domodossola Piazza del Mercato the other hand, is located at the entrance to the Valle Antrona. The township is primarily well for 20 days. A few years ago a hostel for pilgrims and a retreat house was built next to the Lake Orta known for its lively cultural centre La Fabbrica. Another rewarding experience awaits the visitor shrine. at the Romanesque church of San Bartolomeo a short distance outside the town. lies between the Toce and the mountain stream Anza at the entrance to the Valle Anzasca. It Novara, was a key traffic junction in the seventeenth century for trade in grain, wine and other products. Vineyards and The most important military fortification here is the Torre Ferrerio, dated 1594. The castle of Paddy Fields Vogogna was built in 1348 on commission of Giovanni Visconti to safeguard the little township of Vogogna and the valley. Today there is almost nothing left of the wall encircling the town Hotels as an added fortification, while the castle with its towers and crenellations still looms up as majestically as it did in the Middle Ages, dominating the entire village from its mountain slope.

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Armeno, Miasino, Ameno Mountains of Town Information Armeno Museo Tornielli Postcode 28011 - Province NO Museum of Comtemporary Art altitude 523 m Piazza Marconi 1 Fondazione Calderara Population 2195 28010 Ameno –NO Museum of Comtemporary Art Associazione Culturale Asilo Bianco Frazione Vacciago, Via Bardelli 9 Market day Saturday Cultural Association Asilo Bianco Ameno - NO Telephone (+39) 320 9525617 Telephone (+39) 0322 998192 Tourist Information e-mail [email protected] www.fondazionecalderara.it Pro Loco di Armeno www.museotornielli.it Via dei Prati, ex Area Tonella www.asilobianco.it Telephone (+39) 0322 900175 Museo degli Alberghieri e-mail [email protected] Hospitality and Hotel History Museum www.prolocoarmeno.beepworld.it Via dei Prati 3 - 28011 Armeno e-mail [email protected] Admission free Situated above Orta half way up the mountain of Mottarone we find the small townships of Armeno; Miasino and Ameno. Armeno Armeno can look back to a centuries-old tradition in gastronomy and the hotel and catering business and is renowned above all for its world-famous chefs de cuisine. The Museo degli Alberghieri houses many exhibits illustrating the history of this service industry. Emblem of Armeno is the church of Santa Maria Assunta (Our Lady of the Assumption, 12th century). It is the paramount example in the Cusio region of a Romanesque building, fascinating in its sim- Situated between the and Lago Maggiore we find Lago ple, mystical beauty. Visitors can marvel at the precious sixteenth-century frescoes, including the famous Trinità tricefala, a rare, anthropomorphic portrayal of the . d’Orta, also known under its name of “Cusio”. It is surrounded by a landscape more charming than overwhelming, scattered with old Miasino stone houses. The region is generally noted as being one of peaceful In Miasino we can find traces of a settlement dating back to the Iron Age. In the Middle Ages the civic and religious life of the townsfolk was closely connected to the other coastal and picturesque holiday resorts, with San Giulio the most popular. municipalities of Lago d’Orta, which were all under the sovereignty of the bishops and dukes of There is noticeably less residential settlement and tourist bustle here Novara. The township has attained cultural significance among other things through a private Omegna General than in the neighbouring townships of Lago Maggiore – except twice school specialising in the humanities. Major sightseeing destinations are the parish church of Information a year, when the famous flower show transforms the Ortafiori streets San Rocco and the resplendent Villa Nigra, both from the Baroque era. and squares into a sea of flowers. Ameno Upper, Central, The west shore of Lago d’Orta is steep and rugged; its mountains The parish church of Santa Maria Assunta (Our Lady of the Assumption) with its Late Romanesque Lower campanile stands on the outskirts of Ameno, a municipality which can glory in the Villa Tornielli Lago Maggiore already part of the foothills of the Monte Rosa massif, the second and its exquisite Baroque garden in its centre. Also of particular interest is the Fondazione highest mountain massif in the Alps, whereas the east shore rises Calderara museum in the district of Vacciago. The region is known as Cascine di Ameno and East Shore more gently towards Mottarone, which attains an altitude of 1491 m. lies at the edge of the Valley. Small, picturesque rustic villages have grown up along the and Varese and separates the Lago d’Orta from Lago Maggiore. wooded river course, among them Pezzasco, Tacchino and Sculera. Myriad well-maintained paths and tracks for rambling and mountain-bike tours lead through the woods. South of Ameno we find The climate is extremely mild – especially on the east shore – until The Swiss part the Monte Mesma nature reserve stretching out before us, named after the mountain rising up of the Lake well into autumn, meadows and forests cover wide areas: here we above it (1,890 feet). Scaling its peak rewards with glorious views onto the surrounding country- mainly find sweet chestnut trees and beeches, in higher regions also side. Nor should the visitor miss the monastery of Santuario del Monte Mesma, still occupied by pine and spruce forests. the Capuchin friars. The solitary Torre di Buccione dates from the thirteenth century, a unique relic Ossola Valleys of early medieval castle architecture and situated southwest of Monte Mesma. It likewise gives its The town of Omegna lies at the north mouth of the lake. It is renowned name to a nature reserve. Further south, the village of is worth a mention, its world-wide for its design label companies, for example Alessi. The main feature of interest the Romanesque church of S. Martino di Engrevo. Lake Orta Valle begins westwards from Omegna. Throughout its history Omegna the valley has always been completely secluded and for this reason Omegna has continued to keep its independence and autonomy – something Novara, Museo Etnografico Town Information Forum Museo Arti e Industria Vineyards and its inhabitants are still very proud of and value greatly. Other out- e dello Strumento Musicale a Postcode 28887 - Province VB Design Museum Paddy Fields standingly attractive places around the lake are , Armeno, altitude 295 m Parco Pasquale Maulini 1 - Omegna Fiato Population 16074 Telephone (+39) 0323 866141 Ethnographic Museum of Wind Agrano, Miasino, Pella and Ronco. e-mail [email protected] Instruments Market day Thursday e-mail [email protected] Via Roma 7 Hotels

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Sightseeing In the vicinity As you walk along the pedestrian promenade along the lake you see the short arcades The lakeside village of Pettenasco, few kilometres North of Orta, is well known for its lakeside belonging to the historic centre of the town, founded by the Romans as Voemenia. The promenade, one of the vantage points to admire the lake in all its beauty. Parco Rodari, a town park close by, was named after the well-known writer , who among other writings became famous for his children’s books. Val Strona The Piazza XXV Aprile opens up to the lake and can be reached via an attractive lakeside promenade. The historic town centre is enclosed by buildings from the Middle Ages, the Town Information Raccolta di Arte Sacra a Forno-Valstrona Postcode 28892 - Province VB Renaissance and the baroque era and radiates a peaceful, meditative aura. In the oldest Collection of Religious Art altitude 475 m Chiesa Parrocchiale dei S. S. Pietro e Paolo, Fraz. Forno - VB part of the town, the quarter between the parish church and the Piazza Orsoline, there are Population 1263 Telephone (+39) 0323 885101 clear traces of adornments from many centuries, including portals, stone and stucco orna- Orta S. Giulio ecomuseo Campello Monti Museo Etnografico e dell’Artigianato ments, and wrought iron grating. The Romanesque church of Collegiata di Sant’ Ambrogio “Kampel Walser Association” Ethnographic and Handicraft-Museum Valle Strona - Campello Monti is the foremost building in Omegna. It has in its interior a resplendent baroque altar and Via della Gassa 1 Viale Principale 22 – Fraz. Forno - VB Fraz. Campello Monti - VB a sixteenth-century winged altarpiece, attributed to the artist Fermo Stella. The church of Telephone (+39) 0323 89622 telephone (+39) 0323 62400 e-mail [email protected] San Gaudenzio in the district of Crusinallo is one of the best preserved Romanesque build- e-mail [email protected] www.lagodorta.net ings in the entire Cusio region. Val Strona, though less known, has a most charming landscape, stretching from Omegna on In the vicinity Lago d’Orta in a north-westerly direction and is bordered there by the end of a grandiose alpine Monte Zuoli is a range of foothills about 400 m. high and around 3 km. from Omegna; valley. The valley ascends to 4265 feet in Campello Monti. The Strona Valley is part of a brea- from the top you have an impressive view onto the whole of Lago d’Orta. thtaking landscape and a paradise for ramblers and hikers of all grades of proficiency. Almost and the twin community of Quarna Sotto are situated on a gentle hill before the descent lost in the stillness of the Valle Strona, Campello Monti is a tiny, very ancient village, once into the Valle Strona, very popular as a favourable starting point for ramblers and moun- subject to the jurisdiction of the Walser. It has lost none of its original charm. Campello Monti Isola di S. Giulio tain hikers. Quarna Sotto boasts of a long handicraft tradition in the construction of wind consists of a cluster of houses in delicate colours, with characteristic slate roofs. Framed by the instruments, while Quarna Sopra has made a name for itself in turning and shaping wood. utter greenness of the valley slopes and high mountain peaks, the village is an ideal starting The workshops of the instrument makers have for ever and a day been a Mecca for great point for excursions, for instance trips to the alpine lakes of Capezzone and Ravinella. Apart jazz musicians from all over the world. Further South, by Monte Pizzo, the old village of from the landscape, the beautiful eighteenth-century parish church of San Giovanni Battista , renown for the S. Clemente church, is a beloved starting point for many hikes in the Valle Strona is well worth a visit surrounding hills. The Witches’ Grotto is perhaps the most interesting of all grottos in the Valle Strona, but by no means the only one: another system, the Complesso dell’Intaglio consisting of twisting passageways is located a little further upwards. The Balma dal Diaù above Luzzogno has a Orta S. Giulio, Pettenasco cave opening up at its end with a waterfall. Other such sightseeing attractions are the Balma di Faij on Monti di Chesio near the Castuaga alpine pasture, which has two caves full of Town Information Orta S. Giulio Town Information Pettenasco stalagmites and stalactites, and, finally, the Grotte di Ravinella under the alpine pasture just Postcode 28016 - Province NO Postcode 28028 - Province NO mentioned, which even has a small lake in it. altitude 294 m Altitude 294 m In 1256, Walser migrants from Vispertal and Simplon established a settlement here. A brook Population 1177 Population 1317 Market day Tuesday formed the border between the communities of Campello and Forno and simultaneously the Orta S. Giulio Market day Wednesday Tourist Information provinces of Novara and Vercelli. This border was not only geographic, but also cultural: the Tourist Information Piazza Unità d’Italia 3 rustic culture of the Strona Valley developed on the valley side and on the mountain side the Via Bossi 11 Riserva Speciale del Telephone (+39) 0323 89593 telephone (+39) 0322 90155 e-mail [email protected] Walser culture of and Campello. Valle Strona - Campello Monti Nature Reserve Sacro Monte di Orta e-mail [email protected] Via Sacro Monte www.orta.net Museum General 28016 Orta San Gulio - NO Museo dell’Arte della Tornitura del Legno Pella Information Telephone (+39) 0322 911960 Unione Turistica Lago d’Orta Museum of Wood Turning and Shaping e-mail [email protected] Tourism Consortium Lake Orta Via Vittorio Veneto 10 www.sacri-monti.com Piazza Unità d’Italia 2, Pettenasco NO Town Information Pella Museo del Rubinetto e della sua Tecnologia Telephone (+39) 0323 89622 Upper, Central, telephone Postcode 28010 - Province NO Water Tap Museum (+39) 349 0984657 e-mail [email protected] e-mail altitude 306 m Piazza Martiri 1 Lower [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Population 1172 www.lagodorta.piemonte.it t www.lagodorta.net 28017 San Maurizio d’Opaglio - NO Lago Maggiore Telephone (+39) 0323 89622 Museo dello Scalpellino e-mail [email protected] Stonemason Museum www.museodelrubinetto.it East Shore Piazza Europa - Fraz. Boleto Valle Strona and Varese The most obvious charm of Orta San Giulio is doubtlessly its breathtaking location. Orta San 28010 Madonna del Sasso - NO Opening times Giulio, the actual heart of Lago d’Orta, lies between imposing villas on a peninsula. The historic telephone (+39) 0322 981177 Friday to Sunday 3 pm to 6 pm centre of the town has churches, romantic alleyways and squares; it is now a traffic-calmed zone. Viewing on request The Swiss part The Palazzo della Comunità is an adornment for the town centre and was erected in 1582. of the Lake The building was used for a long time as the Consiglio Generale della Comunità della piccola Repubblica della Riviera d’Orta, the seat of government of the tiny Orta republic. The Piazza On a sparsely populated shore of Lago d’Orta are the little towns of Pella and the neighbouring Motta, the hub of the town, is a popular meeting place. Departing from here and heading village of Ronco. This is where the Lago d’Orta is most peaceful and thus most romantic, far Ossola Valleys up the Via Albertoletti, you soon reach the Baroque parish church of Santa Maria Assunta away from tourist bustle. The picturesque alleyways in both localities beckon visitors to take (Our Lady of the Assumption). Another short walk brings you directly to the Sacro Monte di a stroll. From the beautiful lakeside promenade you look directly onto the island of San Giulio Sacro Monte d’Orta San Francesco (Sacro Monte d’Orta). 20 chapels illustrate various stations from the life of St lying opposite. In contrast, the two townships of San Maurizio d’Opaglio and are well Francis of Assisi; a Franciscan friary and the church of San Nicolao also form part of the Way known as centres for the production of water taps and fittings of all kinds. You can gain an inside Lake Orta Madonna del Sasso of the Cross. Apart from this, there is the pleasure of simply walking among the many ancient view of its history at the Museum of Taps and their Technology in San Maurizio d’Opaglio. trees and enjoying the wonderful view of the landscape. The holy mountain – incidentally an Novara, emblem of Lago d’Orta – has in the meantime been made a nature reserve. In the vicinity Vineyards and Shortly before Pella there is a fork in the road leading up the side of a mountain. At an altitude Island of San Giulio Paddy Fields of 638 m. it reaches a place that has great relevance for the history of art: the pilgrimage Opposite the town of Orta San Giulio we see the actual landmark of Lago d’Orta, the island of San church of Madonna del Sasso built on a very steep and precipitous granite rock, one of the Giulio. It is named after St Julius and lies more or less in the middle of the lake. The Basilica of San Giulio most spectacular sacred sites in the entire region. It was built between 1730 and 1748 and Hotels is itself one of the foremost Romanesque buildings in the whole of Piedmont. Certainly one of the attrac- rises above the remains of a Late Medieval chapel, its origins wound about in convolutions tions for visitors is a mysterious, medieval pulpit made of black marble. It shows the four symbols of of legend. It contains a sixteenth-century Pietà by Fermo Stella da Caravaggio and a wooden the Evangelists and fabulous beasts and is said to be the work of an anonymous master of the Middle crucifix from the seventeenth century. You have a marvellous panoramic view up here across Ages. One of the most prominent visitors to Orta San Giulio was the philosopher Friedrich Nietsche, who Local Services the surrounding landscape, onto the lake, and onto Mount Mottarone. Isola di S. Giulio honoured the location with his presence in May 1882, accompanied by the young Lou Salomé. Pella

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The Piedmontese Province of Novara borders on Lombardy Town Information Borgomanero Museo storico etnografico della Postcode 28021 - Province NO Bassa Valsesia to the south and extends in the north to the lower Lago altitude 307 m Ethnographic Museum Population 19315 c/o Villa Caccia, Viale Antonelli 1 Maggiore and the southern section of Lago d’Orta. Its Telephone (+39) 0163 827237 Market day Friday Vineyard landscape is dominated by hills, water courses, meadows e-mail [email protected] Tourist Information www.museostoricoromagnano.it and forests, with the two rivers Sesia and Ticino setting its Corso Roma 136 Town Information Waterpark telephone (+39) 0322 869992 Postcode 28047 - Province NO 3 Re natural boundaries. While the northern part of the province fax (+39) 0322 831014 Altitude 232m Via Cesare Battisti 76 e-mail [email protected] is famous for the wine-growing region of Colline Novaresi, Population 13.405 - NO the south towards the is characterised in the main Town Information Market day Monday and Friday Telephone (+39) 0321 829597 Postcode 28074 - Province NO e-mail [email protected] by countless paddy fields. altitude 240 m Museums www.piscina3re.com Population 3668 But not only its natural beauty urgently recommends a visit Museo Civico Etnografico “Fanchini” Market day Thursday to this part of Piedmont, also its art and culture. Whether Ethnographic Museum Tourist Information Vicolo Chiesa 1 Borgomanero, Ghemme, Oleggio or : each IAT Ghemme Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 91429 Piazza Castello 41 e-mail [email protected] of the townships here has its own very individual cultural, telephone (+39) 0163 841870 Admission free folk, and of course gastronomic traditions. e-mail [email protected] Museo d’Arte Religiosa Town Information Museum of Religious Art Many “monumental witnesses” testify to the past history Postcode 28078 - Province NO Piazza Bertotti 1 of the Novarese heights - well-constructed fortifications, altitude 265 m Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 91168 Population 4308 e-mail [email protected] country oratories, places of refuge and hair-raising bridges. Market day Saturday From the culinary point of view, the typical products of the Tourist Information Proloco, Piazza Libertá 1 region – apart from vintage wines – are rice and gorgonzola telephone (+39) 0163 826869/ 834790 cheese. e-mail [email protected] Novara itself is the capital of the province with the same The heart of the Province of Novara stretches out between the lowest tip of Lago Maggiore in name and lies in East Piedmont in the middle of an enormous the north and the flat paddy fields in the south. The so-called Alta Pianura is thickly populated rice plain. From here it is about 100 km to Turin and around and, contrary to its name, is anything other than flat. Besides the two main rivers Sesia and 50 km to Milan. It is the second largest city in the region and Ticino, there are many other water courses permeating the region and spreading out over slop- ing terraces formed in the Ice Age. The vine has been cultivated for millennia on the gentle hills General a popular destination for excursions from Lago Maggiore. of the Colline Novaresi, with grape varieties such as Nebbiolo, Vespolina and Bonarda. Today Information the region boasts a great number of wineries, welcoming visitors to taste its choice and vintage wines and as a delicious extra to savour its other local products. Upper, Central, Lower Borgomanero was founded by the Novarese people in 1194 with a location to the north of their Lago Maggiore own township as a kind of fortress playing a strategic role. When the building was finished in the early thirteenth century, it received its name of Borgo Mainerio in honour of the city bailiff East Shore of Novara, Jacopo Mainerio. Today, Borgomanero is a flourishing centre of trade and industry, and Varese yet it has preserved its historical and artistic attractions. Piazza Martiri is the actual town centre where the façade of the Collegiate Church of San Bartolomeo (12th century) is of exceptional interest. Inside there is a wonderful triptych, dating from 1566, frescoes and paint- The Swiss part ings by , and a magnificent baroque wooden altar. The Oratory of San Leonardo of the Lake with its beautiful frescoes dating from the thirteenth century is the oldest church in the town (11th/12th century). The façade and the supporting columns are made of great ashlars, while the side walls and apse were built of gravel. Additional rewarding sights await the visitor: the Ossola Valleys Corso Roma, where a market is held every Friday, as has been the custom for five hundred Borgomanero Collegiata San Bartolomeo years, the Palazzo d’Este, an old residence from the fifteenth century; a medieval bridge called “del Torrione”, the palace of Vergano from the fourteenth century and the Oratory of San Lake Orta NOVARA, Vineyards Nicola alla Baraggiola, a rustic, pre-Romanesque building with a stone bell tower. West of Borgomanero surrounded by woodland and vineyards is the picturesque villages of and Boca, the latter well-known and beloved for its wine. Set off somewhat from the village Novara, and Paddy Fields we see the monumental pilgrimage church del Crocifisso rising up, a work of the renowned Vineyards and architect Alessandro Antonelli (completed in 1917), and the fortress of Mantalbano where are Paddy Fields still some interesting frescoes to be seen. East of Borgomanero is the village of Gattico in beau- tiful and exceptionally diverse countryside. It is a region of much , Hotels including the ruins of the Basilica San Martino and many other churches. Near the road from Borgomanero to Gattico you shouldn’t miss seeing the splendid, seventeenth-century Villa Leonardi and its English garden, and the Oratory della Madonna di Campagna. Moreover, further East from Borgomanero, by the village of , the Nature Reserve of Lagoni di Local Services Mercurago and its late roman Necropolis is well worth a visit. Boca

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Romagnano Sesia and Momo and vicinity Already settled by the Romans, the village of Romagnano Sesia grew to economic prosperity It’s worth travelling just over a mile north of Momo to the little rural church of Santissima under the Visconti and is today notable among other things for the direct sale of valuable Trinità (11th century) with its exquisite sixteenth-century fresco cycle. It lines the old cashmere textiles. The Benedictine monastery of San Silvano was founded c. 1008; all that Francigena pilgrimage way, which led to this region from the Simplon Pass via Lago d’Orta and remains of it is the so-called Cantina dei Santi. The two rooms are very remarkable: the first Borgomanero, then proceeded to Novara and the Po Valley. Our itinerary takes us via has wonderful fresco cycle of biblical scenes datable to the fifteenth century. The second and Cavaglio d’Agogna to Fontaneto d’Agogna. The name of this village of ancient origin room houses an interesting collection of very ancient archaeological finds. Like the Cantina stems from the countless ground water sources to be found in the close vicinity. The shrine dei Santi, many other buildings in the historic centre were built of gravel and pebbles taken of St Alexander in the parish church of Beata Vergine Assunta (Blessed Virgin Mary of the from the riverbed of the Sesia and rendered in herringbone pattern. In the parish church of Assumption) is the work of Alessandro Antonelli. Another destination not to be missed is in Santissima Annunziata and San Silvano the visitor can see two very old and fascinating Curéggio, the Baptisterium di San Giovanni. The octagonal baptistery stands next to the par- Romagnano Sesia liturgical objects: an early Christian sarcophagus from the fifth century used as an altar and ish church of S. Maria Assunta and dates from the twelfth century. Archaeological excavations the stump of a votive column from the second to the third centuries. We must also mention have revealed a previous building from the 5th century; the frescoes date from the thirteenth the church of Madonna del Popolo; its dome is adorned with valuable baroque frescoes. and fifteenth centuries. Wine barrels The rampart tower of the Praetorium in the heart of the village probably dates from 1466. Its lowest part appears to have belonged to an even older building, possible to a previously Oleggio and existing fortress. The tower is the only remaining part of the fortress’s square construction; About two and a half miles outside the village of Bellinzago Novarese we come to the Abbey Pombia Park Safari Park its interior grew into the historic village centre of Romagnano Sesia. Rising up not far from of Badia di Dulzago, a most interesting building complex. This religious and agricultural centre Via Larino 3 the centre is the imposing Villa Caccia on Monte Cucco. It was built by Alessandro Antonelli was erected in the twelfth century on the remnants of a Roman settlement and is still occupied 28050 Pombia – NO between 1842 and 1848 as the summer residence of the Counts Caccia di . Today by several families. A “must-see” is the church of San Giulio with its exquisite frescoes from Telephone (+39) 0321 956431 Fax (+39) 0321 956401 it houses the Museum of History and Ethnography. The visitor should also visit the remains the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The heart of Oléggio situated a little further to the e-mail [email protected] of a medieval bridge from the village, which was destroyed in 1223. Only three of a prob- north is the triangular, arcaded Piazza Martiri della Libertà. A mighty clock tower rises up www.safaripark.it able total of 60 arches are left from the ancient building, which once spanned the river Sesia in its centre; a market has been held here every Monday for over 500 years. Two places well and connected the villages of Romagnano and . They now stand in a park quite a worth a visit are the museum of religious art and, top of the list, the “Fanchini” ethnographic distance away from the river, which was re-routed in 1655 to safeguard the townships from museum. More than 100,000 exhibits give a dynamic view of local life and work traditions. floods. Prato Sesia is situated on the hill of Sopramonte, north of Romagnano Sesia. Here It is one of the most important collections in the entire province. A visit to Oléggio would not you can see the remains of a castle built in the fourteenth century by Bartolomeo Tornielli. be complete without viewing the Early Romanesque church of San Michele. It lies northwest The small church of the Madonna, in the castle ruins, has a fresco by Giovanni de Campo of the historic centre next to the cemetery and is built of bricks and river pebbles. Via the tiny Ethnographic Museum (15th century). About 3 km south of Romagnano Sesia we encounter the small oratory of township of – yet again famous for its excellent wine – we then move on in a San Martino di Breclema, one of the oldest of its kind in the entire province. It dates from northerly direction to Pombia. The small municipality has a Safari Park and is situated at the the eleventh century and belonged to an ancient fortified village which was completely edge of a river terrace. In pre-historic times the was domiciled in this region. destroyed in the fourteenth century. Finally, we come to the township of enthroned on one of the last morainal hills before the start of the plain. It is crowned by a Gothic Visconti Castle. Ghemme, , Fara Novarese and Oleggio San Michele About 24 km north of Novara is the town of Ghemme which is nowadays primarily known for NOVARA its high-quality wine of the same name. Already settled in the fourth century BC, in Roman times it quickly grew into an influential centre and this significance did not abate during the Town Information Novara Museo di Storia Naturale e Middle Ages. The monumental fortress of Castello-Ricetto in the town centre derives from Postcode 28100 - Province NO Museo Etnografico the latter epoch. With circumvallation and moat, it was designed to protect the populace and Altitude 162 m Natural History and Ethnographic Museum their property from the permanent plundering and destruction The whole complex covers an Population 102862 Palazzo Faraggiana, Via G. Ferrari 13 Telephone (+39) 0321 3702764 2 area of over 12,000 m . A tour through the narrow alleyways of the fortress, refurbished in Market day Monday to Sunday e-mail [email protected] General Viale Beltrami and Viale Dante Information the meantime with shops and cafés, is still a riveting experience. A rewarding experience can Town Information also be had in a visit to Ghemme’s parish church, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and ATL - Novara Postcode 28066 - Province NO Ghemme built over the grave of Blessed Panacea (completed in 1700). Rising up on a hillside vineyard Baluardo Quintino Sella 40 Population 15412 Upper, Central, in the direct vicinity of Ghemme is another castle, the fortress of Cavenago. It was converted Telephone (+39) 0321 394059 Market day Friday Lower Fax (+39) 0321 631063 into a farm in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but has still retained its rectangular e-mail [email protected] Tourist Information Lago Maggiore structure with three corner towers. www.turismonovara.it IAT - Galliate Piazza Vittorio Veneto (Piazza del Castello) Like Ghemme, the three neighbouring townships of Sizzano, Fara Novarese and Briona Telephone (+39) 0321 864897 East Shore Museums have based their economy on viticulture. Sizzano’s parish church S. Vittore rises up over the Fax (+39) 0321 866460 and Varese Musei della Canonica del Duomo e-mail [email protected] Piazza Prone, encircled by buildings of the medieval Castello. Its present appearance dates Cathedral Museum Vicolo della Canonica 9–17 from 1650, but it stands on the foundations of a very much older, preceding church (11th Museo d’arte contemporanea The Swiss part century). Recently, major excavations have revealed more evidence of Early Christianity. telephone (+39) 331 1659568 “Angelo Bozzola” e-mail [email protected] Museum of Comtemporary Art of the Lake Should you need a little refreshment after such historical and cultural expeditions, you can www.novaria.org c/o Castello Visconteo Sforzesco take a break at least in the summer months in the “aquafun” swimming baths Piscina 3 Re Informationen s.o. bei IAT - Galliate in nearby Fara Novarese, and then make a detour to Briona. One of its most impressive Complesso Monumentale del Broletto Besichtigung auf Anfrage unter: Broletto Complex – Telephone (+39) 0321 800 762/ 763 Ossola Valleys sights is in the district of Proh, the so-called Rocchetta. The hunting lodge was built in the History, Art and Archeology Museum late fifteenth century by the Sforza and afterwards owned by the Caccia di Mandello; it still Via F.lli Rosselli 20 in private ownership. telephone (+39) 0321 3702770 e-mail [email protected] Castle of Briona www.brolettodinovara.it Lake Orta

Novara, The Piedmontese city of Novara lies in the midst of a plain dominated by rice fields. The city Vineyards and was settled long before the Romans came and in the first century BC elevated into a muni- Paddy Fields cipium, which during the Roman Empire developed into a flourishing centre. The remains of the ring wall on Piazza Cavour still testify to this era today. Besides the sights and sites relating to (art) history, Novara’s historic city has other features to recommend it – with its Hotels stately palazzi and beautiful colonnades it also offers a refreshing change from the stress of the big city. Local Services

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Sightseeing The southern section of the Province of Novara – all around the capital city, so to speak – A good starting point for discovering Novara is the neo-classical Piazza Martiri della is an immense flat plain characterised primarily by paddy fields. It is most impressive when Libertà. The Castello Sforzesco looms up to the south of the square, still very impressive the innumerable parcels of land are flooded in spring. Then the so-called Bassa Novarese despite its tumble-down condition. Lining the east side of the piazza is the Teatro Coccia, is transformed into what seems to be an endless lagoon formed of fragmented planes of opened in 1888, and finally, on its north side, is the Palazzo Orelli, also called Palazzo water, interspersed by dams, poplars and canals. The loamy soil is optimally water-reten- Mercato – it used to house the agricultural exchange. The Via Fratelli Rosselli leads to tive and fed by the many rivers and canals, hence rice was planted here as early as 500 the Duomo Santa Maria Assunta (nineteenth century), designed in neo-classical style years ago. However, the modern paddies were first cultivated during the industrialisation by Alessandro Antonelli and to the charming Piazza delle Erbe. The cathedral was built of agriculture in the nineteenth century, giving the landscape its “artificial” appearance of on a previous Romanesque church; the mosaic floor has been preserved in the presbytery today. In between we see occasional townships, castles, churches and farmsteads rising up Paddy fields The Baptistery rises up opposite, the oldest building in the city (fourth/fifth century). above them Tornaco and The frescoes inside show scenes from the Apocalypse (eleventh century), and the Last Situated in the centre of the sleepy little village of Tornaco we find the Villa Marzoni Judgement (fifteenth century). The adjoining cloisters are a genuine treasure as well, not dating from the late nineteenth century and preceded by a fifteenth-century castle, of least because of the archaeological finds exhibited here (steles from the second century which the gate arch and the remnants of two towers have been preserved. Today the villa BC, and more). On the first floor of the north wing other highly fascinating exhibits are on houses a Museum of Local History, presenting a view of local agriculture. Trecate is a show in the Lapidary Museum. The Municipal Museum is situated in the Broletto, a com- small agricultural and industrial township of ancient origin, with a main square, the Piazza plex of buildings stemming from various epochs; it has an archaeological department and Cavour, and, rising up behind it, the parish church of S. Maria Assunta (Our Lady of the a painting gallery. The former political centre constituted out of the Palazzi del Podestà, dei Assumption, 14th century). Although the building has been remodelled several times, a Paratici, dei Referendari and dell’Arengo. Novara’s most important church is the Basilica fresco portraying St has been preserved from the early period. di San Gaudenzio built in 1659 with architecture by Pellegrino Tibaldi. Its dome is 121 m high, the city’s landmark, heralding from afar the approach to the city. It is also a work of Borgolavezzaro, and Novara Basilica di San Gaudenzio Alessandro Antonelli (completed in 1888) and crowned by a gilded figure of Christ. Inside, Borgolavezzaro is a municipality on the southernmost tip of the province. Although the one of its most interesting features is the Scurolo, a kind of ground-level crypt, holding first official records date from the eleventh century, numerous archaeological finds prove the mortal remains of Novara’s patron saint, St Gaudenzio. Furthermore, the visitor can that the Romans had already settled here. A cycle path leads from here to the Campo della see outstanding works of religious art in the polyptych by Gaudenzio Ferrari (c. 1516) in Ghina Botanical Gardens, where various habitats of the Po Valley have been reconstructed. the Cappella della Natività, and numerous paintings from the sixteenth and seventeenth Keeping to a northerly direction you come to the municipality of and then the centuries. Not far from the basilica is the Palazzo Faraggiana, now housing a very interest- small village of Nibbiola draped around the Castello dei Tornielli. A fortress dominated the ing natural history museum; it contains works of taxidermy showing around 2500 species environs here as early as the twelfth century, although the present castle dates from the Casalino Castello dei Leonardi of animals from all over the world. Again only a few steps away we arrive on the Corso fifteenth century. In Casalino to the west, the villa and park of the Castello dei Leonardi Cavour, Novara’s promenade along the route of the ancient Roman road and lined with are well worth a visit. It is privately owned, so visiting is only possible during exhibitions elegant houses and shops. and special events. Restricted visiting also applies to the parish church of San Pietro on the outskirts of the township, a three-nave church from the eleventh century which has In the vicinity undergone much reconstruction in its history. It contains frescoes from the fifteenth and East of Novara is the municipality of Galliate, landmarked by an enormous redbrick castle sixteenth centuries. looming up in its centre. Erected on the foundations of an ancient fortress destroyed by Frederick I Barbaross in 1154, it was restored and extended in 1476 by Galeazzo Maria , and Sforza. Most of the Castello Sforzesco is today owned by the municipality; the northeast The three-nave parish church of San Pietro al Cimitero stands on the outskirts of tower now houses the modern art department of the “Angelo Bozzola” Museum. No more Casalvolone. Built of river stones, it is of Romanesque origin, has three apses aligned to the than a stone’s throw from Galliate and from Romentino situated a little further to the east and is decorated with several very beautiful frescoes. The campanile adjacent to the south is the huge nature reserve of the Parco Naturale Valle del Ticino. building stems from a previous church. The small agricultural township of Casalbeltrame 5 km to the north is a member of the Italian circle of “Città Slow”, the Slow Food organi- San Nazzaro Sesia monastery General sation. Well worth a visit here besides the Castello Ricetto are the Agricultural Museum Information “ ’L çivel” and the Villa Bracorens Savoiroux. The latter is a bustling cultural centre, with The Paddy Fields an enormous gingko biloba dominating the garden. There are more flora and fauna for visi- Upper, Central, tors to marvel at in the Riserva naturale della Palude di Casalbetrame not far from here. Lower The nature reserve covers approximately 600 ha of land consisting of woodland, heath Lago Maggiore Town Information Trecate Museums and marshland offering a habitat for around 200 species of birds. One of the most notable Postcode 28069 - Province NO Museo Etnografico della Civiltà e Cultura Altitude 131 m della Bassa Novarese monastery complexes in the history of art in Piedmont is the Abbazia dei Santi Nazario e East Shore Population 20.189 Ethnographic Museum Celso in the municipality of San Nazzaro Sesia in the far west of the province. The abbey and Varese c/o Villa Marzoni Market day Wednesday was founded in 1040 and restored in the mid-twentieth century. Among its most striking Novara Broletto Via San Carlo 14 28070 Tornaco - NO features are its campanile, its cloisters and Late Gothic frescoes. Tourist Information The Swiss part Telephone (+39) 0321 846118 Proloco Fax (+39) 0321 846377 of the Lake Piazza Cavour 24 Cameri, and Telephone (+39) 0321 71335 Barely 10 km to the north of Novara is the small township of Cameri, its vicinity land- e-mail prolocotrecate@aliceit Museo Etnografico ’L Çivel www.prolocotrecate.it Ethnographic Museum marked by several farmsteads of exceptional artistic and architectural significance. The Ossola Valleys Via Cavour 4 Cascina Picchetta, for instance, is a two-storeyed, U-shaped building with interesting Town Information Cameri 28060 Casalbeltrame - NO Rice plant Postcode 28062 - Province NO Telephone (+39) 0321 838375 frescoes and a beautiful garden. Today the sixteenth-century building accommodates Population 10.878 e-mail [email protected] the administration headquarters of the Parco Naturale Valle del Ticino. And there are www.casalbeltrameonline.it two “must-see” sights further to the west in Caltignaga: the Romanesque oratory of Lake Orta Tourist Information Piazza Dante 25 Waterpark San Salvatore (late 11th century) and the Castello built by the noble family of the Caccia Telephone (+39) 0321 519753 Ondaland (15th century). Finally, in Sillavengo, visitors are rewarded by the imposing sight of the e-mail [email protected] Via Case Sparse 1 Novara, www.prolococameri.altervista.org 28060 - NO two churches S. Maria Nova and S. Maria delle Grazie. The former possesses very beauti- Vineyards and

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Parco Nazionale Val Grande This national park in the province of Verbania is surrounded by Val Vigezzo, Val d’Ossola, Val Cannobina and Lago Maggiore. Its 15,000 hectares make it the largest wild life and nature reserve in Italy. It is the only European region of this nature to be honoured by the global orga- nisation Wilderness. The landscape here has remained wild and elemental. There are signed walking paths leading the visitor into the region’s depths. Parco Naturale Alpe Veglia – Alpe Devero Sheltering the nature park at the Swiss border between Val Divedro and Val Formazza are the Alpe Veglia (5777 ft) and the Alpe Devero (5351 ft), also two alpine pastures of the Ossola Valley. The landscape here is characterised by lakes, waterfalls and rivers. The park is renowned above all for its rich mineral resources: 127 kinds of stone were counted here alone. Monte Mesma, Sacro Monte di Orta e Torre di Buccione Nature Reserve The nature reserves of Monte Mesma, Sacro Monte di Orta e Torre di Buccione in the south- eastern part of Lago d’Orta are divided up by three hills. Remains of Middle Ages civilisation have been preserved in an elemental landscape. The connection of architecture and nature makes every walk or hike into an experience of a very special sort. www.parks.it/riserva.sacro.monte.orta www.sacrimonti.net www.sacri-monti.com

Riserva Naturale Speciale Sacro M.te della SS. Trinità di Ghiffa Ghiffa is a place of pilgrimage situated in a breathtaking spot above Lago Maggiore at an alti- tude of 1181 feet. The complex of buildings is baroque in style, its architecture inspired by the places of pilgrimage Sacri Monti of Orta and Varese. The nature reserve is about 200 hectares in area, extending along the sides of Monte Cargiago. It is combed through by numerous walk- ing paths flanked by old stone walls. www.parks.it/riserva.sacro.monte.ghiffa www.sacrimonti.net www.sacromontedighiffa.it Riserva Naturale Sacro M.te Calvario di Domodossola This nature reserve was initiated in 1987 by the region of Piedmont and stretches over the hills of Mattarella. Starting from here the entire area of the Sacro Monte is protected – for example an orientation cage was installed here for the observation of nocturnal predatory birds. www.parks.it/riserva.sacro.monte.domodossola www.sacrimonti.net

Lagoni di Mercurago – Parchi Lago Maggiore General The nature park Lagoni di Mercurago near Arona is administered together with the nature Information reserves of Fondotoce and Dormelletto by the Association of the Parks of Lago Maggiore. The wetlands of which the Lagone is the most extensive, are of exceptional importance for the fauna and rare genera of water and swamp flora. Upper, Central, Lower Gorges of Uriezzo Lago Maggiore The gorges of Uriezzo near Baceno in the Antigorio Valley were formed during the Ice Age. Today you can walk through three of these gorges on foot. The most fascinating the South East Shore Gorge, 656 feet long and between 65 to 98 feet deep, called “Grave of Uriezzo” by the locals. and Varese Incidentally, the region is also an interesting eco-system: many types of plants can be found here that scarcely exist anywhere else, above all mosses and ferns. The Swiss part Ticino Valley Nature Reserve of the Lake The nature reserve covers more than 175 miles of the Ticino riverside region, from Sesto Calende to Mezzanino, in the Provinces of Varese, Novara, Milan and . The park area exceeds ninety thousand hectares and is divided into different zones: the river valley and Ossola Valleys surroundings, the plains, the irrigable plain and the morainic hills. www.parcodelticino.pmn.it www.parks.it/parco.ticino.piemontese www.parks.it/parco.ticino.lombardo

Monte Fenera Nature Reserve Lake Orta The park is named after the mighty and solitary Mount Fenera on the reliefs of Lower Valsesia. Its profile is clearly recognisable from the Novarese and Vercellese plains. The nature reserve Novara, territory is an ideal choice for an alternative holiday and has a favourable central position with Vineyards and the rice plains to the south, the Upper Valsesia, the Mt. Rosa, and Lakes Orta and Maggiore to Paddy Fields the North. www.parks.it/parco.monte.fenera

Campo dei Fiori Nature Reserve Hotels The Campo dei Fiori and Mount Martica massifs rise up between the Valcuvia, the , the city and lake of Varese, forming the Campo dei Fiori Natural Park. The highest point of the massif is the Paradiso peak (3727 ft.). The picturesque village of S. Maria del Monte, landmark of the city of Varese, lies on top of the Sacro Monte (2675 ft.) and is also part of the Reserve. Local Services www.parcocampodeifiori.it

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Air-conditioning Price Information Further abbreviations Hotel /Apt Apartment Residence Antico Sempione ** Hotel/Apt Villa Margherita *** Hotel Grand Hotel Dino **** Hotel/LMC All the prices specified in this catalogue are in LMC LagoMaggioreConference ATm Agriturismo (farm stay) with accommodation Via Casali Sempione 3 Via G. Polli 11, Fraz. Gonte Corso Garibaldi 20 Ball games euros. They include the legal value-added tax and VCB Varese Convention Bureau B&B Bed and Breakfast Telephone (+39) 0323 338 5023997 Telephone (+39) 0323 491006 Telephone (+39) 0323 922201 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 924515 Bar are to be understood as general prices for the pub- lic. All discounts, group and tour operator prices www.anticosempione.it www.villa-margherita.it e-mail [email protected] Lago Maggiore Conference Seal of Quality Beds 26 DR with br.  78-108 Beds 36 DR with br.  150-310 www.zaccherahotels.com Beach and special offers and children's discounts are to be LagoMaggioreConference is the on- The Chamber of Commerce has devel- Beds 715 DR without br.  120-320 arranged with the individual hotel administrations. site reference for international con - oped a Seal of Quality, which has Bungalow Minimum and maximum prices are related to gress and conference planners. The specified the criteria of quality for hotel Residence Villa Margherita ** Hotel/Apt Bus Parking situation and size of the rooms, also to the season. LagoMaggiore Conference provides an operations. These guarantee a standard Via Casali Darbedo 2/4 The publicised information and prices relate to the all-round, single operative service for of quality for tourist products of the Il Vapore * Hotel congress organisation. individual undertakings. Telephone (+39) 0323 70252 Via Nazionale 90, Fraz. Spasolo Lido Palace **** Hotel Camping year 2016. They were submitted by the proprietors Fax (+39) 0323 70260 Telephone (+39) 0323 48172 S. S. del Sempione 30 of the service operations, who also bear responsi- e-mail [email protected] Telephone Camper service Piccoli Alberghi Tipici e Fax (+39) 0323 480828 (+39) 0323 924444 bility for the correctness of the data. www.villamargheritacannobio.com Fax (+39) 0323 924744 Varese Convention and Ospitalità di Montagna  e-mail [email protected] Children‘s An association of small family owned Beds 22 DR with br. 90-120 e-mail [email protected] playground Visitors Bureau www.ilvaporeoggebbio.it The prices are specified as follows: is an institution founded to promo- hotels located in the mountain region Beds 15 DR with br.  60 www.lidopalace.com Canoe DR with/without br. Double room with/ around Lago Maggiore. The association Beds 183 DR with br.  110-160 Boat hire te the territory of the province of without breakfast Varese as a conference and incentive quality standards range from the use of Conference local products to the typical architecture CURSOLO ORASSO A cc. with br. pp. Accommodation with breakfast destination. Room of the participating hotel structures. Belvedere * Hotel La Dislocanda * Hotel Cycle hire per person www.piccolialberghitipici.com Via Cursolo 15, Fraz. Orasso Strada L. Cadorna 26, Loc. Alpe Manegra A cc. pp Accommodation per person Lago Maggiore Green Telephone (+39) 0323 77136 Telephone (+39) 0323 587173 Simplon **** Hotel Dog The congress hotels awarded the Lago Lago Maggiore Bike Hotels Fax (+39) 0323 77409 e-mail [email protected] Corso Garibaldi 52 Lago Maggiore Bike Hotels is the name of In accordance with Italian law all hotel rooms are Maggiore Green Meeting Seal support e-mail [email protected] www.dislocanda.it Telephone (+39) 0323 924656  Entertainment sustainability in the MICE industries, a club supported by the Varese Chamber www.belvedereorasso.it Beds 20 DR with br. 70 Fax (+39) 0323 916507 non-smoking. i.e., practise environmental protection of Commerce; its hotels offer a multitude Beds 32 DR without br.  74 e-mail [email protected] Garden and conservation in their operations and of specific services for bicycle tourists, rac- www.zaccherahotels.com ing cyclists and mountain bikers. organisation of events and conferences. Beds 206 DR with br.  120-250 Golf PREMENO

Handicapped- GHIFFA Vittoria ***S Hotel accessible Novessentia Medical Spa ***** Hotel Via Regina Elena 1 Upper Lago CANNOBIO Giardino *** Hotel Corso Risorgimento 289, Fraz. Ronco Telephone (+39) 0323 587024 Hiking Viale Vittorio Veneto 24 Splendid **** Hotel/LMC Cannobio **** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0323 59658 Fax (+39) 0323 587652 Indoor Telephone (+39) 0323 71482 Via Sempione 14 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele III, 6 Fax (+39) 0323 59373 e-mail [email protected] swimming pool BEE Fax (+39) 0323 738721 Telephone (+39) 0323 924127 Telephone (+39) 0323 739639 e-mail [email protected] www.hotelvittoriapremeno.it Pian Nava *** Hotel e-mail [email protected]  Fax (+39) 0323 922200 Internet Fax (+39) 0323 739596 www.novessentia.it Beds 100 DR with br. 90 Via Milano 21 www.albergo-giardino.it e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 56185  Beds 52 www.zaccherahotels.com Wi-Fi www.hotelcannobio.com Beds 24 DR with br. 105-115 Fax (+39) 0323 56434 Beds 195 DR with br.  120-300 Beds 42 DR with br.  180-310 Lift e-mail [email protected] Ghiffa **** Hotel Moderno *** Hotel www.hotelpiannava.com Il Portico *** Hotel Mooring  Corso Belvedere 88 Via Tresoldi Lorini 1 Beds 99 DR with br. 66-68 Piazza Santuario 2 Residenza Patrizia **** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0323 59285 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 587014 Open-air Telephone (+39) 0323 70598 Viale Vittorio Veneto 37 Fax (+39) 0323 59585 e-mail [email protected] Alpi *** Hotel swimming pool Fax (+39) 0323 72289 Telephone (+41) 41 4107830 / (+39) 0323 70220 e-mail [email protected] www.hotelmoderno.biz Via Sempione 1 e-mail [email protected] Parking CANNERO RIVIERA Fax (+41) 40 4107832 www.hotelghiffa.com Beds 92 Telephone (+39) 0323 924876 Cannero Lakeside Resort Hotel www.hotelilportico.com  **** e-mail [email protected]  Beds 84 DR with br. 170-260 Fax (+39) 0323 924871 Horse riding Via Lungolago 2 www.residenzapatrizia.com Beds 95 DR without br. 102-138 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 788046  www.hotelalpi.biz Restaurant Beds 150 DR with br. 90-180 Premeno *** Hotel Fax (+39) 0323 788048 Beds 96 DR with br.  95-115 Viale Bonomi 31 e-mail [email protected] Pironi *** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0323 587021 Spa Castello di Frino ** Hotel www.hotelcannero.com Antica Stallera Hotel Via Marconi 35 Fax (+39) 0323 587328  *** Via C. Colombo 8, Loc. Frino Supermarket Beds 149 DR with br. 100-164 Via Paolo Zaccheo 7 Telephone (+39) 0323 70624 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 72184 Telephone (+39) 0323 59181 Telephone (+39) 0323 71595 / 333 8237497 www.premeno.com Azalea *** Hotel e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 59783 Telephone e-mail [email protected] Beds 102 DR without br.  71-104 Via Domo 6 e-mail [email protected] www.anticastallera.com www.pironihotel.it Telephone (+39) 0323 924300 Tennis Beds 24 DR with br.  150-200 www.castellodifrino.com Arancio Amaro *** Hotel Beds 34 DR with br.  115-125 Fax (+39) 0323 922065 Beds 32 DR with br.  70 e-mail [email protected] TV Viale delle Magnolie 13 Villa Rosy *** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0323 788398 Via Lauro 1 www.azaleahotel.it Fax (+39) 0323 788343 Campagna Hotel Park Hotel Villa Belvedere *** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0323 587058 Beds 70 DR with br.  70-130 Wind surfing *** Park Hotel Paradiso * Hotel e-mail [email protected] Via Nazionale 25 Casali Cuserina 2 Fax (+39) 0323 587716 General Telephone (+39) 0323 70159 / 70639 Via Marconi 20 www.arancioamaro.it Telephone (+39) 0323 71481 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 71991 Telephone (+39) 0323 59548 Information Beds 16 Fax (+39) 0323 71879 www.hotelvillarosy.com Beau Rivage *** Hotel e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 59878 e-mail [email protected] Beds 52 DR without br.  70 Viale della Vittoria 36 Beds 25 DR without br.  71-119 www.hotelcampagna.it www.villabelvederehotel.it Telephone (+39) 0323 924534 Beds 60 DR with br.  150-185 Upper, Central, Il Cortile *** Hotel Beds 78 DR with br.  120-160 Fax (+39) 0323 925253 Via M. D’Azeglio 73 Canetta Hotel e-mail [email protected] Lower ** Telephone (+39) 0323 787213 Via Belvedere 17, Fraz. Pollino www.beaurivagebaveno.com  Lago Maggiore Fax (+39) 0323 786066 Villa Delle Palme *** Hotel/Apt Beds 135 DR with br. 70-150 Casa Arizzoli *** Hotel Il Campanile *** Hotel Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 587044 e-mail [email protected] Via Casali Darbedo 12 Via Giovanola 92 Via Vittorio Emanuele 39 e-mail [email protected] www.cortile.net Telephone (+39) 0323 71227 www.albergocanetta.com Telephone (+39) 0323 72001 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 494260 Carillon Hotel East Shore Beds 18 DR with br.  110 -115 Fax (+39) 0323 72591 Beds 27 DR with br.  60 *** e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via Nazionale del Sempione 2, Fraz. Feriolo www.casa-arizzoli.com e-mail [email protected] and Varese www.campinglagomaggiore.it www.ilcampanilehotel.it Telephone (+39) 0323 28115 Beds 25 DR without br.  130-150  Park Hotel Italia *** Hotel Beds 31 DR with br.  98-116 Beds 24 DR with br. 60-80 Fax (+39) 0323 28550 Viale delle Magnolie 19 TRAREGO VIGGIONA e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 788488 Garni Viggiona ** Hotel www.hotelcarillon.it The Swiss part Del Fiume Hotel  Fax (+39) 0323 788498 *** La Baita * Hotel Via Verbano 3, Loc. Viggiona Beds 64 DR with br. 60-150 Via Darbedo 26 Villa Palmira *** Hotel of the Lake e-mail [email protected] Vicolo Casa del Popolo 1 Piazza Alpe Pala 2, Loc. Alpe Pala Telephone (+39) 0323 788050 Telephone (+39) 0323 70192 Fax www.parkhotel-cannero.it Telephone (+39) 335 6532250 Telephone (+39) 0323 494133 (+39) 0323 797874 Fax (+39) 0323 739104 e-mail Eden *** Hotel Beds 53 DR with br.  100-190 Fax (+39) 0323 1970101 e-mail [email protected] [email protected] e-mail [email protected]  Viale della Vittoria 16 e-mail [email protected] Beds 22 DR with br. 40 www.garniviggiona.it www.hoteldelfiume.net  Telephone (+39) 0323 924560 www.villapalmira.it Beds 16 DR with br. 70-75 Ossola Valleys Beds 42 DR with br.  88,40-108,40 Fax (+39) 0323 925404 La Rondinella ** Hotel Beds 16 DR with br.  130-180 Via Sacchetti 50 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 788098 OGGEBBIO La Perla * Hotel www.hoteleden.biz  Fax (+39) 0323 788365 Del Lago *** Hotel Bel Soggiorno *** Hotel Via Passo Piazza 6, Loc. Trarego Beds 50 DR with br. 62-88 Via Casali 2, Loc. Carmine Inf. Elvezia ** Hotel Via P. Caremoli 12, Fraz. Gonte Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 788146 e-mail [email protected] Viale San Carlo Borromeo 4 Lake Orta www.hotel-la-rondinella.it Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 70595 Telephone (+39) 0323 48114 / 335 356307 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 70142 / 334 8977295 Beds 29 DR with br.  90-110 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.laperlatrarego.it Holiday *** Hotel/Apt www.enotecalago.it e-mail [email protected] www.albergobelsoggiorno.it Beds 22 DR with br.  45-50 Piazza Dante Alighieri 20 www.albergoelvezia.com Beds 18 DR without br.  100-150 Beds 25 DR with br.  90-130 Telephone (+39) 0323 557576 Novara, Beds 23 Fax (+39) 0323 556754 Sole ** Hotel Vineyards and Via Nuova per Cassino 6 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 788150 Casa e Vela Hotel /Apt www.residencelagomaggiore.com Paddy Fields Garden *** Hotel/Apt *** Central Lago  e-mail [email protected] Via Casali Darbedo 17 La Residence ** Hotel/Apt Via Martiri Oggebbiesi 21 Beds 26 DR with br. 79 Via Casali Darbedo 20/22 www.albergosole.it Telephone (+39) 0323 71481 Telephone (+39) 0323 48272 Telephone (+39) 0323 70100 Beds 25 DR with br.  60-82 Fax (+39) 0323 71879 Fax (+39) 0323 48747 BAVENO Fax (+39) 0323 71190 La Ripa *** Hotel Hotels e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Carl & Do **** Hotel/Apt Via Sempione 11 www.residencegarden.it e-mail [email protected] www.casaevela.com Via Carlo Zacchera 2 www.campingcampagna.it Telephone (+39) 0323 924589 Hapimag Italia Hotel/Apt Beds 38 DR without br.  90-120 DR with br.  65-120 Telephone (+39) 0323 922846 Via Magnolie 7 Beds 29 DR without br.  65-100 Fax (+39) 0323 92299 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 789789 e-mail [email protected] www.albergolaripa.com  e-mail [email protected] www.zaccherahotels.com Beds 17 DR with br. 100-145 Local Services www.hapimag.com Beds 203 DR with br.  85-150 Beds 544

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Air-conditioning Ortensia *** Hotel/Apt Due Palme *** Hotel Boston *** Hotel Royal *** Hotel Sempione ** Hotel Europalace *** Hotel Via Piave 36 Via Pallanza 1 Viale Duchessa di Genova 13 Viale Lido 1, Loc. Carciano Corso Italia 46 Viale Magnolie 16, Pallanza Ball games Telephone (+39) 0323 924756 Telephone (+39) 0323 80112 Telephone (+39) 0323 30533 Telephone (+39) 0323 32777 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 30463 Telephone (+39) 0323 556441 Fax (+39) 0323 925156 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 33597 Fax (+39) 0323 33633 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 556442 Bar e-mail [email protected] www.hotelduepalme.it e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.albergosempione.it e-mail [email protected] www.residenceortensia.com Beds 80 DR with br.  100-130 www.hotelbostonstresa.com www.hotelroyalstresa.com Beds 25 DR with br.  70-90 www.europalace.it Beach     Beds 21 DR without br. 80-100 Beds 74 DR with br. 75-120 Beds 140 DR with br. 100-225 Beds 88 DR without br. 85-95 Bungalow La Quartina *** Hotel Villa Maurice ** Hotel/Apt Bus Parking Via Pallanza 20 Brisino *** Hotel Saini *** Hotel Via Ruggero Bonghi 20 Il Chiostro *** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0323 80118 Via per Magognino 2, Loc. Brisino Via Garibaldi 10 Telephone (+39) 0323 32741 Via F.lli Cervi 14, Intra Camping Rigoli *** Hotel Fax (+39) 0323 33458 Via Piave 48 Fax (+39) 0323 80743 Telephone (+39) 0323 31166 Telephone (+39) 0323 934519 Telephone (+39) 0323 404077 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 30736 Fax (+39) 0323 31169 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 401231 Camper service Telephone (+39) 0323 924756 www.laquartina.com e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.residencevillamaurice.com e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 925156  Children‘s Beds 20 DR with br.  124-144 www.hotelbrisino.com www.hotelsaini.it Beds 26 DR without br. 100-120 www.chiostrovb.it playground e-mail [email protected]    www.hotelrigoli.com Beds 39 DR with br. 80-120 Beds 25 DR without br. 75-102 Beds 203 DR with br. 80-100 Canoe  Boat hire Beds 57 DR with br. 95-107 Casa della Neve * Hotel Loc. Mottarone Vetta Conference STRESA Della Torre Hotel Verbano Hotel Intra Hotel Room *** *** Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 923516 *** Grand Hotel des Iles Via Sempione Nord 45, Loc. Carciano Via Ugo Ara 2, Loc. Isola dei Pescatori Corso Mameli 133, Intra Cycle hire Borromées *****L Hotel/LMC e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 32555 Telephone (+39) 0323 30408 www.casadellaneve.it Telephone (+39) 0323 581393 Residence dei Fiori *** Hotel/Apt Corso Umberto I, 67 Fax (+39) 0323 31175 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 581404 Dog Beds 14 DR with br.  75 Corso Garibaldi 41 Telephone (+39) 0323 938938 e-mail [email protected] www.hotelverbano.it e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 912611 Fax (+39) 0323 32405  Entertainment www.hoteldellatorrestresa.net Beds 26 DR with br. 140-190 www.verbaniahotel.it Fax (+39) 0323 912622 e-mail [email protected] Beds 122 DR with br.  100-190 Beds 77 DR without br.  73-122 www.borromees.it Eden * Hotel Garden e-mail [email protected] Reg. Mottarone 10 www.residencefiori.it Beds 330 DR with br.  203-451 Ca’ Mea ** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0323 924873 Beds 84 DR with br.  100-128 Golf Du Parc *** Hotel Via Sempione Sud 47, Loc. La Sacca Fax (+39) 0323 925513 Italia *** Hotel Via Gignous 1 Telephone (+39) 0323 31162 Viale Magnolie 10, Pallanza Handicapped- e-mail [email protected] accessible Telephone (+39) 0323 30335 Fax (+39) 0323 932546 www.edenmottarone.it Telephone (+39) 0323 557325 Romagna *** Hotel Fax (+39) 0323 33596 e-mail [email protected]  Fax (+39) 0323 556468 Hiking Villa e Pallazzo Aminta *****L Hotel Beds 22 DR with br. 70 Via Sempione 21 Via Sempione Nord 123 e-mail [email protected] www.hotelcamea.com e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 924879  Indoor Telephone (+39) 0323 933818 www.duparc.it Beds 24 DR with br. 50-70 www.fiorenzahotels.org swimming pool e-mail [email protected]   Fax (+39) 0323 933955 Beds 39 DR with br. 80-145 Elena * Hotel Beds 25 DR with br. 60-100 www.hotelromagnalagomaggiore.it Piazza Cadorna 15 Internet  e-mail [email protected] Beds 35 DR without br. 75-140 www.villa-aminta.it Da Cesare ** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0323 31043 Wi-Fi Beds 167 DR with br.  311-599 Flora *** Hotel Via Mazzini 14 Fax (+39) 0323 33339 La Contrada *** Hotel Via Sempione Nord 26 Telephone (+39) 0323 31386 e-mail [email protected] Via San Vittore 25, Intra

Lift Telephone (+39) 0323 30524 Fax (+39) 0323 933810 www.hotelelena.com Telephone (+39) 0323 516527 Beds 25 DR with br.  70-85 Mooring Serenella *** Hotel e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 1970355 www.hotelflorastresa.com www.dacesare.com e-mail [email protected] Via 42 Martiri 5, Loc. Feriolo Astoria Hotel Open-air **** Beds 62 DR with br.  115-180 Beds 17 DR with br.  50-70 www.lacontradahotel.it Telephone (+39) 0323 28112 Corso Umberto I, 31 swimming pool Residence Le Primule Hotel/Apt Beds 30 DR with br.  55-105 Fax (+39) 0323 28350 Telephone (+39) 0323 32566 Parking Via Binda 45 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 933785 Italie et Suisse Hotel Fiorentino Hotel Telephone (+39) 349 5325476 www.hotelserenella.net e-mail [email protected] *** ** Horse riding  Piazza Marconi 1 Via A. M. Bolongaro 9 e-mail [email protected] Miralago *** Hotel Beds 28 DR with br. 80-140 www.hotelstresa.info www.residenceleprimule.it Telephone (+39) 0323 30540 Telephone (+39) 0323 30254 Corso Mameli 173, Intra Beds 177 DR with br.  140-256 Beds 11 Restaurant Fax (+39) 0323 32621 Fax (+39) 0323 933822 Telephone (+39) 0323 404080 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 404004 / 954533 Spa Villa Ruscello ** Hotel Via Sempione 64 www.italiesuisse.com www.hotelfiorentino.com VERBANIA e-mail [email protected]   Grand Hotel Majestic L Hotel /LMC Supermarket Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 923006 Beds 54 DR with br. 91-130 Beds 25 DR with br. 92 **** www.verbaniahotel.it Grand Hotel Bristol **** Hotel/LMC Via Vittorio Veneto 32, Pallanza  e-mail [email protected] Beds 78 DR without br. 74-122 Corso Umberto I, 73/75 Telephone (+39) 0323 509711 Telephone www.villaruscello.it Telephone (+39) 0323 32601 La Fontana Hotel Fax (+39) 0323 556379 Beds 24 DR with br.  88 *** La Locanda ** Hotel Tennis Fax (+39) 0323 33622 Via Sempione Nord 1 Via Leopardi 19, Loc. Carciano e-mail [email protected] Novara *** Hotel

e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 32707 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 31176 www.grandhotelmajestic.it Piazza Garibaldi 30, Pallanza TV www.zaccherahotels.com Fax (+39) 0323 32708 Beds 160 DR with br.  195-930 Oriente Hotel e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 503527 * Beds 529 DR without br.  120-320 e-mail [email protected] Via Mazzini 77, Loc. Feriolo www.stresa.net/hotel/lalocanda Fax (+39) 0323 503528 Wind surfing www.lafontanahotel.com  Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 28143 / 347 5748196 Beds 31 DR without br. 55-67 e-mail [email protected] Beds 38 DR with br.  70-100 General e-mail [email protected] www.hotelnovara.com  Information www.meubleoriente.it Ancora **** Hotel Beds 25 DR without br. 25-79 Beds 16 DR without br.  55-75 La Palma **** Hotel/LMC La Sacca ** Hotel Corso Mameli 65, Intra Corso Umberto I, 33 La Luna nel Porto *** Hotel/Apt Via Sempione Sud 50, Loc. La Sacca Telephone (+39) 0323 53951 Corso Italia 60 Telephone (+39) 0323 32401 Telephone (+39) 0323 31165 Fax (+39) 0323 53978 Pesce d’Oro *** Hotel Upper, Central, Telephone (+39) 0323 934466 Elvezia Hotel Fax (+39) 0323 933930 Fax (+39) 0323 33575 e-mail [email protected] Via Troubetzkoy 136, Suna Lower Fax (+39) 0323 934604 Via Monte Grappa 15 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.hotelancora.it Telephone (+39) 0323 504445 e-mail [email protected]  Lago Maggiore Telephone (+39) 0323 924106 www.hlapalma.it www.hotelasacca.com Beds 52 DR with br. 90-229 Fax (+39) 0323 557224 www.lalunanelporto.it  e-mail [email protected] Beds 235 DR with br.  125-290 Beds 23 DR without br. 54-90 e-mail [email protected] Beds 45 DR without br.  96-166 www.elveziahotel.com www.hotelpescedoro.it  East Shore Beds 25 Lido La Perla Nera *** Hotel Belvedere **** Hotel Beds 58 DR with br. 75-120 Viale Lido 15, Loc. Carciano Luina ** Hotel Viale Magnolie 6, Pallanza and Varese Telephone (+39) 0323 503202 GIGNESE Milan Speranza au Lac **** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0323 33611 / 30384 Via Garibaldi 21 Fax (+39) 0323 933785 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 30285 Fax (+39) 0323 505194 Piccolo Lago *** Hotel Alpino Fiorente Hotel Piazza Marconi 6/9 *** e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via F. Turati 87, Fondotoce Piazza Stazione 2, Loc. Alpino Telephone (+39) 0323 31178 www.hotelstresa.info/lido www.stresa.org www.pallanzahotels.com Telephone (+39) 0323 586792 The Swiss part Telephone (+39) 0323 20103 Fax (+39) 0323 32729 Beds 64 DR with br.  130-160 Beds 12 DR without br.  59-88 Beds 116 DR without br.  136-185 Fax (+39) 0323 586791 of the Lake Fax (+39) 0323 20104 e-mail [email protected] www.milansperanza.it e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.piccololago.it www.alpinofiorente.it Beds 280 DR with br.  90-180 Meeting *** Hotel Miramonti Hotel Pallanza **** Hotel Beds 24 DR without br.  85 Beds 65 DR with br.  80-90 ** Via Bonghi 9 Loc. Mottarone Vetta Viale Magnolie 8, Pallanza Telephone (+39) 0323 503202 Ossola Valleys Telephone (+39) 0323 32741 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 924822 Regina Palace ****L Hotel/LMC Fax (+39) 0323 33458 Fax (+39) 0323 505194 Corso Umberto I, 29 e-mail [email protected] Sant’Anna *** Hotel Vittoria *** Hotel e-mail [email protected] www.miramonti-mottarone.it e-mail [email protected] Viale S. Anna 65, Pallanza Via Regina Margherita 21 Telephone (+39) 0323 936936 www.pallanzahotels.com www.stresahotels.net Beds 17 DR with br.  67 Telephone (+39) 0323 556086 Telephone (+39) 0323 208173 Fax (+39) 0323 936666  Beds 90 DR with br.  136-185 Beds 63 DR with br. 80-130 Fax (+39) 0323 557777 Fax (+39) 0323 208163 e-mail [email protected] Lake Orta www.regina-palace.it e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.hotelsantanna.it www.gignese.it/hotel/vittoria Beds 450 DR with br.  365 Moderno *** Hotel Mon Toc ** Hotel Aquadolce *** Hotel Via Duchessa di Genova 67/69 Beds 57 DR without br.  70-90 Beds 44 DR without br.  80-87 Via Cavour 33 Via Cietti 1, Pallanza Telephone (+39) 0323 30282/ 0323 934500 Telephone (+39) 0323 933773 Telephone (+39) 0323 505418 Novara, Fax (+39) 0323 933860 Fax (+39) 0323 933775 Fax (+39) 0323 557534 e-mail [email protected] San Gottardo *** Hotel Vineyards and Belvedere *** Hotel e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] MERGOZZO www.hotelmontoc.com www.hotelaquadolce.com Viale Magnolie 4, Pallanza Paddy Fields Loc. Isola dei Pescatori www.hms.it  Bettina Hotel  Beds 21 DR with br. 65-85 Beds 25 DR with br.  70-140 Telephone (+39) 0323 503202 *** Telephone (+39) 0323 32292 Beds 102 DR without br. 90-168 Via Seglio Mauro 4 Fax (+39) 0323 505194 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 80112 www.belvedere-isolapescatori.it Fax (+39) 0323 80298 Primavera *** Hotel San Giacomo ** Hotel Castagnola *** Hotel www.pallanzahotels.com Hotels Beds 18 DR with br.  79-259  e-mail [email protected] Via Cavour 39 Via Cavalier Giovanni Rossi 10, Loc. Levo Via al Collegio 16, Pallanza Beds 78 DR with br. 110-145 www.hotelduepalme.it Telephone (+39) 0323 31286 Telephone (+39) 0323 31150 Telephone (+39) 0323 503414 Beds 15 DR with br.  85-120 Fax (+39) 0323 33458 Fax (+39) 0323 30140 Fax (+39) 0323 556341 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.stresahotels.net www.sangiacomohotel.it www.hotelcastagnola.it Local Services Beds 59 DR with br.  80-120 Beds 23 DR with br.  76-100 Beds 160 A cc. with br. pp.  45-55

50 www.illagomaggiore.com 51 Central Lago Hotels Hotels Lower Lago Lower Lago East Shore and Varese

Air-conditioning Tre Ponti *** Hotel/Apt Michelangelo *** Hotel/Apt Aparthotel Casa Albergo ** Hotel/Apt MASSINO VISCONTI East shore and Varese Leggiuno Via Troubetzkoy 254, Suna Viale F. Baracca 18 Via Cicognola 15 La Capannina *** Hotel Ball games Riva *** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0323 557576 Telephone (+39) 0322 248686 Telephone (+39) 0331 920910 Via Crose 37 Via Lungolago 14, Fraz. Reno Fax (+39) 0323 556754 Fax (+39) 0322 46938 Fax (+39) 0331 920083 Angera Telephone (+39) 0322 219302 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 647170 Bar e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Lido Fax (+39) 0322 210963 e-mail [email protected] www.residencelagomaggiore.com www.hotelmichelangeloarona.com www.aparthotelcasalbergo.it V.le Libertà 11 *** Hotel Beach e-mail [email protected] www.albergoriva.it Beds 77 DR with br.  77 Beds 22 DR without br.  75-95 Beds 88 DR without br.  95-115 Telephone (+39) 0331 930232 / 930656 www.hotellacapannina.net Beds 25 DR with br.  90-130 Fax (+39) 0331 932044 Bungalow Beds 40 DR without br.  72-82 e-mail [email protected] www.hotellido.it Bus Parking Villa Aurora *** Hotel San Carlo *** Hotel Campagna Hotel Via Brigata Cesare Battisti 15, Intra Via Verbano 4, Loc. San Carlo Beds 34 DR with br.  112-128 *** Colazza Hotel Lo Scoiattolo *** Hotel Via Milano 1 Camping Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 401482 Telephone (+39) 0322 45315 ** Via Don Gemelli 3 Via per Nebbiuno 20 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 647107 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 242357 Camper service Telephone (+39) 0322 218154 Telephone (+39) 0322 219184 e-mail [email protected] www.hotelvillaaurora.com e-mail [email protected] Hotel Dei Tigli *** Hotel Fax (+39) 0322 218526 Fax (+39) 0322 219113 www.camopagnahotel.it Children‘s Beds 20 DR with br.  90-110 www.hotelristorantesancarlo.it Via Paletta 20 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Beds 41 DR with br.  65-78 playground Beds 23 DR with br.  80-150 Telephone (+39) 0331 930836 www.albergocolazza.altervista.org www.hotelloscoiattolo.com Canoe  Fax (+39) 0331 960333 Beds 35 DR without br.  43-57 Beds 62 DR with br. 70-92 Boat hire e-mail [email protected] Villa Azalea *** Hotel Il Bucaniere Hotel Conference Via salita San Remigio 4, Pallanza Spagna Hotel www.hoteldeitigli.com * Room ** Via Verbano 13 Telephone (+39) 0323 556692 Via San Carlo 8 Beds 60 DR without br.  90-160 MEINA Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 647106 Cycle hire e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 243052 Dormelletto Bel Sit Hotel e-mail [email protected] www.albergovillaazalea.com Fax (+39) 02 89950191 **** Dog Alice Residence *** Hotel/Apt Via Sempione 76 www.ilbucaniere.it Beds 60 DR with br.  70-90 e-mail [email protected] Via Leonardo da Vinci 7 Pavone *** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0322 660880 Beds 12 DR with br.  42 www.albergospagna.it Telephone (+39) 0322 497193 Via Borromeo 14 Entertainment Fax (+39) 0322 669607 Beds 25 DR with br.  35-80 Fax (+39) 0322 498600 Telephone (+39) 0331 930224 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0331 960080 Garden Zust *** Hotel/Apt e-mail [email protected] www.bel-sit.it Locanda Santa Caterina Hotel Via Ticino 39, Intra www.residencealice.com e-mail [email protected] * Beds 34 DR with br.  145-195 Via Verbano 1 Golf Telephone (+39) 0323 402504 Arca di Noè * Hotel Beds 140 A cc. pp.  73-154 www.hotelpavone.it Telephone (+39) 0332 647211 Fax (+39) 0323 408414 Via Galeazzi 22, Loc. Dagnente Beds 22 DR with br.  110-125 Handicapped- Fax (+39) 0332 648791 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 65015 accessible Villa Paradiso **** Hotel Beds 13 DR without br.  42 www.hotelzust.com Fax (+39) 0322 669671 Hiking Via Sempione 125 Beds 218 DR without br.  88,20-144,20 e-mail [email protected] Italia *** Hotel/Apt Telephone (+39) 0322 660488 / 65652 Indoor Beds 14 DR with br.  40 Ispra Corso Cavour 170/172 Fax (+39) 0322 660544 swimming pool Le Terrazze **** Hotel Luino Telephone (+39) 0322 498275 e-mail [email protected] Via Varese 69 Internet Beata Giovannina * Hotel e-mail [email protected] Camin Luino **** Hotel www.hotelvillaparadiso.com Telephone (+39) 0332 782523 Via Troubetzkoy 21, Suna www.hresidenceitalia.it  V.le Dante 35 BELGIRATE Beds 100 DR with br. 132-158 Fax (+39) 0332 780908 Wi-Fi Telephone (+39) 0323 557088 Beds 32 Telephone (+39) 0332 530118 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 505416 Milano **** Hotel Fax (+39) 0332 537226 Lift Via Mazzini 4 www.albergoleterrazze.it e-mail [email protected]  e-mail [email protected] www.beatagiovannina.com Telephone (+39) 0322 76525 Beds 126 DR with br. 100-130 Mooring Le Palme *** Hotel Aparthotel Antico Verbano *** Hotel/Apt www.caminhotelluino.com Beds 20 DR with br.  30-45 Fax (+39) 0322 76295 Corso Cavour 130 Beds 23 DR with br.  170-240 e-mail [email protected] Via S.s. Sempione 62 Open-air Telephone (+39) 0322 497971 swimming pool www.hotelmilanolagomaggiore.it Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 669608 / 393 9742725 Europa *** Hotel  Fax (+39) 0322 497975 e-mail [email protected] Beds 88 DR with br. 80-120 Al Porto 68 Camin Hotel Colmegna Hotel/VCB Parking Villa Lidia * Hotel e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] *** Viale Azari 65, Pallanza www.lepalmehotel.com Telephone (+39) 0332 780184 Via Palazzi 1, Colmegna www.e-residence.info Fax (+39) 0332 782637 Horse riding Telephone (+39) 0323 557469 Beds 111 DR without br.  81-106  Telephone (+39) 0332 510855 Beds 79 DR without br. 90 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 506216 Fax (+39) 0332 501687 Restaurant www.mediturhotels.it e-mail [email protected] Villa Carlotta **** Hotel  e-mail [email protected] www.hotelvillalidia.com Via Mazzini 121/125 Sirio *** Hotel Beds 76 DR with br. 90-105 www.caminhotel.com Spa  Parma ** Hotel  Beds 18 DR without br. 60-95 Telephone (+39) 0322 76461 Corso Cavour 188 Via Sempione 103 Beds 55 DR with br. 185-200 Fax (+39) 0322 76705 Telephone (+39) 0322 498206 / 497075 Supermarket Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 660494 Astoria * Hotel e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 498512 e-mail [email protected] Telephone www.villacarlottalagomaggiore.it e-mail [email protected]  Via Varese 830  Beds 14 DR with br. 65-70 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 780168 Beds 240 DR with br. 85-140 www.siriohotel.it Internazionale *** Hotel Tennis Beds 36 DR with br.  80-100 e-mail [email protected] Lower LAGO www.hotelastoriaispra.com P.zza Marconi La Locanda dei Fiori ** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0332 530193 TV Beds 17 DR without br.  65 ARONA Via Roma 29 Fax (+39) 0332 537882 Telephone (+39) 0322 372026 / 348 5425924 e-mail [email protected] Wind surfing Antares **** Hotel La Terrazza * Hotel Via Mazzini 83 Fax (+39) 0322 372026 www.hotelinternazionaleluino.com General Via Antonio Gramsci 9 INVORIO  Telephone (+39) 0323 7493 e-mail [email protected] Laveno mombello Beds 68 DR without br. 60-65 Telephone (+39) 0322 243438 Sciarane Hotel Information Fax (+39) 0323 772029 *** www.lalocandadeifiori.it Hotel The Charme **** Hotel e-mail [email protected] Viale Europa 21 e-mail [email protected] Beds 14 Viale De Angeli 46 www.antaresarona.com Telephone (+39) 0322 254014  www.hotelristoranteterrazza.it Telephone (+39) 0332 667313 Elvezia ** Hotel Beds 95 DR with br. 99-140 Fax (+39) 0322 254655 Upper, Central, Beds 16 DR with br.  65 Fax (+39) 0332 669554 Via XXV Aprile 107 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 531219 Lower NEBBIUNO e-mail [email protected] Relais Casali della Cisterna Hotel www.hotelsciarane.it www.laveno-hotel.com Fax (+39) 0332 535800 Lago Maggiore Atlantic **** Hotel Beds 66 DR with br.  140-160 Tre Laghi **** Hotel S.S. del Sempione km 76-Strada Vecchia alle Sale 8 Beds 68 DR with br.  70-350 e-mail [email protected] Corso Repubblica 124 Telephone (+39) 340 3650136 Via G. Marconi 3 Beds 23 DR without br.  58 Telephone (+39) 0322 46521 Telephone (+39) 0322 58025 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 48358 www.casalidellacisterna.it Tenuta Montezeglio *** Hotel Fax (+39) 0322 58703 East Shore e-mail [email protected] Beds 30 DR with br.  110-260 Loc. Monticelli 4, Invorio (NO) e-mail [email protected] Del Pesce * Hotel and Varese www.atlanticarona.com Telephone (+39) 0322 259624 www.trelaghihotel.it Funivia del Lago Maggiore *** Hotel Via del Porto 16   Beds 156 DR without br. 95-160 e-mail [email protected] Beds 83 DR with br. 115-160 Sasso del Ferro, Poggio Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 532379 www.tenutamontezeglio.it Telephone (+39) 335 5946184 e-mail [email protected] BROVELLO CARPUGNINO Beds 18 DR with br.  90-110 e-mail [email protected] www.hoteldelpesce.it The Swiss part Colli Fioriti Hotel Concorde **** Hotel La Grisana ** Hotel *** www.funiviedellagomaggiore.it Beds 23 DR without br.  60 of the Lake Via Verbano 1 Via Ponte di Legno 3 Piazza Bonetti 1, Fraz. Fosseno Beds 46 DR with br.  40-100 Telephone (+39) 0322 58038 Telephone (+39) 0322 249321 Telephone (+39) 0323 929141 Fax (+39) 0322 249372 e-mail [email protected] LESA Fax (+39) 0322 58788 e-mail [email protected] www.ristorante-lagrisana.com Aries *** Hotel e-mail [email protected] Hotel Moderno Meuble’ *** Hotel Maccagno www.concordearona.com Beds 12 DR without br.  50 Via Sempione 38 www.hotelcollifioriti.it Via Garibaldi 15 Paradiso *** Hotel Ossola Valleys Telephone (+39) 0322 060360  Beds 140 DR without br.  80-150 Beds 80 DR with br. 50-60 Telephone (+39) 0332 668373 Via Verdi 5 Fax (+39) 0322 77818 Fax (+39) 0332 666175 Telephone (+39) 0332 560128 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0332 561411 Giardino *** Hotel CASTELLETTO TICINO www.arieshotel.net www.meublemoderno.it e-mail [email protected] Beds 60 DR with br.  60-110 Via Repubblica 1 Blue Relais **** Hotel Beds 28 DR with br.  75-87 www.albergoparadisomaccagno.it Lake Orta Castello dal Pozzo *****L Historical Venue/LMC  Telephone (+39) 0322 45994 Strada S. del Sempione 180, Fraz. Verbanella Beds 24 DR with br. 57-100 Via Visconti 8 Fax (+39) 0322 249401 Telephone (+39) 0331 920554 Capri Hotel Telephone (+39) 0322 53713 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0331 923019 *** Via Sempione 131, Loc. Solcio Fax (+39) 0322 230233 Il Porticciolo *** Hotel www.giardinoarona.com e-mail [email protected] Via Fortino 40 Torre Imperiale *** Hotel Novara, www.bluerelais.it Telephone (+39) 0322 77104 e-mail [email protected] Beds 110 DR without br.  89-105 Telephone (+39) 0332 667257 P.zza Roma 1 Vineyards and Beds 190 DR with br.  70-195 Fax (+39) 0322 76470 www.castellodalpozzo.com Fax (+39) 0332 666753 Telephone (+39) 0332 561000 e-mail [email protected] Beds 70 DR with br.  190-560 Paddy Fields e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0332 561100 www.hotelcaprisolcio.com e-mail [email protected] Meublé Florida *** Hotel  www.ilporticciolo.com Lago Maggiore *** Hotel Beds 24 DR with br. 60-75  www.hoteltorreimperiale.it Piazza del Popolo 32 Beds 12 DR with br. 139-210  Telephone (+39) 0322 46212 Strada S. del Sempione, Fraz. Verbanella Beds 42 DR with br. 90 Luna Hotel Motel Airport **** Hotel Hotels Fax (+39) 0322 46213 Telephone (+39) 0331 924935 Lago Maggiore *** Hotel Via Vittorio Veneto 54/C e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via Vittorio Veneto 27 Telephone (+39) 0322 230257 Locanda Pozzetto *** Hotel Maccagno Hotel www.hotelflorida-arona.it www.higelsi.com *  Telephone (+39) 0322 7259 Fax (+39) 0322 538272 Via Montecristo 23 P.zza V. Veneto 1/3 Beds 51 DR with br.  60-80 Beds 25 DR with br. 50 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 666335 Telephone (+39) 0332 560141 www.lagomaggiorehotel.com www.lunahotelmotel.it e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0332 560241 Local Services Beds 36 DR with br.  55-85 Beds 113 DR with br.  95-350 www.locandapozzetto.it Beds 25 DR with br.  70-80

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Air-conditioning Pino/ Zenna La Pagoda * Hotel Palace Grand Hotel **** Hotel Mira ** Hotel BOGNANCO Buon Gusto *** Hotel Villa delle Palme * Hotel Via Umberto Maddalena 4 Via L. Manara 11 Via Walder 45 Edelweiss *** Hotel Via Centro Abitativo 67 Ball games Corso Europa 23 Telephone (+39) 0331 913776 Telephone (+39) 0332 327100 Telephone (+39) 0332 286465 / 338 9280638 Via Marconi 43 Telephone (+39) 0324 61264 Beds 17 DR without br.  38 Fax (+39) 0332 312870 Fax (+39) 0332 286625 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 566238 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 234131 Fax (+39) 0324 600877 Bar e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.societagrandihotel.it www.hotelmira.it www.albergobuongusto.altervista.org Beach www.villadellepalme-zenna.com www.hoteledelweiss.net  Beds 198 DR with br.  90-350 Beds 37 DR with br.  50-62  Beds 58 DR with br.  60-70 Beds 26 DR with br. 85 Taino Beds 22 DR with br. 72-80 Bungalow Hotel Agnello *** Hotel Bus Parking Via Garibaldi 22 Da Nino * Hotel Edelweiss *** Hotel Porto Valtravaglia Telephone (+39) 0331 956502/ 956027 V.le Aguggiari 69 Croce Bianca ** Hotel N. Ab. Viceno 7 Camping e-mail info@albergoagnelloit Relais sul Lago **** Hotel Via Marconi 1 Telephone (+39) 0324 618791 Albergo Del Sole *** Hotel Via G. Macchi 61 Telephone (+39) 0332 283932 Piazza Imbarcadero 18 www.albergoagnello.it Beds 20 DR with br.  60 Telephone (+39) 0324 234155 Fax (+39) 0324 600876 Camper service Beds 29 DR with br.  80 Telephone (+39) 0332 310022 Fax (+39) 0324 232232 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 547747 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Children‘s e-mail [email protected] www.albergoedelweiss.com playground www.relaissullago.it Beds 35 DR with br.  41-62 Beds 55 DR with br.  100-130 www.albergodelsole.net Beds 135 DR with br.  69-200 Canoe DR with br.  90-150 Boat hire Tronzano l. Maggiore Albergo Ristorante Diana * Hotel OSSOLa Valleys Pizzo del Frate Hotel Conference Da Cecilia Hotel ** Room Località Monti di Bassano, Lago Delio ** Case Sparse Foppiano 25 Loc. Graniga 37 Il Pescatore ** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0332 566102 Telephone (+39) 0324 61233 / 2281850 Cycle hire Di Varese **** CB Hotel /V Telephone (+39) 0324 234166 Via Varese 4 e-mail [email protected] Antrona Schieranco Fax (+39) 0324 61040 Via Como 12 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 549530 www.albergo-diana.it Alpino * Hotel e-mail [email protected] Dog Telephone (+39) 0332 237559 www.albergodacecilia.com e-mail [email protected] Beds 19 DR without br.  75-85 Fraz. Cheggio Fax (+39) 0332 234440  www.pizzodelfrate.it Entertainment www.albergopescatore.com Telephone (+39) 0324 575975 Beds 11 DR with br. 69   e-mail [email protected] Beds 25 DR with br. 76-100 Beds 22 DR with br. 55-70 Fax (+39) 0324 51034 Garden www.hoteldivarese.it e-mail [email protected] Beds 42 DR with br.  125-220 Varese Beds 24 DR with br.  20-30 Regina ** Hotel Golf Al Borducan **** Hotel Via Marconi 2/A DOMODOSSOLA Ranco Biglia Hotel Handicapped- Via Beata Carterina Moriggi 43 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 234261 *** Il Sole di Ranco Hotel Yes Hotel CB Hotel /V Piazza Arturo dell’Oro 22 accessible **** Telephone (+39) 0332 222916 **** Lago Pineta * Hotel e-mail [email protected] P.zza Venezia 5 Fax (+39) 0332 222412 Via Fusinato 35 Fraz. Antrona Lago www.reginabognanco.it Telephone (+39) 0324 248096 / 342 6981611 Hiking Telephone (+39) 0331 976507 Telephone (+39) 0332 1570325 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 51808 Beds 63 DR with br.  68-70 Indoor Fax (+39) 0331 976620 www.borducan.com Fax (+39) 0332 1562897 e-mail [email protected] www.albergobiglia.it  swimming pool e-mail [email protected] Beds 18 DR with br.  110-230 e-mail [email protected] www.lagopineta.com Beds 18 DR with br. 70-100 Internet www.ilsolediranco.it www.yeshotel.it Beds 17 DR with br.  40-80 Beds 28 DR with br.  150-350 Beds 139 DR with br.  70-220 Locanda Rossi * Hotel Piazza Galletti 3/4 Corona *** Hotel Wi-Fi Art Hotel CB Hotel /V **** Telephone (+39) 0324 243990 Via Marconi 8 Via Padre G.B. Aguggiari 26 Lift Belvedere Hotel e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 242114 *** Telephone (+39) 0332 214000 Bologna *** Hotel/VCB BACENO  Via Piave 11 Via Broggi 7 Vecchio Scarpone *** Hotel Beds 10 DR with br. 52 Fax (+39) 0324 242842 Mooring Fax (+39) 0332 239553 Telephone (+39) 0331 975260 Telephone (+39) 0332 232100 Via Roma 48 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.coronahotel.net Open-air Fax (+39) 0331 975773 e-mail Fax (+39) 0332 287500 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 62023 [email protected] Beds 99 DR with br.  80-120 swimming pool e-mail [email protected] www.arthotelvarese.it e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Magenta Hotel Parking www.hotelristorantebelvedere.it Beds 56 DR with br.  105-150 www.albergobologna.it www.albergovecchioscarpone.com Via Cavallini 40 Beds 24 DR with br.  100-140 Beds 27 DR with br.  85-185 Beds 46 DR with br.  70-90 Telephone (+39) 0324 46595

Horse riding e-mail [email protected] www.albergomagenta.it Europa *** Hotel Atahotel Varese Business & Via Siberia 1/a Restaurant Resort **** CB Hotel /V Europa *** CB Hotel /V Ristoro Goglio ** Hotel P.zza Beccaria 1 Fraz. Goglio 10 Telephone (+39) 0324 240004 Wellness & Beauty Hotel Conca Azzurra *** Via Albani 73 CALASCA CASTIGLIONE Fax Spa Telephone (+39) 0332 280170 Telephone (+39) 0324 619136 (+39) 0324 227946 Hotel /VCB Telephone (+39) 0332 466001 Locanda del Tiglio *** Hotel e-mail Fax (+39) 0332 234325 Fax (+39) 0324 619101 [email protected] Supermarket Via Alberto 53 Fax (+39) 0332 466664 Loc. Gurva 7/b e-mail [email protected] e-mail www.moteleuropa.net Telephone (+39) 0331 976526 e-mail [email protected] [email protected]  www.hoteleuropavarese.it www.parcodeverovillagina.it Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 81122 Beds 60 DR with br. 70-80 Telephone Fax (+39) 0331 976721 www.atahotels.it/varese e-mail [email protected]  Beds 60 DR with br.  98-170 Beds 24 DR with br.  50-54 e-mail [email protected] Beds 449 DR with br. 330-510 www.albergolocandadeltiglio.it Tennis www.concazzurra.it Beds 14 DR with br.  57-60 Eurossola *** Hotel Beds 53 DR with br.  95-180 Piazza Matteotti 36 TV Ca dei Santi **** Hotel Mariuccia *** Hotel Valentini ** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0324 481326 Via G. Macchi 141 Via Roma 55 Wind surfing Via Molini Trotti Fax (+39) 0324 248748 Telephone (+39) 0332 238302 Telephone (+39) 0332 329330 / 329350 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 62015  e-mail [email protected] General Fax (+39) 0332 283959 Fax (+39) 0332 329920 Beds 24 DR with br. 40-60 Mondo d’Oro * Hotel www.eurossola.com Sesto calende e-mail Information e-mail [email protected] [email protected] Via Trabucati 9 Beds 48 DR with br.  85-95 Nuovo Bar Ristorante Hotel David Hotel www.albergomariuccia.it *** www.cadeisanti.eu Telephone (+39) 0324 890118 Via Roma 56 Beds 54 DR with br.  91 Beds 20 DR with br.  140 La Baita * Hotel e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0331 920182 Frazione Crampiolo 21 www.hotelmondodoro.com Residence Fiordaliso *** Hotel/Apt Upper, Central, e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 619190 / 338 124666 Beds 24 DR with br.  60-75 Regione Nosere 10 Lower www.hotel-david.com Sacro Monte *** Hotel Fax (+39) 0324 619157 Telephone (+39) 0324 248566  Capolago **** Hotel /VCB Lago Maggiore Beds 30 DR with br. 110-150 Via per Bodio 74 Via Bianchi 5 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0324 227007 Telephone (+39) 0332 831840 Telephone (+39) 0332 228194 www.labaita-crampiolo.com e-mail [email protected]  Fax (+39) 0332 1641374 Fax (+39) 0332 228148 Beds 14 Pp. hb 44-48 CRAVEGGIA www.residencefiordaliso.com  East Shore Del Sole *** Hotel e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] La Perla *** Hotel Beds 30 DR with br. 50 Via Ruga del Porto Vecchio 1 www.hotelcapolago.it www.ristorantesacromonte.it Via Belitrandi 2A, Loc. Vocogno and Varese  Telephone (+39) 0331 914273 Beds 156 DR without br.  80-250 Beds 14 DR with br. 60-105 Isotta * Hotel Telephone (+39) 0324 98071 Fax (+39) 0331 921759 Via Roma 64 Internazionale *** Hotel Fax (+39) 0324 988898 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 62480 e-mail [email protected] Regione Nosere 8/bis Telephone (+39) 0324 481180 The Swiss part www.trattorialocandasole.it City Hotel **** CB Hotel /V Stelvio *** CB Hotel /V e-mail [email protected] www.hlaperla.com  Fax (+39) 0324 44586 Beds 15 DR without br. 110 Via Medaglie d’Oro 35 Via Tonale 10 Beds 18 DR without br.  53 Beds 57 DR with br.  65-80 of the Lake e-mail [email protected] Telephone Telephone (+39) 0332 334800 (+39) 0332 281304 www.internazionale-hotel.eu Fax (+39) 0332 232882 Fax (+39) 0332 340646 Beds 56 DR with br.  68-115 La Collinetta *** Hotel e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Villa Gina * Hotel Via Cocquio 35 www.hotelstelvio.com Locanda Marconi * Hotel www.cityhotelvarese.com Frazione Goglio 10 Via dell’Unione 45, Loc. Vocogno Telephone (+39) 0331 924138  Beds 25 DR with br.  65-80 Ossola Valleys Beds 83 DR without br. 30-155 Telephone (+39) 0324 619136 Telephone (+39) 0324 98007 Fax (+39) 0331 922682 Fax (+39) 0324 619101 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected]  Residence Mafalda ** Hotel/Apt Beds 9 DR with br. 70 Via Giovanni XXIII n. 95 www.hotellacollinetta.com Colonne **** Hotel Ungheria *** CB Hotel /V www.parcodeverovillagina.it  Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 243081 Beds 21 DR with br. 80-95 Via Fincarà 37 Viale Luigi Borri 98 Beds 24 DR with br.  50-54 e-mail [email protected] Lake Orta Telephone (+39) 0332 220404 Telephone (+39) 0332 264325 Beds 22 DR without br.  55 Fax (+39) 0332 832315 Fax (+39) 0332 264256 CRODO Tre Re *** CB Hotel /V e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Casa Fontana Hotel Belvedere *** Hotel P.zza Garibaldi 25 www.albergocolonne.i www.hotelungheria.it Via Casa Fontana 9, Loc. Alpe Devero N. ab. Mozzio 24 Telephone (+39) 0331 924229 Beds 58 DR with br.  80-180 Residence Domodossola ** Hotel/Apt Novara, Beds 18 DR with br.  140-180 Telephone (+39) 337 3108017 Telephone (+39) 0324 61055 Fax (+39) 0331 913023 Via Papa Giovanni XXIII 93 Vineyards and e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0324 61316 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 260788 / 334 2866723 www.casafontanadevero.it e-mail [email protected] Paddy Fields www.hotel3re.it  e-mail [email protected] Le Foresterie dei Piaceri Campestri **** Hotel Vecchia Riva *** CB Hotel /V Beds 12 DR without br. 60 www.belvederemozzio.it www.hoteldomodossola.it Beds 61 DR without br.  100-160 Via G. Macchi 146  Via Salvini 31 /VCB Beds 80 DR with br. 130-180 Beds 24 DR without br.  64-69 Telephone (+39) 0332 320831 Telephone (+39) 0332 329335 Fax (+39) 0332 329301 Hotels Fax (+39) 0332 325236 Del Parco ** Hotel e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Residence Briona Hotel/Apt Via Marconi 42/48 www.borgodimustonate.it www.vecchiariva.com Passo Baranca Hotel Via Briona 17  Piazza Mons. Cocchinetti 2 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0331 923731 / 922577 Beds 38 DR with br.  120-180 Beds 50 DR with br. 90-180 Telephone (+39) 328 2853504 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 347 6329049 e-mail [email protected] www.hotel-del-parco.com e-mail [email protected] www.residencebriona.it Local Services  www.passobaranca.eu Beds 34 DR with br. 80-95 Beds 22 DR without br.  75-140 Beds 16

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Air-conditioning DRUOGNO Alpi *** Hotel Malesco SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE VILLADOSSOLA Boschetto *** Hotel Borca 243 Alpino *** Hotel Delle Alpi *** Hotel Emiliana ** Hotel Ball games Cicin *** Hotel Via Pasquaro 18 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 65135 Via Al Piano 57-61, Loc. Zornasco Via Cadorna 1 Via Sempione 11 Via Novara 1/31 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 93555 Telephone (+39) 0324 95118 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 94290 Telephone (+39) 0324 575050 Telephone (+39) 0323 846702 Bar www.hotelalpiborca.it Fax (+39) 0324 937949 Fax (+39) 0324 905977 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0324 51126 Fax (+39) 0323 840045 Beds 20 DR with br.  70-85 Beach e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Beds 65 DR with br.  120 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.albergoboschetto.com www.hotelalpino.org www.hotelemiliana.com www.hotelcicin.com Bungalow Beds 48 DR with br.  80-120 DR without br.  100-110 Beds 23 DR with br.  70 Beds 45 DR without br.  80-85 Cima Jazzi *** Hotel/Apt La Jazza *** Hotel Bus Parking Via Monte Rosa 114, Loc. Staffa Via Jazza 4 Telephone (+39) 0324 65796 Camping Stella Alpina *** Hotel Panorama *** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0324 94471 / 906007 VILLETTE Via Domodossola 13 e-mail [email protected] Via per Re 25 Fax (+39) 0324 94636 GOZZANO Locanda Lo Scoiattolo Hotel Telephone (+39) 0324 93593 www.residencecimajazzi.it Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 95022/ 348 4124016 e-mail [email protected] * Nuova Italia *** Hotel Camper service  Piazza E. Brindicci 7 Fax (+39) 0324 93595 Beds 58 DR with br. 78-130 e-mail [email protected] www.hoteljazza.com Via Beltrami 19 Children‘s Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 97009 e-mail [email protected] www.albergopanorama.info Beds 67 DR with br.  60-80 Telephone (+39) 0322 93774 playground e-mail Beds DR with br.  [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 953154 Canoe www.stellaalpinahotel.com 25 70   Cristallo *** Hotel Beds 21 DR with br. 60 e-mail [email protected] Boat hire Beds 122 DR with br. 60-70 Pecetto 22 La Scheggia *** Hotel www.hotelnuovaitalia.it Conference  Room Telephone (+39) 0324 65139 Ramo Verde * Hotel Via Cavour 25 Beds 74 DR with br. 50-150 Fax (+39) 0324 65600 Cycle hire Via Conte Mellerio 5 Telephone (+39) 0324 95098 VOGOGNA e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 95012 Fax (+39) 0324 94194 Valgrande Hotel **** Hotel Stazione ** Hotel www.hotelcristallomacugnaga.com Dog Viale Stazione 11 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via Nazionale Dresio 241 La Valsesiana * Hotel Beds 42 DR with br.  80  Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 93534 Beds 13 DR with br. 60 www.hotelscheggia.com Telephone (+39) 0324 842604 Corso XXV Aprile 37  Entertainment e-mail [email protected] Beds 82 DR without br. 55-95 Fax (+39) 0324 842603 Telephone (+39) 0322 94394 / 338 3546512 Beds 17 DR without br.  63-72 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 94228 Garden Dufour *** Hotel www.valgrandehotel.it e-mail [email protected] Piazza Municipio 100, Loc. Staffa Beds DR with br.  www.albergovalsesiana.it Golf Miramonti *** Hotel 188 60-229 Telephone (+39) 0324 65484 Italia *** Hotel Piazzale Diaz 3 Beds 42 DR with br.  50 e-mail [email protected] Via A. di Dio 107 Handicapped- FORMAZZA Telephone (+39) 0324 95013 accessible Aalts Dorf *** Hotel www.albergodufour.com Telephone (+39) 0323 1994600 e-mail [email protected] Beds 30 DR with br.  60-90 Fax (+39) 0323 114601 Hiking Loc. Riale www.almiramonti.com Del Vecchio Borgo *** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0324 634355 / 329 1257417 e-mail [email protected] Beds 20 DR with br.  120-155 Piazza Chiesa 7 MADONNA DEL SASSO Indoor Fax www.albergoitalia.info Panoramico *** Hotel swimming pool (+39) 0324 634356 Telephone (+39) 0324 87504 e-mail [email protected] Flora - Chez Felice *** Hotel Fax (+39) 0324 878756 Via G. Frua 31, Loc. Boleto Internet www.aaltsdorf.it Piazza Municipio 4, Loc. Staffa PIEDIMULERA Oscella *** Hotel e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 981313 Beds 30 DR with br.  76 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 65037 Pizzo Castello * Hotel Via Matteotti 102 www.ristorantevecchioborgo.it Fax (+39) 0322 370082 Wi-Fi e-mail [email protected]  e-mail [email protected] Via Piana 38, Fraz. Cimamulera Telephone (+39) 0324 95170 Beds 12 DR with br. 80 www.albergoflora.com Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 83595 Fax (+39) 0324 94847 www.hotelpanoramico.it Lift   Monte Giove *** Hotel/Apt Beds 28 DR with br. 40-60 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Beds 23 DR with br. 75-120 Mooring Fraz. Valdo 1 Beds 7 A cc. with br. pp.  60-64 www.hoteloscella.com Monterosa *** Hotel  Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 63034 Beds 145 DR without br. 57-77 Via Nazionale Dresio 247, Loc. Masone Open-air e-mail Nuovo Pecetto *** Hotel swimming pool [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 842202 www.hotelmontegioveformazza.it Pecetto 50 Fax (+39) 0324 842700 MIASINO Parking Beds 23 DR with br.  38-80 Telephone (+39) 0324 65025 PREMIA Gridone Hotel/Apt e-mail [email protected] La Genzianella ** Hotel e-mail [email protected] Miravalle ** Hotel www.motelmonterosa.it Via per Armeno 10 Horse riding Piazza Risorgimento 3 www.hotelnuovopecetto.com Via Provinciale 34 Telephone (+39) 0324 242245 / 331 8435271 Beds 63 DR with br.  60 Telephone (+39) 0322 980051 Beds 46 DR with br.  60-120 Telephone (+39) 0324 62478 Fax (+39) 0322 980863 Restaurant Pernice Bianca Schneehendli *** Hotel e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Piano Cascata del Toce, Loc. Stafulstet Fax (+39) 0324 62020 www.residencegridone.it e-mail [email protected] www.lagenzianellahotel.it Spa Telephone (+39) 0324 63200 Beds 20  e-mail [email protected] Signal *** Hotel www.alberghiminoli.it Beds 15 DR with br. 40-70  Supermarket www.pernicebianca.it Via Pecetto 118 Beds 52 DR with br. 50-56 LAke ORTA Beds 24 DR with br.  76 Telephone (+39) 0324 65142 Telephone e-mail [email protected] AMENO OMEGNA www.hotelsignal.it Monte Giove ** Hotel Locanda della Pineta Hotel Monterosa *** Hotel Tennis Corno Brunni ** Hotel Beds 21 DR with br.  70-100 Fraz. Cadarese 31 Loc. La Sotta Croce Bianca *** Hotel Via Armando Diaz 7 Via Mazzini 2 Fraz. Ponte 3 Telephone (+39) 0324 617145 Telephone (+39) 347 2580463 Telephone (+39) 0322 998174 TV Telephone (+39) 0323 866106 / 348 2633610 Telephone (+39) 0324 634127 Fax (+39) 0324 607979 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 998005 Fax (+39) 0323 866161 Wind surfing e-mail [email protected] Monterosa *** Hotel/Apt e-mail [email protected] www.lalocandadellapineta.com e-mail [email protected]  e-mail [email protected] www.cornobrunni.it Via Droppini 6/a, Loc. Staffa www.hotelmontegiove.com Beds 24 DR with br. 33-55 www.albergoristorantemonterosa.com General Beds 32 DR with br.  70-120 www.albergocrocebianca.com Beds 48 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 65791 Beds 50 DR with br.  76-88  Information e-mail [email protected] Beds 67 DR with br. 70-95 Rotenthal ** Hotel Ponte Formazza 91, Loc. Ponte www.monterosaresidence.it Pomodoro *** Hotel Beds 39 DR without br.  74-90 Del Ponte Hotel VARZO Telephone (+39) 0324 63060 * Battle of Britain ** Hotel Piazza Martiri della Libertà 4 Fraz. Piedilago 3 Albergo Cuccini *** Hotel Upper, Central, Fax (+39) 0324 63260 Viale Bocciola 17, Vacciago Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 62217 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 62017 /347 8595265 Loc. San Domenico Telephone + Fax Lower e-mail [email protected] (+39) 0322 998200 e-mail [email protected] Weissthor *** Hotel/Apt e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 72476 e-mail [email protected] Lago Maggiore www.rotenthal.it Fax (+39) 0324 660087 www.albergopomodoro.com  Piazza Pecetto 73, Loc. Pecetto www.delponte.it www.hotelbattleofbritain.com  Beds 25 DR with br. 80 e-mail [email protected] Beds 23 DR without br. 75-85 Telephone (+39) 0324 649007 Beds 19 DR with br.  70 Beds 24 DR with br.  60-70 www.albergocuccini.com Fax (+39) 0323 846888 Beds 47 DR with br.  80-100 East Shore e-mail [email protected] Edelweiss * Hotel La Darbia Hotel/Apt and Varese Fraz. Ponte 81 www.residenceweissthor.it Minoli * Hotel ORTA SAN GIULIO  Regione Persighello 16, Fraz. Vacciago Telephone (+39) 0324 63033 Beds 25 DR with br. 60-103 Via Provinciale 41 San Rocco **** Hotel Al 44 ** Hotel/Apt Telephone (+39) 389 3113813 Fax (+39) 0324 63023 Telephone +Fax (+39) 0324 62020 Via Gippini 11 Via Alpe Veglia, Loc. San Domenico e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 911977 Telephone (+39) 0324 066047 www.ladarbia.com The Swiss part www.albergoedelweiss.net Zumstein *** Hotel www.alberghiminoli.it Fax (+39) 0322 911964  e-mail [email protected] Beds 40 DR without br.  90-200  Via Monte Rosa 84, Loc. Staffa Beds 38 DR with br. 50-56 e-mail [email protected] of the Lake Beds 22 DR with br. 70-80 www.al-44.com Telephone (+39) 0324 65118 www.hotelsanrocco.it Beds 47 DR with br.  80-100 Fax (+39) 0324 65490 PREMOSELLO CHIOVENDA Beds 160 DR with br.  165-900 e-mail [email protected] Proman * Hotel ARMENO www.zumstein-macugnaga.it Via Sempione 3 Hotel Cortese **** Hotel Ossola Valleys San Antonio *** Hotel Beds 76 DR with br.  90-135 Locanda della Fonte ** Hotel Via Due Riviere 24 c Corso Milano 2 Telephone (+39) 0324 88193 Loc. Cornú, Alpe Veglia Fax (+39) 0324 844523 Telephone (+39) 0322 999081 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 848080 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 72576 / 338 3370174 Villa Crespi **** Hotel e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 999067 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via G. Fava 18  Edelweiss ** Hotel Beds 13 DR with br.  60 e-mail [email protected] Beds 16 DR without br. 67-79 Pecetto 5 www.alpeveglia.it/fonte www.cortesehotel.it Telephone (+39) 0322 911902 Beds 22 DR with br.  76 Fax Lake Orta Telephone (+39) 0324 65124 Beds 68 DR with br.  110-170 (+39) 0322 911919 Fax (+39) 0324 65316 e-mail [email protected] Al Cantuccio Hotel ** e-mail [email protected] RE www.villacrespi.it Corso Milano 186, Loc. Cantonaccio Beds 14 DR with br.  195-425 Beds 25 DR with br.  70-80 Casa Barbieri *** Hotel Sempione ** Hotel Novara, Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 848224 Via Roma 6 Viale Castelli 70 e-mail [email protected] Madonna di Luciago ** Hotel Vineyards and Telephone (+39) 0324 97019 / 97114 Telephone (+39) 0324 7005 / 335 5652523 www.alcantuccio.net Via Mottarone 62, Fraz. Luciago Macugnaga Hotel Fax (+39) 0324 97297 e-mail [email protected] Aracoeli *** Hotel Paddy Fields Beds 19 DR with br.  55-60 * Telephone (+39) 0322 999006 Via Monte Rosa 118, Loc. Staffa e-mail [email protected] www.valdivedro.it/hotelsempione  Piazza Motta 34 Beds 8 Beds 30 DR with br. 35-50 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 65005 www.hotelcasabarbieri.it Telephone (+39) 0322 905173  Fax (+39) 0322 90377 e-mail [email protected] Beds 162 DR with br. 86-106 Lepontino * Hotel MACUGNAGA Beds 24 DR with br.  66-76 Omnidiet * Hotel e-mail [email protected] Hotels Loc. Alpe Veglia www.ortainfo.com Dream Hotel ***S Hotel Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 72577 Via Monte Falò 8, Loc. Coiromonte Beds 19 DR with br.  110-160 Via Monte Rosa 41 Bellavista ** Hotel e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 999009 Telephone (+39) 349 7855758 Via Re 63, Fraz. Folsogno www.alpeveglia.it/lepontino Fax (+39) 0322 999129 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 97040 Beds 22 DR without br.  56 e-mail [email protected] www.dreamhotelalp.it e-mail [email protected] www.omnidiet-hotel.com Local Services Beds 35 Beds 23 DR with br.  55 Beds 16 DR with br.  60-100

56 www.illagomaggiore.com 57 Lake Orta Hotels Hotels Novara, Vineyards Novara, Vineyards and Paddy Fields and Paddy Fields

Air-conditioning Fontaine Bleue *** Hotel Giardinetto *** Hotel Bogogno Caltignaga Cavour **** Hotel Victoria *** Hotel Via Novara 67 Via Provinciale 1 Golf Hotel Bogogno **** Hotel Cravero *** Hotel Via San Francesco d’Assisi 6 Corso della Vittoria 101 Ball games Telephone (+39) 0322 998049 Telephone (+39) 0323 89118 Via Sant’Isidoro 1 Via Novara 8 Telephone (+39) 0321 659889 Telephone (+39) 0321 472702 Fax (+39) 0322 988800 Fax (+39) 0323 89219 Fax (+39) 0321 659230 Fax (+39) 0321 033414 Telephone (+39) 0322 1958058 / 864137 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 652696 Bar e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 092171 e-mail [email protected] www.agenziasg.com/hotelfontainebleue.htm www.giardinettohotel.com www.hotelcavournovara.com www.hotelvictorianovara.it Beach e-mail [email protected] www.hotelcravero.it Beds 24 DR with br.  50-90 Beds 136 DR with br.  92-160 Beds 38 DR with br.  100-200 Beds 60 DR with br.  60-100 www.golfbogogno.com Beds 15 DR with br.  70-95 Bungalow  Beds 68 DR with br. 90-200 Bus Parking La Bussola *** Hotel Italia **** Hotel Cavallo Bianco ** Hotel Via Panoramica 24 Via Solaroli 8/10 Corso della Vittoria 6/b Locanda Riviera *** Hotel Relais Cá Nova Hotel/Apt Cameri Camping Telephone (+39) 0322 911913 Via Legro 35 Motel Camelia **** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0321 399316 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 35633 Via IV Novembre 31 Fax (+39) 0321 399310 Fax (+39) 0322 911934 Telephone (+39) 320 9709226 Strada Provinciale per Novara 131 e-mail [email protected] Camper service Telephone (+39) 0322 863406 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 659980 www.hotelcavallobianco.com Fax (+39) 0322 862584 www.albergoitalia.novara.it  Children‘s www.hotelbussolaorta.it www.locandariviera.it Fax (+39) 0321 510191 Beds 24 DR with br. 68-78 playground Beds 82 DR with br.  120-190  e-mail [email protected] Beds 62 DR with br.  100-250 Beds 27 DR with br. 70-130 www.cascinacanova.it e-mail [email protected] Canoe www.hotel-camelia.it Boat hire Beds 22 DR with br.  79-98 Beds 120 DR with br.  90-180 Cristina ** Hotel/Apt Conference La Contrada dei Monti *** Hotel La Bussola **** Hotel Via Ravenna 2 Room Contrada dei Monti 10 Via Guido Boggiani 54 Telephone (+39) 0321 234183 Madonna della Neve Hotel Cycle hire Telephone (+39) 0322 905114 ** Telephone (+39) 0321 450810 e-mail [email protected] Via Principale 1, Fraz. Pratolungo Borgomanero Fax (+39) 0322 905863 CasaLino Fax (+39) 0321 452786 www.residencealbergocristina.com Dog Telephone (+39) 0323 89122 San Francesco ***S Hotel e-mail [email protected] Motel Piranha Hotel e-mail [email protected] Beds 40 Fax (+39) 0323 89214 Via Maggiate 107 **** www.lacontradadeimonti.it S.R.11 Novara-Vercelli, Fraz. Orfengo www.labussolanovara.it Entertainment e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 845860  Beds 25 DR with br.  110-160 Beds 190 DR with br. 104-250 www.madonnadellaneve.net Fax (+39) 0322 846414 Telephone (+39) 0321 879134 Fax (+39) 0321 877515 Stazione Hotel Garden Beds 20 DR with br.  80 e-mail [email protected] ** www.hotelsfrancesco.com e-mail [email protected] Viale Manzoni 4/C Golf Matteotti **** Hotel Leon d’Oro *** Hotel Beds 43 DR with br.  90-125 www.motelpiranha.com Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 623256  Largo Buscaglia 11/a Handicapped- Piazza Motta 42 Beds 142 DR with br. 85-350 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 659889 accessible Telephone (+39) 0322 91991 / 90254 Quarna Sotto www.hotelstazionenovara.it Fax (+39) 0322 90303 e-mail [email protected] Beds 25 DR with br.  60-100 Hiking Locanda Posta ** Hotel La Dolce Vita *** Hotel www.hotelresidencematteotti.it e-mail [email protected] Piazza IV Novembre 5 Corso Sempione 110 Fara Novarese Beds 31 DR with br.  80-143 Indoor www.albergoleondoro.it Telephone (+39) 0323 826221 / 331 5202331 swimming pool  Telephone (+39) 0322 1983542 Farese Hotel Beds 70 DR with br. 110-300 e-mail [email protected] ** Fax (+39) 0322 834704 Internet www.locandapostaquarna.com Via Tosalli 57 Oleggio e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 829118 Arena *** Hotel Villa delle Rose **** Hotel www.hldv.info Fax (+39) 0321 819280 Rotonda Massimo d’Azzeglio 4/6 Wi-Fi Santa Caterina *** Hotel  Via per Gallarate 136 Via Marconi 10 Beds 18 DR with br. 70 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 397589 Telephone (+39) 0321 960057 Fax (+39) 0321 631147 Lift Telephone (+39) 0322 915865 San Maurizio d’Opaglio www.ristorantefarese.it e-mail [email protected]  e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 90377 Le Betulle ** Hotel Beds 20 DR with br. 68 www.hotelvilladellerose.net Mooring Beds 44 DR without br.  70-116  e-mail [email protected] Via XXV Aprile 54 Ramo Verde *** Hotel Beds 64 DR with br. 49-369 Open-air www.ortainfo.com Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 96222 Via Matteotti 1 swimming pool Beds 65 DR with br.  75-100 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 81479 Cristallo Hotel www.hotelbetulle.it Fax (+39) 0322 844594 Gattico *** Parking Corso Milano 60/D Aer *** Hotel Beds 15 DR without br.  80-89 e-mail [email protected] Roma ** Hotel Via Gallarate 35 Via Roma 6 Telephone (+39) 0321 697085 Horse riding Piccolo Hotel Olina ** Hotel www.hotelramoverde.it Telephone (+39) 0321 94904 Telephone (+39) 0322 838173 Fax (+39) 0321 697086 Via Olina 40 Beds 48 DR with br.  80-90 Fax (+39) 0321 994969 Fax (+39) 0322 880354 e-mail [email protected] Restaurant Telephone (+39) 0322 905656 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.hotelcristallonovara.com Fax (+39) 0322 90377 VALSTRONA www.aerhotelmalpensa.net Spa www.albergoromagattico.it Beds 19 DR with br.  75-85 e-mail [email protected] Del Leone * Hotel Beds 55 DR with br.  51-91 Piazza IV Novembre 6, Loc. Forno Rinaldo ** Hotel Beds 36 DR with br.  62-70 Supermarket www.ortainfo.com Via Ugo Foscolo 31  Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 885112 Beds 31 DR with br. 75-99 Telephone (+39) 0322 845264 Delfino *** Hotel Telephone e-mail [email protected] Oleggio Malpensa *** Hotel www.albergodelleone.it Fax (+39) 0322 869385 Corso della Vittoria 129 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 472844 Via Verbano 19 S.S. 32 Ticinese Tennis Beds 10 DR without br.  55-70 www.hotelrinaldo.it Novarello Hotel Fax (+39) 0321 621931 Telephone (+39) 0321 93301 PElla  **** Beds 25 DR with br. 65-120 Via Dante Graziosi 1 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0321 93377 TV Antico Albergo Alzese ** Hotel e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 555710 www.albergodelfinonovara.com Via Durio 106, Fraz. Alzo www.hoteloleggio.com Wind surfing Fax (+39) 0321 5557147 Beds 47 DR with br.  60-100 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 969887 / 331 3394269 Beds 84 DR with br.  55-155 General e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.lasecadiorta.it Naov ra, Vineyards www.hotelnovarello.it Information Tre Stelle *** Hotel  Europa Hotel Beds 16 DR with br.  80 Beds 254 DR with br. 120 *** and Paddy Fields Via Borgomanero 185 Corso F. Cavallotti 38/A Quattro Ruote ** Hotel Telephone (+39) 0322 913138 / 335 1319212 Via Sempione 111 Telephone (+39) 0321 35801 Upper, Central, Agrate Conturbia Fax (+39) 0322 917080 Fax (+39) 0321 629933 Telephone (+39) 0321 91256 PETTENASCO e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0321 91608 Lower Golf Hotel Castelconturbia **** Hotel www.trestellebriganovarese.com Beds 25 DR without br.  60-65 L’Approdo **** Hotel Via Castelconturbia 10 Aurora ** Hotel www.hoteleuropanovara.it Lago Maggiore Beds 89 DR with br.  74 Beds 138 DR with br.  130-190 Corso Roma 80 Telephone (+39) 0322 832337 Via IV Novembre 8 Telephone (+39) 0323 89345 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0163 411325 Fax (+39) 0323 89338 e-mail [email protected] Roma ** Hotel www.golfhotelcastelconturbia.it Via Don Minzoni 47 East Shore e-mail [email protected] Beds 32 DR with br.  90-120 www.albergoaurora.biz La Cupola *** Hotel www.approdohotelorta.it Beds 20 DR with br.  40-55 Corso Milano 43/a Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 91175 and Varese  e-mail [email protected] Beds 144 DR with br. 80-225 Telephone (+39) 0321 691022 Fax (+39) 0321 688298 www.albergoromaoleggio.it  e-mail [email protected] Beds 22 DR with br. 50-55 The Swiss part Momo www.lacupolahotel.it Antica Corte *** Hotel Beds 65 DR with br.  75-90 of the Lake Via Cesare Battisti 6, Fraz. Castelletto di Momo Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 990070 Romagnano Sesia e-mail [email protected] Le Grandi Volte *** Hotel Baiardo *** Hotel www.albergoanticacorte.com Via Torinelli 9 Via Novara 337 Ossola Valleys Beds 21 DR with br.  50-80 Telephone (+39) 0321 33324 Telephone (+39) 0163 832000 Fax (+39) 0163 827320 Fax (+39) 0321 623709 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Macallé *** Hotel Beds 47 DR with br.  24-50 www.hotelbaiardo.it Beds 22 DR with br.  90-101 Via Boniperti 2 Lake Orta Telephone (+39) 0321 926064 Fax (+39) 0321 926828 Parmigiano *** Hotel e-mail [email protected] Via dei Cattaneo 4/6 Sillavengo www.macalle.it Telephone (+39) 0321 623231/ 623118 Tenimento al Castello **** Hotel Novara, Beds 12 Fax (+39) 0321 620500 Via San Giuseppe 15 Vineyards and e-mail [email protected] www.albergoristoranteparmigiano.it Telephone (+39) 0321 824221 Paddy Fields Fax (+39) 0321 824303 Beds 78 DR with br.  75-110 e-mail [email protected] Naov ra Bella Italia Palace **** Hotel www.alcastello.it Beds 24 DR with br.  120-240 Largo Donegani 6 Sogno *** Hotel/Apt Hotels Telephone (+39) 0321 694346 Via Tazzoli 5 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 621069 www.bellaitaliapalacehotel.com Fax (+39) 0321 621804 Beds 93 DR with br.  68-400 e-mail [email protected] Local Services www.hotelsogno.it Beds 115 DR without br.  70-95

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Air-conditioning Camping GHIFFA GIGNESE La Quercia * Camping Ispra Al Sorriso *** Hotel La Sierra ** Camping Sette Camini ** Camping Via del Lago 42 International Camping **** Camping/VCB Ball games Via Roma 18 Corso Belvedere 337 Via Pianezza 7 Telephone (+39) 0331 923085 Via Carducci 943 Fax (+39) 0331 914646 Telephone (+39) 0322 983228 Upper lago Telephone (+39) 333 7815534 Telephone (+39) 0323 20183 Telephone (+39) 0332 780458 Bar e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 983328 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 20398 Fax (+39) 0332 784882 www.campinglaquercia.com Beach e-mail [email protected] www.campinglasierra.it e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.alsorriso.com www.camping7camini.it 60  7-8 pers 200 www.internationalcampingispra.it CANNERO RIVIERA 42  15-24 28 pers 112 8000 sq.m. Bungalow Beds 13 DR with br.  160-180 Lido ** Camping 144  10 pers 320 30000 sq.m. 200  8-13 148 pers 399 27000 sq.m. Viale del Lido 5 Bus Parking Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 787148 e-mail Dormelletto Camping Suno [email protected] PREMENO www.campinglidocannero.com Incanti ** Camping MERGOZZO Lago Azzurro *** Camping Camper service Il Motto *** Hotel  Via Incanti 4, Fraz. Pollino Via Enrico Fermi 2 Via Mottoscarone 55 66 15-28 2 pers 260 9000 sq.m. Lago delle Fate ** Camping Maccagno Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 587288 Via Pallanza 22 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 497197 Children‘s Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 85362 / 329 7288893 e-mail [email protected] Lagocamp Parkcamping Maccagno Camping playground e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 80326 e-mail [email protected] www.campinglagoazzurro.it Via Corsini 3 Canoe www.campingincanti.it Fax www.albergoilmotto.it (+39) 0323 800916 Telephone (+39) 0332 560203 Boat hire CANNOBIO e-mail [email protected] 210  8,50-18 9 pers 650 25000 sq.m. Beds 13 DR with br.  60-100 66  9 1 pers 240 15000 sq.m. Fax (+39) 0332 561263 Conference Bosco Camping ** www.lagodellefate.com e-mail [email protected] Room Via Nazionale km 35+400 40  27,50-50 6 pers 150 5000 sq.m. www.lagocamp.com Cycle hire Telephone (+39) 0323 71597 Lago Maggiore Village *** Camping & Village  Vaprio d’Agogna Fax (+39) 0323 739647 Via Salvador Dali 2 100 20-43 8 pers 280 15000 sq.m. Dog e-mail [email protected] Old Farm *** Hotel/Apt Telephone (+39) 0322 497193 www.boschettoholiday.it/bosco Entertainment Via Bono 6 CEntral Lago VERBANIA Fax (+39) 0322 498600 Telephone (+39) 340 7636019 60  7,40-13,50 16 pers 240 8000 sq.m. Village Isolino *** Camping & Village e-mail [email protected] Camping Lido ** Camping Garden e-mail [email protected] Via per Feriolo 25, Fondotoce www.lagomag.com Via G. Pietraperzia 13, Loc. Parco Giona BAVENO Telephone (+39) 0332 560250 www.oldfarm.weebly.com Telephone (+39) 0323 496080   Conca d’Oro *** Camping & Village 340 9-23,50 16 pers 1424 65000 sq.m. Fax (+39) 0332 359863 Golf Beds 21 DR with br. 45-85 Del Sole ** Camping Fax (+39) 0323 496414 Via 42 Martiri 26, Feriolo e-mail [email protected] Handicapped- Via Sotto i Chiosi 81 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 28116 www.boschettoholiday.it/lido accessible Telephone (+39) 0323 70732 www.isolino.it 120000 sq.m. Fax (+39) 0323 28538 Fax (+39) 0323 72387 80  6,9-15 pers 240 8500 sq.m. Hiking e-mail [email protected] 442  21-56,60 227 pers 2888 e-mail [email protected] Lido Holiday Inn *** Camping Indoor La Perla **** Hotel www.concadoro.it www.campingsole.it www.villageconcadoro.it Via Marco Polo 1 swimming pool Via Sottomonte 4 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 497047 Telephone + Fax 100  19,50-27 pers 400 10000 sq.m. Internet (+39) 0321 957552 / 921447 270  29-56 39 pers 1980 36000 sq.m. e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.campingholidayinn.com Lido di Monvalle Camping Wi-Fi www.hotelristorantelaperla.com Continental ** Camping & Village Via Monteneo 51  Via 42 Martiri 156, Fondotoce 160  10-13,50 Beds 118 DR with br. 100 13 pers 670 35000 sq.m. Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 799359 Telephone (+39) 0323 496300 Lift e-mail [email protected] Internazionale ** Camping Fax (+39) 0323 496218 Via Casali Darbedo 12 Cala Verde ** Camping www.campinglidomonvalle.com Mooring Strada Statale Sempione 26 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 71227 Smeraldo *** Camping  Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 924341/ 393 9539199 www.campingcontinental.com 110 10-11 pers 326 15000 sq.m. Open-air Fontana * Hotel Fax (+39) 0323 72591 C.so Cavour 131 swimming pool e-mail [email protected]  Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 10 e-mail [email protected] 343 21,90-61,80 271 pers 2750 100000 sq.m. Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 497031 www.campingcalaverde.eu Parking Telephone (+39) 0321 956031 www.campinglagomaggiore.it e-mail [email protected] www.camping-smeraldo.com Fax (+39) 0321 2046075 40  20-40 pers 160 Sesto Calende Horse riding 100  13-15 5 pers 380 12000 sq.m. e-mail [email protected] 169  9-20 5 pers 499 La Sfinge ** Camping www.albergo .it Restaurant Via Angera 1 Beds 19 DR with br.  60 La Quiete ** Camping Telephone (+39) 0331 924531 Residence Campagna ** Camping Holiday ** Camping Via Turati 72, Fondotoce Spa Via 42 Martiri 28, Feriolo Fax (+39) 0331 922050 Via Casali Darbedo 20/22 Telephone (+39) 0323 496013 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 28164 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 70100 Fax (+39) 0323 496139 Eden Camping Supermarket e-mail [email protected] ** www.camping.it Veruno Fax (+39) 0323 71190 e-mail [email protected] C.so Cavour 59 www.miralago-holiday.com  Telephone Isotta *** Hotel/Apt e-mail [email protected] www.campinglaquiete.it Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 497524 165 10-12 1 pers 635 60000 sq.m. www.campingcampagna.it  Via Pozzarino 1 58 7-15 pers 232 6000 sq.m. 180  13-16,20 pers 600 e-mail [email protected] Tennis Telephone www.campingeden.it (+39) 0322 830502 100  34,50-44,50 12 pers 400 10000 sq.m. e-mail [email protected]  Campeggio Okay Lido Camping TV 156 8-15 8 pers 500 24000 sq.m. www.residenceisotta.com Miralago ** Camping Via per Angera 115 Beds 40 DR with br.  50-120 Lido Toce Camping Telephone + Fax (+39) 0331 974235 Wind surfing Via 42 Martiri 24, Feriolo ** Riviera ** Camping Via per Feriolo 41, Fondotoce e-mail [email protected] Via Casali Darbedo 2 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 28226 General e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 496220 / 496087 www.camping-okay.com Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 71360 Information www.miralago-holiday.com e-mail [email protected] Rose Camping  e-mail [email protected] ** 100 9-14 pers 300 28000 sq.m. Vicolungo www.campinglidotoce.eu Via Enrico Fermi 3 Residence Campagnole *** Hotel/Apt www.riviera-valleromantica.com 72  9-16 pers 288 8000 sq.m. 100  7-17 pers 400 20000 sq.m. Telephone (+39) 0322 497979 Via Cascina Cascinoni 6 268  13-21 23 pers 1030 30000 sq.m. Fax (+39) 0322 498970 Upper, Central, Telephone (+39) 0321 835005 / 335 7539065 e-mail [email protected] Lower e-mail [email protected] Orchidea ** Camping www.campingrose.it www.campagnole.com OSSOLA VAlleys Lago Maggiore Valle Romantica Camping Via 42 Martiri 20, Feriolo  Beds 6 DR with br.  60-90 ** 115 8,50-14,50 19 pers 360 Via Valle Cannobina Telephone (+39) 0323 28257 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 71249 LowER LAGO www.campingorchidea.it Antrona Schieranco East Shore e-mail [email protected] Le Betulle * Camping and Varese www.riviera-valleromantica.com 234  23-45 15 pers 792 35000 sq.m. CASTELLETTO TICINO LESA Loc. Rovina 10  178 13-15 15 pers 896 50000 sq.m. Italia Lido *** Camping Solcio ** Camping Telephone (+39) 348 7239944 Via Cicognola 104 Via al Campeggio, Solcio Fax (+39) 0324 51892 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0331 923032 Telephone (+39) 0322 749/ 348 4446806 e-mail [email protected] The Swiss part e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 7566 www.valle-antrona.it Del Fiume * Camping Parisi Village ** Camping of the Lake Loc. Darbedo www.campingitalialido.it e-mail [email protected]  Via Piave 50 www.campingsolcio.com 30 8-9,50 pers 90 4000 sq.m. Telephone (+39) 0323 70192 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 924160/923156 196  9-15 16 pers 440 30000 sq.m. Fax (+39) 0323 739104 e-mail [email protected] 100  25-58,60 18 pers 380 15000 sq.m. e-mail [email protected] www.campingparisi.it www.campingdelfiume.it Ossola Valleys  BACENO 50 9-19 13 pers 252 6100 sq.m. 2000 ** Camping 50  9-12 pers 200 5600 sq.m. Rio Buscagna Camping Via del Cantiere 10 Fraz. Devero Telephone + Fax (+39) 0331 924092 Telephone (+39) 0324 619113 Piano Grande ** Camping e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Nosetto * Camping Viale G. Quaranta 10, Feriolo www.camping2000.it East shore and Varese www.alpedevero.it Lake Orta Via Nazionale 3, Fraz. Carmine Inferiore Telephone (+39) 338 8356403 300  10,50-13,50 20 pers 800 80000 sq.m.  Telephone (+39) 0323 71392 e-mail [email protected] 40 5-15 pers 100 Fax (+39) 0323 71270 Angera 50  21-25 13 pers 200 7000 sq.m. Campeggio città di Angera Camping Novara, 24  10-11 pers 60 Lido Verbano ** Camping Via Bruschera 99 Vineyards and Telephone (+39) 0331 930736 BOGNANCO Pedro * Camping Via Sempione 100 Paddy Fields Fax (+39) 0331 960367 Yolki Palki Camping Village Camping Via Darbedo 5 Tranquilla ** Camping Telephone (+39) 0331 923542 *** Via Cave 2, Oltrefiume e-mail [email protected] Via La Gomba 21 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 72336 Fax (+39) 0331 1350021 Telephone (+39) 0323 923452 www.campingcittadiangera.it Telephone (+39) 0324 234245/ 349 3446007 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0324 234978 www.campingpedro.com www.campinglidoverbano.com 530  11-16 pers 1596 100000 sq.m. Camping www.campingtranquilla.it e-mail [email protected]  pers 37  11-13 pers 148 171 9-14 15 962 www.yolkipalki.it 111  7-11 pers 340 18000 sq.m. 42  20-30 9 pers 192 6000 sq.m.

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Air-conditioning CRAVEGGIA LAke ORTA B&B and more CANNOBIO OggebBio Hermitage ** Camping Azalea *** B&B Villa Pepa ** B&B Indaco ** B&B Ball games Via Melezzo 43, Loc. Prestinone ORTA SAN GIULIO Via Casali Masserecci 35 Via Vico 13 Via Nazionale 84 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 98073 Telephone (+39) 329 9650400 Telephone (+39) 340 0682952 Telephone (+39) 346 9846377 Bar Cusio Camping Upper Lago e-mail [email protected] ** e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via Don Bosco 5, Loc. Legro Beach www.campinghermitage.it www.azaleacannobio.it www.villapepa.it www.bedandbreakfastindaco.it Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 90290  Beds 5 DR with br.  90-110 Beds 6 DR with br.  65-85 Beds 9 DR with br.  60-75 Bungalow 230 26-28,50 pers 700 40000 sq.m. e-mail [email protected] www.campingcusio.it Il Giardino degli Abeti *** B&B Loc. Bienna 8, Fraz. S. Martino Bus Parking  100 9,80-17,50 6 pers 360 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 551441 / 328 8541843 Casa Edenrock *** B&B Erbaluna Rooms to let Via Casali Edenrock, Strada per S. Agata 2, COSSOGNO Via Milano 10, Fraz. Piazza Camping CRODO e-mail [email protected] Cà del Pitur B&B Loc. Campeglio ** Telephone (+39) 0323 48697 Cistella * Camping www.giardinodegliabeti.com Via Pozzolo 1, Fraz. Cicogna Camper service Beds 6 DR with br.  65-70 Telephone (+39) 338 6837178 Fax (+39) 0323 48451 Loc. Quartarone 9 Orta ** Camping Telephone (+39) 0323 581712 / 347 0834837 Fax (+39) 0323 739601 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 61493 Via Domodossola 28, Loc. Bagnera Children‘s e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.erbaluna.net playground e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 90267 www.casaedenrock.it www.cadelpitur.it Beds DR without br.  Canoe e-mail [email protected] La Scala Blu B&B  10 51 www.campeggiocistella.it ** Beds 2 DR with br.  80-100 Beds 10 DR with br. 60 Boat hire www.campingorta.it Loc. Bienna 23, Fraz. S. Martino 65  9 44 pers 176 15000 sq.m. Trattoria della Cascata Rooms to let Conference 161  23,50-40,50 5 pers 644 35000 sq.m. Telephone (+39) 0323 402625 / 347 9359092 Room Via Nazionale 6, Fraz. Resega e-mail [email protected] Guilietta ** B&B Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 48165 Cycle hire  La Cascina nel Bosco *** B&B Beds 2 DR with br. 70 Via Casali Cuserina 34 Via Roccolo 10 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 468375 Beds 8 DR without br.  55-67 Dog FORMAZZA Miami * Camping Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 70035 Sagersboden ** Camping Via Novara 69, Loc. Miami e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Entertainment Loc. Ponte Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 998444 www.cuserina.it www.bebgiuliettaeromeo.biz BEE Beds 3 EZ ÜF  40-65 Telephone (+39) 320 1127038 e-mail [email protected] La Taverna dei Gufi B&B Beds 6 Garden www.miamicamping.altervista.org PrEmeno e-mail [email protected] Via Intrasca 16, Fraz. Pian Nava Villa Giulia 1926 *** B&B  50  11 pers 200 Telephone (+39) 0323 503025 / 347 5072471 Golf 40 5-6 pers 80 5000 sq.m. Le Darsene *** B&B Romeo ** B&B Via Perelli Paradisi 4 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 331 2593455 Handicapped- Via Ceroni 21 Via Per Inoca 3 www.latavernadeigufi.it e-mail [email protected] accessible Telephone (+39) 328 6240174 Telephone (+39) 0323 468429 Beds 3 DR with br.  80 Beds DR with br.  Hohsand * Camping e-mail e-mail 4 90-125 Hiking PELLA [email protected] [email protected] Fraz. Brendo www.ledarsene.it www.bebgiuliettaeromeo.biz Castellania del Lago d’Orta ** Camping   Indoor Telephone (+39) 0324 63258 / 333 9089373 Via Buonarroti 10 Beds 6 DR with br. 130 Beds 6 DR with br. 70-75 swimming pool e-mail [email protected] Chi Ghinn Rooms to let La Stazione Rooms to let Telephone (+39) 0322 969298 Internet www.campinghohsand.it Via Maggiore 21/23 Piazza Cesare Battisti 2 Fax (+39) 0322 969622 Telephone (+39) 0323 56326  Locanda dei Pini *** B&B Telephone (+39) 0323 587485 / 349 6046483 40 6 pers 80 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Cip e Ciop * B&B Wi-Fi Via Cressini 13, Loc. Traffiume Via San Martino 13 e-mail [email protected]  pers www.chighinn.com Beds 6 DR without br.  41 74 8 188 Telephone (+39) 347 3592049 Telephone (+39) 0323 468334 / 339 7602372 Lift Beds 12 DR with br.  100-150 Fax (+39) 0323 71711 La Pineta * Camping e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Mooring Fraz. Fondovalle www.parks.it/bab/cip.ciop www.locandadeipini.eu Beds 3 DR with br.  60 Telephone (+39) 328 1483144 / 338 2881988 PETTENASCO TRAREGO VIGGIONA Open-air Villa La Meridiana Rooms to let Beds 6 DR with br.  90-100 swimming pool Fax (+39) 0324 94123 Allegro ** Camping Via Provinciale 40 Villa Morissolina ** B&B e-mail [email protected] Via Legro 29 e-mail [email protected] Contrada San Mauro 6 Parking Az. Agricola Corte Merina ATm  Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 89324 Telephone (+39) 0323 797826 80 6 pers 250 Kunpen Holiday flat Solivonatural *** B&B Loc. Merina, Fraz. Cicogna Horse riding e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.campeggioallegro.it Via Campo dell’Eva 5 Casali Solivi 2 Telephone (+39) 0323 1975164 www.villa-morissolina.it Telephone (+39) 347 4494212 e-mail [email protected] Restaurant e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br.  90-110 48  8-15 2 pers 196 5600 sq.m. e-mail [email protected] www.cortemerina.it   Spa MACUGNAGA Beds 4 DR with br. 110-130 Beds 15 DR with br. 64 Sporting Center ** Camping Al Motto * ATm Ma Maison * B&B Supermarket Via Monterosa 142, Loc. Testa Punta di Crabbia ** Camping Via Località Motto, Fraz. Comero Via Dottore Tarchetti 4 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 65489 Ostello del Parco Youth Hostel Via Crabbia 2/a Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 559122 Spiaggia Amore *** B&B Telephone (+39) 347 2362882 Telephone e-mail [email protected] Vicolo Pozzolo 2, Fraz. Cicogna Telephone (+39) 0323 89117 e-mail [email protected] Via Ceroni 11/A e-mail [email protected] www.sportingcentermacugnaga.com e-mail [email protected] www.agriturismoalmotto.com Telephone (+39) 340 8025405 / 347 2660663 Telephone (+39) 348 6020625 / 086268 www.mamaisonlagomaggiore.it Tennis e-mail [email protected] 64  7-9 pers 200 www.campingpuntacrabbia.it Beds 24 DR with br.  70-75 e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br.  76-86 www.spiaggiaamore.it www.inuoviborghi.com TV 100  10-27 10 pers 398 Beds 6 DR with br.  100-130 Beds 18 DR with br.  22-44 Wind surfing Siesta * B&B SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE CANNERO RIVIERA Viale Dei Martiri 1 General Royal ** Camping Villa Angelina ** B&B Villa Costantina *** B&B Casa dell’Alpino Mountain Hut La Pineta ** Camping Via Pratolungo 32, Fraz. Pratolungo Telephone (+39) 0323 788030 / 347 3008144 Information Via Belcastro Pittore 13 Via L. Sacchetti 44/46 Via Luigi Meschio 19 Cicogna, Loc. Alpe Prá  Telephone (+39) 0323 888945 Beds 6 DR with br. 55 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 94123 / 340 3046496 Telephone (+39) 0323 788112 / 338 7854278 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 70963 Telephone (+39) 0323 53326 / 339 2669347 Fax (+39) 0323 888100 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 787856 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Upper, Central, www.campeggiopineta.it e-mail [email protected] www.villacostantina.com www.parcovalgrande.it/rifugi www.campingroyal.com www.sanobanano.com  Beds 15 Lower  Beds 6 DR with br. 110-130 150 8-10 4 pers 600 20000 sq.m.  Beds 6 DR with br.  35-40 60 11-16 7 pers 240 18000 sq.m. Casa della Musica ** B&B Lago Maggiore Via Marconi 2

B&B 21 ** B&B Telephone (+39) 345 0441398 Cursolo Orasso Villa Pepita ** B&B Via XIV Marzo 21 e-mail Verdelago ** Camping Monte Vecchio Mountain Hut [email protected] East Shore Via Carones 6 Telephone (+39) 0323 71684 / 349 5847184 Beds DR with br.  Corso Roma 76 Loc. Alpe Monte Vecchio 5 50-70 and Varese VANZONE CON SAN CARLO Telephone (+39) 0323 89257 Telephone (+39) 0323 1975663 / 345 4646458 e-mail [email protected] Monte Rosa ** Camping Fax (+39) 0323 888654 e-mail [email protected] www.b-b21.it  Loc. San Carlo e-mail [email protected] www.villapepita.it Beds 5 DR with br. 95-110 Beds 5 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 828971 www.campingverdelago.it Ghiffa The Swiss part e-mail [email protected] 47  21,60-36,70 9 pers 212 7000 sq.m. Antico Ciliegio *** B&B http://digilander.libero.it/camp.monterosa BnB Lago Maggiore B&B Via Ss. Trinità 22, Loc. Ronco Central Lago of the Lake Casa Banano * B&B Via Casali Solivi 9 25  6-8 pers 120 15000 sq.m. Telephone (+39) 0323 59793 Via Marconi 30 Telephone (+39) 0323 069805 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 339 2153073 e-mail [email protected] www.anticociliego.com BAVENO Fax (+39) 0323 787356 www.bnblagomaggiore.com Beds 6 Casa del Lago *** B&B Ossola Valleys Naov ra, Vineyards e-mail [email protected] Via Milanese 3 VArzO Locanda del Fiume Rooms to let www.casabanano.com Telephone (+39) 0323 924237 / 349 6018461 Isola * Camping and Paddy Fields  Via Darbedo 26 Beds 6 DR with br. 70-80 I Sentieri dell’Arte ** B&B e-mail [email protected] Loc. Alpe Veglia Telephone (+39) 0323 70192 Corso Risorgimento 171, Loc. Bozzela www.bbcasadellago.it Telephone (+39) 0324 72572 Fax (+39) 0323 739104 Galliate Telephone (+39) 347 4090993 Beds 5 DR with br.  65-85 Lake Orta Fax (+39) 0324 72790 Casa al Mulino * B&B e-mail [email protected] www.isentieridellarte.com e-mail [email protected] Playa di Valverde ** Camping www.hoteldelfiume.net Via Molino 4 Beds 6 www.areeprotetteossola.it Via del Mezzanino, Ponte del Ticino Beds 4 DR with br.  60 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 861054 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 787197 Ori Villa Oriana *** B&B  40 7 pers 80 e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 GURRO Via Due Riviere 83 Novara, www.playadivalverde.com Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 925126 / 347 4844122 Garni La Scogliera Rooms to let Villa Maria Apartments Holiday flat Isola Verde Moggia Rooms to let Vineyards and Loc. Moggia e-mail [email protected] 90  10 7 pers 300 40000 sq.m. Loc. Sotto Ponte, contr. M. D’Azeglio 26 Via 27/28 Maggio 1 Paddy Fields Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 76270 / 340 6652262 www.bbvillaoriana.com Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 788142 Telephone (+39) 0323 70160 e-mail [email protected] Beds 3 DR with br.  70-100 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected]  www.garnilascogliera.it www.villamariacannobio.it Beds 6 DR without br. 45 Pombia Beds 12 DR with br.  50 Beds 12 B&B and more Camping Safari Camping Il Feriolo ** B&B Via Larino 3 Da Attilio ATm Via Caretto 12, Fraz. Feriolo Telephone (+39) 393 4623340 Loc. Marcalone INTRAGNA Telephone (+39) 0323 28566 / 338 4853884 Helianthus Holiday flat Piancavallone 1560 m Mountain Hut e-mail [email protected] Via Dante 13 Telephone (+39) 338 3413423 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Loc. Alpe Pian Cavallone www.ilferiolo.it www.safaricamping.eu Telephone (+39) 333 7214817 www.agriturismomarcalone.it Telephone (+39) 0323 407482 Beds 5 DR with br.  65-100 Local Services 31  6-7 pers 155 e-mail [email protected]  Beds 24 ÜF  35-45 www.heliathus-cannero.it Beds 6 DR with br. 60-70 Beds 26

62 www.illagomaggiore.com 63 Central Lago B&B and more B&BHotels and more Central Lago Lower Lago

Air-conditioning Il Riccio ** B&B Baita Sole ** Rooms to let Chalet Rio Ranco ** B&B BB 10 ** B&B Il Noce ATm VERBANIA Via Vergante 13, Fraz. Campagna Via alle Cave 113, Fraz. Feriolo Loc. Montorfano Via per Passera, Fraz. Binda Al Borgo Antico B&B Via Vittorio Veneto 41 ** Telephone (+39) 334 9581868 Ball games Telephone (+39) 0323 28174 / 349 4311965 Telephone (+39) 0323 800005 / 329 2718537 Telephone (+39) 0323 342917 Via C. Colombo 45, Intra Telephone (+39) 380 3210460 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323/30004 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 57357 Telephone (+39) 0323 1980237 / 328 9185354 Bar www.bed-and-breakfast.it www.baitasole.it e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br.  65-80 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Beds 4 DR with br.  55-70 Beds 4 DR with br.  50-55 www.viagginrete-it.it/strutture/rioranco www.agriturismoilnoce.com Beds 4 Beach  Beds 4 DR with br.  65 Beds 4 DR with br. 80 Bungalow La Bottega del Liutaio ** B&B Bella Vita ** B&B La Sorgente B&B Gli Oleandri ** B&B Via San Gaudenzio 73, Loc. Possaccio Via Vittorio Veneto 35 Via Baveno 29 Bus Parking Via Sempione 48 VERBANO Telephone + Fax 0323 572445 Telephone (+39) 328 1154116 Telephone (+39) 0323 33059 / 320 0789788 BELGIRATE Telephone (+39) 348 7838325 Camera con Vista ** B&B e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Camping e-mail [email protected] Via Panoramica 12, Fraz. Bieno Beds 2 DR with br.  70 www.bellavitabb.it Torre Lara *** B&B www.lasorgente.biz Telephone (+39) 0323 496454 / 342 8856684 www.stresa-bb.com Beds 6 DR with br.  50-120 Via per Lesa 1 Camper service Beds 6 DR with br.  85-90 Telephone Beds 6 DR with br.  60-100 e-mail [email protected] Casa Musto ** B&B (+39) 0322 096838 / 329 1789704  Children‘s Beds 4 DR with br. 70-80 Piazza Cusura, Fraz. Cavandone e-mail [email protected] www.laciliegiabianca.it playground Telephone (+39) 333 7936115 Brunick ** B&B Canoe Amélie Rooms to let Il Viaggiatore ** B&B e-mail [email protected] Via XXI Maggio 9 Boat hire Via I Maggio 19, Loc. Oltrefiume Az. Agricola Rosso Lampone ATm Corso Italia 38 Beds 2 Telephone (+39) 349 2336553 Conference Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 934674 / 349 Telephone (+39) 339 8752621 Via Bellavista 20, Fraz. Bieno e-mail [email protected] La Ciliegia Bianca ** B&B Room 0552938 Fax (+39) 0323 924496 Telephone (+39) 328 82155421 / 347 1650700 Beds 4 DR with br.  70-80 Via per Magognino 3 Cycle hire e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] La Casaccia ** B&B Telephone (+39) 347 4316228 e-mail [email protected] www.ristoranteamelie.it www.rosso-lampone.it www.bb-ilviaggiatore.it Vicolo alla Fonderia 6, Intra e-mail [email protected] Dog Beds 5 DR with br.  75-80 Beds 4 DR with br.  70-80 Beds 2 Telephone (+39) 0323 404039 / 347 3912336 Castagna ** B&B www.laciliegiabianca.it e-mail [email protected] Via Don G. Cerutti 1, Loc. Montrigiasco Beds 6 DR with br.  60-70 Entertainment Fantoli 1000 m Mountain Hut www.lacasaccia.it Telephone (+39) 0322 57201 Via per Ompio, Loc. Alpe Ompio Stresa ** B&B Beds 6 DR with br.  60-70 e-mail [email protected] Garden Il Guscio Rooms to let Telephone (+39) 347 2250602 Via Carlo Zacchera 10 Via S. Michele 14 www.bbcastagna.com Casali della Cisterna Rooms to let e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 1975751  Golf e-mail [email protected] Beds 5 DR with br. 70-85 Strada Vecchia alle Sale 8 www.rifugiofantoli.it Fax (+39) 0323 1970193 Telephone (+39) 0322 7570  Casa Civenni * B&B Handicapped- Beds 18 ÜF 27 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] accessible L. & E:Holiday’s Room Rooms to let Vicolo Operai 10, Intra Via Mulini 15 www.stresa-beb.it Telephone (+39) 0323 403084 / 348 72210 I Lagoni ** B&B www.casalidellacisterna.it Hiking e-mail [email protected] Beds 5 DR with br.  60-70 e-mail [email protected] Via Gattico 14, Loc. Mercurago Beds 24 DR with br.  90-160 Indoor STRESA www.casacivenni.vb.it Telephone (+39) 340 6365319 swimming pool Locanda Nelia Rooms to let Beds 5 DR with br.  60 e-mail [email protected] Via 25 Aprile 2 Carducci 24 **** B&B Via Carducci 24 Lo Scoiattolo e la Noce B&B www.bnb-lagoni.it Internet Telephone (+39) 349 1710464 La Locanda al Lago Rooms to let  Brovello Carpugnino Telephone (+39) 0323 31901 Via per Gignese 6, Fraz. Vedasco Beds 2 DR with br. 80-100 Fax (+39) 0323 924509 Via 42 Martiri 24, Fondotoce Ohana *** B&B Wi-Fi e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 339 2281666 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 496075 Via delle Azalee 73-b www.carducci24.com Fax (+39) 0323 934759 www.locandanelia.com e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 327 0398725 Lift Beds 6 DR with br.  100-150 e-mail [email protected] Il Rododendro ** B&B Beds 12 DR with br.  65-90 www.allago.it e-mail [email protected] www.loscoiattoloelanoce.it  Via Godio e Pirovano 7 Mooring Beds 18 DR with br.  72-100 Beds 11 DR with br. 55-77 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 46264 / 349 3307075 www.luani08.wix.com/bb-ohana Beds 4 DR with br.  85 Open-air Villa La Camana **** B&B e-mail [email protected] swimming pool Residenza Vistaqua Rooms to let www.ilrododendro.com Via Mazzini 9, Fraz. Feriolo Via per Gignese 10, Loc. Vedasco Locanda del Castello Rooms to let  Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 31553 Caffè Nazionale Rooms to let Beds 5 DR with br. 60-70 Parking Telephone (+39) 0323 28568 Vicolo del Porto 11 La Casa del Giardiniere ** B&B e-mail [email protected] Piazza Cadorna 2-4 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 516569 Via Circonvallazione 27/29, Loc. Stropino Horse riding www.villalacamana.it Telephone (+39) 0323 31383 / 347 1796566 www.ristorantevistaqua.it e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 929170 Beds 7 DR with br.  100-120 e-mail [email protected] Fossati ** B&B www.osteriacastello.com Lungolago Marconi 19 e-mail [email protected] Restaurant Residence Villa Anna Holiday flat www.caffe-nazionale.com Beds 7 Telephone (+39) 335 8057205 www.lacasadelgiardiniere.blockspot.com Via Mottarone 10 Beds 7 Spa e-mail [email protected] Beds 4 DR with br.  70-80 Telephone (+39) 0323 925263 Le Isole B&B The Devine Rooms to let *** CasaBella Rooms to let www.bbfossati.it e-mail [email protected] Via per Campino 8, Fraz. Campino Via 42 Martiri 111, Fondotoce Supermarket Via del Marinaio 1, Isola dei Pescatori Beds 4 DR with br.  60-70 www.villaannabaveno.it Telephone (+39) 331 9904808 Telephone (+39) 0323 33471 Telephone (+39) 0323 583064 / 349 5452513 Telephone Beds 14 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 30758 e-mail [email protected] CASTELLETTO TICINO www.bedandbreakfast-lagomaggiore.it www.thedevine.it e-mail [email protected] La Coccinella ** B&B Il Fiume Azzurro *** B&B Tennis Beds 5 DR with br.  75-100 Beds 11 GIGNESE www.isola-pescatori.it Via G.G. Ponti 4 Via Vernome 25 Beds 7 DR with br.  120 Telephone (+39) 348 3313973 TV Verbena *** B&B Telephone (+39) 340 5112063 Via Panorama 11, Loc. Vezzo e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Villa Ermelinda B&B Il Monterosso ATm Wind surfing Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 20102 *** Beds 2 DR with br.  60-70 e-mail [email protected] Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 6, Fraz. Magognino Casa Giardinetto Rooms to let Via al Monterosso 30, Pallanza Cascina Vernome ATm General www.locandaverbena.com Telephone (+39) 339 2090599 Piazza San Carlo 7, Fraz. Carciano Telephone (+39) 0323 556510 Via Vernome 27 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 519706 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0331 962467 Information Beds 4 DR with br.  80-90 Telephone (+39) 347 8444210 / 345 7645076 La Terrazza sul Lago ** B&B www.bebvillaermelinda.com e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via ai Boschi 13, Loc. Dagnente Beds 4 www.ilmonterosso.it www.agriturismovernome.it www.casagiardinetto.com Telephone (+39) 0322 65868 Beds 25 DR with br.  68-80 Beds 16 DR with br.  50-120 Upper, Central, La Miniera ATm Villa Lucciola *** B&B Beds 4 e-mail [email protected] Via Due Riviere www.laterrazzasulagobedandbreakfast.it Lower Via San Martino Solferino 10, Loc. Carciano La Volpe Dorata Rooms to let Telephone (+39) 0323 20749 / 333 8022470 Telephone (+39) 0323 31266 / 348 5641294 DR with br.  40-60 Lago Maggiore Via Vignolo 15 Al Centro Youth Hostel e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 932721 COLAZZA Telephone (+39) 348 4447213 Via alle Fabbriche 8, Intra Cascina Belvedere B&B www.laminieraagriturismo.it e-mail [email protected] Casa del Sole B&B  e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 519568 Via Valle Vevera 32 **** Beds 12 DR with br. 15-40 www.bebvillalucciola.it Vicolo Chiuso Riboni 6a / Via dei Chiodi Beds 7 Fax (+39) 0323 408542 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 340179 / 389 4954344 East Shore Beds 3 Telephone (+39) 347 5585486 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] and Varese Emanuele Rooms to let e-mail www.alcentro.it www.lacascinabelvedere.com [email protected] Osteria 3V Rooms to let P.zza Cadorna 13 www.casadelsolelaghi.it Beds 60 DR without br.  50 Beds 5 DR with br.  80-100 Via Funiis 6 Villa Maria *** B&B Telephone (+39) 0323 31043 Beds 6 DR with br.  70-90 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 20581 Via Sempione Nord 91/O Fax (+39) 0323 33339 The Swiss part e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 30524 e-mail [email protected] Ostello A.I.G. Youth Hostel www.osteriadelle3v.it e-mail [email protected] www.hotelelena.com Nirvana B&B of the Lake Via alle Rose 7, Pallanza Beds 6 Beds 6 DR with br.  70-170 Beds 5 DR with br.  60-84 Via Baglioni 7, Loc. Montrigiasco Dormelletto Telephone (+39) 0323 501648 Telephone (+39) 335 8109121 Luli ** B&B Residenza Ca’ Marca Rooms to let e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via Mazzini 1 MERGOZZO Via del Marinaio 2/4, Isola dei Pescatori www.ostelloverbania.com www.nirvanab.jimdo.com Il Picchio B&B Bed Golf Club ** B&B Telephone (+39) 345 1488880 Ossola Valleys ** Telephone (+39) 0323 32534 Beds 103 ÜF  23-28 Beds 4 DR with br.  30-60 Via Tari 9, Fraz. Bracchio Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 6, Fraz. Magognino e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 33129 Telephone (+39) 0323 80200 / 333 6545208 Telephone (+39) 334 7834447 www.bbluli.it e-mail [email protected]  e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Beds 4 DR with br. 55-65 www.residenzacamarca.it Casa del Fagiolo Holiday flat www.ilpicchio.eu Campino ** B&B Beds 11 DR with br.  150-180 Via Verbano 48, Fraz. Dagnente Beds 4 DR with br.  65-85 Lake Orta Via al Santo 4, Fraz. Campino Telephone (+39) 338 7605269 Via Mazzini Rooms to let LowER LAGO L’Antico Torchio B&B Telephone (+39) 0323 919897 / 334 7768273 e-mail [email protected] Via San Rocco 2 e-mail [email protected] Via Mazzini 12 Beds 4 DR with br.  80-120 La Casa nel Bosco ** B&B Telephone (+39) 0323 31386 Telephone (+39) 0322 498271 www.bebcampino.it ARONA e-mail [email protected] Via Resiga 13, Fraz. Bracchio  e-mail [email protected] Novara, Beds 5 DR with br. 70-90 Il Giardino di Alice *** B&B www.anticotorchio.eu Telephone (+39) 0323 80533 / 345 1726179 www.viamazzini.com Vineyards and Via Motto Mirabello 51 Cascina Incocco ATm  e-mail [email protected] Casa Kinka ** B&B Beds 11 Beds 12 DR with br. 70-90 Via per Incocco 1, Loc. Incocco Paddy Fields www.bblacasanelbosco.it Std. Com. Lombartino 21 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 57212 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 230023 / 338 3793167 Beds 4 DR with br.  75-86 Telephone (+39) 0323 30047 www.ilgiardinodialice.com e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] L’Ordin ATm Beds 4 DR with br.  80 www.incocco.com Invorio www.casakinka.it Via Case Sparse 1, Fraz. Campino  B&B and more Beds 6 DR with br.  100-120 Beds 14 DR with br. 120 La Casa nel Bosco *** B&B Paola ** B&B Telephone (+39) 0323 30989 / 333 4419859 Via Orio 49 Via Leopoldo Oliva 8, Fraz. Albo e-mail [email protected] La Rocca B&B Telephone (+39) 0322 092402 Telephone (+39) 349 2590304 Beds 7 DR with br.  50 *** Via Vignetta 15 Casalmarzio ATm e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Casa Piccioni ** B&B www.lacasanelbosco.eu Strada vecchia Passera-Vedasco 6, Fraz. Passera Telephone (+39) 338 3921635 Reg. Cantarana 19/a www.paola-bedandbreakfast.com Beds DR with br.  Local Services  e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 248767 6 70-80 Beds 4 DR with br. 50-65 Telephone (+39) 339 4444247   e-mail [email protected] Beds 3 DR with br. 45-60 Beds 7 DR with br. 70

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Air-conditioning La Quiete ** B&B Il Gatto Nero B&B Casa Verbena B&B La Casa del Riccio B&B Nebbiuno Via S. Antonio 1 Via Somisso 17 Porto valtravaglia Via Giancarlo Passeroni 6 Via per Colazza 16 Attico di Maru B&B La Tana del Ghiro B&B Telephone (+39) 334 2766585 / 335 5414480 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 812784 / 348 5301920 Ball games Telephone (+39) 339 2642516 Case Sparse Campiglia 6 Via San Rocco 18, Fraz. Ligurno e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] DR with br.  45 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 58410 Telephone (+39) 0332 549513 / 320 1559179 Bar Beds 4 DR with br.  40-65 Beds 8 DR with br.  55-75 www.lacasadelriccio.info e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] La Casa del Nonno B&B Beds 11 DR with br.  80-90 Beach www.atticodimaru.com Via Somisso 14 www.tanadelghiroligurno.it Beds 6 DR with br.  80-105 e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br.  60-70 Manfredi B&B Casa Speroni B&B Bungalow ** Beds 4 DR with br.  40-60 Via Cavour 11, Fraz. Barquedo Via Pasubio 26 La Collina B&B Bus Parking Telephone (+39) 340 5615955 / 346 7212948 e-mail [email protected] Via 49 e-mail [email protected] Oleggio Castello www.casasperoni.com Telephone (+39) 0332 260221/ 349 0915823  Sesto Calende Camping Beds 5 DR with br.  50 Casa Ierardi *** B&B DR with br. 50-90 Polidora B&B e-mail [email protected] Via Gerolamo Pirinoli 4 Liberty Hotel B&B  Via Monviso 16 Via Vittorio Veneto 11 Beds 11 DR with br. 60-80 Camper service Telephone (+39) 349 7826474 Telephone (+39) 333 2190387 Telephone (+39) 0331 921387 / 338 2052910 e-mail Children‘s e-mail [email protected] Villa Magda B&B [email protected] e-mail [email protected] playground LESA Via per Sarigo 19, Loc. Sariogo www.polidora.com Beds 6 DR with br.  75-80 Le 3B Bed and Breakfast and Bike B&B Canoe Casabella *** B&B Il Colle Fiorito *** B&B Telephone (+39) 0332 648439 / 347 0713142 Beds 9 DR with br.  130-150 Via Corridoni 63 Boat hire Via Rosmini 35 Via Mottarone 1 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 312426

Conference Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 76957 Telephone (+39) 346 3230538 www.villamagda.it e-mail [email protected] Room Cà dal Cicin Rooms to let e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 53164 Beds 10 DR with br.  60-75 www.le3b.it Villa Clementina B&B Via San Pietro 2, Fraz. Lisanza Cycle hire www.bbcasabella.com e-mail [email protected] Via Valdinacca 6 Beds 4 DR with br.  50-110  Telephone (+39) 349 7472326 Beds 6 DR with br. 75-130 www.ilcollefiorito.it Telephone (+39) 0332 668930 Dog Beds 4 DR with br.  90 e-mail [email protected] Agriturismo Tschang Wilma ATm e-mail [email protected] Via per Pira Pianeggi 9/11 www.cadalcicin.it Entertainment www.villa-clementina.it Beds 9 DR with br.  60 Le Ortensie B&B La Torretta *** B&B Telephone (+39) 0332 520865 / 335 8244282 Beds 6 DR with br.  68-75 Via Caracciolo 85/A Via Per Comnago 61 L’Oasi del Relax B&B e-mail [email protected] Garden *** Telephone (+39) 0332 226475 Telephone (+39) 338 7740528 Via Monviso 14 www.agriturismocelestino.it e-mail [email protected]  Golf e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 333 6024690 Beds 28 DR with br. 72-90 Trattoria Calianna Rooms to let Taino Beds 3 DR with br.  60 www.bebtorretta.it e-mail [email protected] Via Tinelli 19 Handicapped-  Berti ATm Beds 6 DR with br. 65-90 www.oasidisimonaeantonio.freshcreator.com Telephone (+39) 0332 667315 accessible  Via Prati Bassi 62 Beds 4 DR with br. 60-100 Rifugio de Grandi-Adamoli Mountain Hut Fax (+39) 0332 667396 Sole e Stelle B&B Hiking Alpe Cuvignone Telephone (+39) 0331 957533 / 348 8134101 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0331 955497 Via Ambrogio Zonda 22, Fraz. Bobbiate Telephone (+39) 0332 601874 /348 3630219 Indoor Villa Margherita *** B&B www.calianna.it e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 320412 / 338 2260065 Beds 9 swimming pool Via Davicini 8 Beds 11 DR with br.  70-80 www.bertiaziendaagricola.it e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 7392 / 333 1296117 Pisano Internet Beds 12 DR with br.  80-110 www.solestelle.it e-mail [email protected] Mamma Mia ** B&B Beds 8 DR with br.  55-75 Wi-Fi Beds 3 DR with br.  70 Via G. Marconi 20 Telephone (+39) 0322 589000 / 333 3167836 Leggiuno e-mail [email protected] Villa Viola B&B Lift Così Come a Casa B&B B&B Varese B&B www.bbmammamia.com Via Viola 1 Varese Villa San Antonio *** B&B Telephone Via Moscaroli 1 Blueberry House B&B Via Valle Venosta 4 Mooring Beds 4 DR with br.  55-65 (+39) 346 1403220 Via San Antonio 55, Loc. Solcio e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 647842 Via del Mot 24 Telephone (+39) 0332 342210 / 335 6088957 Open-air Telephone (+39) 349 5856392 www.villaviola.it e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 227078 / 334 902085 Fax (+39) 0332 335518 swimming pool e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br.  60-70 www.cosicomeacasa.com e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Parking www.thevillasanantonio.com DR with br.  60-80 www.blueberryhouse.it www.bbvarese.it   Beds 6 DR with br. 110 Beds 6 DR with br.  60-70 Beds 12 DR with br. 60-140 Horse riding East shore and VArese Kedo ATm Via Addolorata, Piero Paradiso di Arolo B&B Restaurant MASSINO VISCONTI Telephone (+39) 0332 568501 Via della Campagna 53 Casa Gervasini B&B Varese Centro B&B Angera e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 648990 Viale Ippodromo 37 Via Giacomo Leopardi 19 Spa Casa Mariuccia B&B ** Cascina Armonia B&B www.agriturismokedo.it e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 348 2608012 Telephone (+39) 338 7303017 Via Lesa 2  Supermarket Via Milano 84 Beds 10 DR with br. 60 www.paradisoarolo.it Fax (+39) 0332 288427 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 348 2803140  Telephone (+39) 347 6839516 DR with br. 30 e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 Fax (+39) 0322 82528 Telephone e-mail [email protected] Beds 8 DR with br.  65-70 e-mail [email protected] www.centroarmonia-va.it Rifugio Madonna della Guardia Mountain Hut www.casamariuccia.com Tennis Beds 8 DR with br.  60 Alpone - Madonna della Guardia Villa Adriana B&B/VCB Beds 6 DR with br.  110-130 Luino Telephone (+39) 0332 568 421 / 338 1027852 Douglas House B&B Via Virgilio 59 TV Casa Marina B&B Via Pietro Colletta 6/C Telephone (+39) 0332 212234 / 338 5904590 Piazza S. Francesco 15 La Robertina B&B Telephone (+39) 328 8960107 Fax (+39) 0332 822975 Wind surfing Telephone (+39) 0332 533742 Viale Libertá 46 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] MEINA e-mail [email protected] General Telephone + Fax (+39) 339 1708899 www.douglashouse.it www.villaadriana.eu Sil-vera *** B&B Fattoria Roccolo ATm Beds 4 Information e-mail [email protected] Beds 3 DR with br.  90 Beds 12 DR with br.  60-70 Via Silvera 112 Strada per Curiglia Beds 4 DR with br.  100-140 Telephone (+39) 0322 068199 / 348 7102960 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 568477 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Villa Ambros B&B Upper, Central, www.sil-vera.com www.fattoriaroccolo.com Maccagno Grifovarese B&B La Casetta Rooms to let Via Dante 6 Via Daverio 26 Lower Beds 8 DR with br.  70 Casa Augusta Rooms to let Villa Nuvola *** B&B Telephone Piazza Matteotti 17, Capronno Via Martinetti 3 Telephone (+39) 0332 1690410 (+39) 0332 311526 Lago Maggiore Via Mazzini 43 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0331 951313 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 560179 Fax (+39) 0332 359971 Telephone (+39) 349 4466063 Fax (+39) 0331 955028 e-mail [email protected] www.villaambros.it Rifugio Campiglio Mountain Hut e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] DR with br.  25-35 DR with br.  50-80 Beds 10 DR with br.  50-63 East Shore www.villanuvola.it www.locandalacasetta.it Loc. Pradecolo Telephone (+39) 0332 573109 / 348 3336166 Beds 3 DR with br.  80-90 Beds 10 DR with br.  80-100 and Varese Casa Martha Rooms to let Il Fico B&B Villa delle Camelie B&B Via Gualtiero Berti 36 Via Gasparotto 82 Via Salve Regina 34 Il Pisolo di Meina ** B&B Rifugio Dumenza Mountain Hut Telephone (+39) 348 3210760 Telephone (+39) 0332 560703 Telephone (+39) 0332 289723 Via San Rocco 1, Loc. Silvera Loc. Bovis SNC e-mail [email protected] The Swiss part Fax (+39) 0332 562661 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 335 1218406 Ostello di Besozzo di Ferro Simone Youth Hostel Telephone (+39) 340 7651267  www.villacamelie.it of the Lake e-mail [email protected] Beds 4 DR with br. 60-90 e-mail [email protected] Via Pirinoli 11 e-mail [email protected] Beds 4 DR with br.  90-110 Beds 12 DR with br.  60 www.ilpisolo.it Telephone (+39) 0332 770636 / 388 4589002 www.cailuino.it  Beds 8 Beds 4 DR with br. 70 e-mail [email protected] Il Giglio e la Rosa B&B Beds 10 Ispra Viale Borri 192 Villa Mariel B&B Ossola Valleys Telephone (+39) 0332 261752 Via G. Giocosa 31/35 La Boretta ** B&B B&B del Lago B&B e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0332 264246 Via Tullio del Grande 79 La Pometa ATm Via Corgiago 108 Via Fabiasco 3 www.ilgiglioelarosa.it Fax (+39) 0332 813412 Telephone (+39) 348 6031169 Castelveccana e-mail [email protected]   Telephone (+39) 0332 589700 / 340 6835477 DR with br. 40-95 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Antico Vicolo del Torchio B&B DR with br. 50-55 DR with br.  80 Via Zampori 44 e-mail [email protected] Lake Orta Beds 6 DR with br.  100-140 Telephone (+39) 0332 521366 / 347 0690104 www.agriturismolapometa.com  e-mail [email protected] Beds 7 DR with br. 75 Il Parco e gli Affreschi B&B Tana della Volpe B&B Villa Patrizia B&B www.anticovicolo.altervista.org Via Tana della Volpe 412, Loc. Monte dei Nassi Via Fincarà 27, Sacro Monte La Darsena B&B Telephone (+39) 0332 229525 Via Ettore Ponti 26 Beds 4 DR with br.  70 Telephone (+39) 0332 780519 / 0331 3513168 Novara, S.S. del Sempione 14 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 338 7571758 e-mail [email protected] Vineyards and Telephone (+39) 366 3308410  e-mail [email protected] www.tanavolpe.it Monvalle DR with br. 70-100 e-mail [email protected] Beds 3 DR with br.  40-70 Paddy Fields Casa Vallate B&B DR with br.  70 Mon-Bay Villa B&B www.bbladarsena.it Via Roma 8  Via Zampori 28 Beds 5 DR with br. 100-110 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 799121 Telephone (+39) 338 7876106 In Valle B&B e-mail [email protected] Via Pacinotti 23 Goccia d'Oro Ranch ATm e-mail [email protected]  B&B and more www.casavallate.com Laveno Mombello DR with br. 90-150 Telephone (+39) 0332 491166 Via die Vignò 134 La Casa Blu Holiday flat Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 265389/ 320 Beds 12 DR with br.  60-90 B&B Villa Relax B&B/VCB e-mail [email protected] Via Corciago 17 Via Roccolo 15, Fraz. Cerro DR with br.  30-50 0877494 Telephone (+39) 0322 660825 / 338 7477549 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 335 5946184 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.agriturismovarese.it www.lacasablu.it www.funiviedellagomaggiore.it Beds 9 DR with br.  60-80 Local Services Beds 5 DR without br.  80-90  Beds 6 DR with br. 80-90

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Air-conditioning Il Quadrifoglio ATm Il Lago Incantato ** B&B Alpe Crampiolo ATm Tiffany *** B&B Rosswald ATm Via Vetta d’Italia 40 Fraz. Crampiolo 8, Alpe Devero CRAVEGGIA Fraz. San Michele 33bis Fraz. Crampiolo 60, Alpe Devero Blitz 1250 m Mountain Hut Via Galletti 72 Telephone (+39) 340 3939508 Telephone (+39) 347 8179494 Telephone (+39) 338 8078072 Ball games Telephone (+39) 349 4667818 Loc. Blitz Telephone (+39) 0324 44566 / 347 6609625 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 347 3592317 Bar Beds 12 DR with br.  70-110 www.bedandbreakfast.piemonte.it Beds 6 www.bbtiffany.it Beds 16 e-mail [email protected] Beds 4 DR with br.  55-160 Beds 4 DR with br.  80-90 Beach Al Sei Rooms Rooms to let Beds 4 Acc. with br. pp.  35-38 Via Speri della Chiesa Jemoli 6 Capanna Castiglioni 1600 m Mountain Hut Bim-Se al Lago Mountain Hut Bungalow Telephone (+39) 338 5777307 Fraz. Alpe Devero 60, Loc. Cantone Cà Broni B&B Fraz. Morasco e-mail [email protected] La Beula ** B&B Telephone (+39) 0324 619126 / 333 3424904 Bus Parking www.alsei.it Fraz. Beula 2 CREVOLADOSSOLA Via Monte Grappa 59 Telephone (+39) 339 5959393  Telephone (+39) 347 3474453 / 349 8760577 e-mail [email protected] Ca’D’Maté ** B&B Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 242633 / 339 8543165 e-mail [email protected] Camping Beds 12 DR with br. 80-90 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via Valle Formazza 13, Loc. Oira e-mail [email protected] www.rifugio-bimse.it www.alpedevero.it www.bbcabroni.com Beds 24 Acc. with br. pp.  70 Camper service www.labeula.it Telephone (+39) 335 7507609  Beds 35 Acc. with br. pp.  20-39 Beds 5 DR with br.  60-80 Al Vecchio Convento Rooms to let Beds 4 DR with br. 70-100 Fax (+39) 0324 247297 Children‘s e-mail [email protected] playground Via Borri 348 Telephone (+39) 0332 261005 www.cantinegarrone.it Cesare Mores 2505 m Mountain Hut Canoe Antica Locanda Alpino Rooms to let Beds 5 DR with br.  60-70 Corte della Mattarella *** Rooms to let Loc. Sabbioni Boat hire Fax (+39) 0332 810707 BANNIO ANZINO Piazza delle 5 Vie 10 e-mail [email protected] Fraz. Ai Ponti 40, Alpe Devero Telephone (+39) 0324 63067 Conference La Residenza dello Scoiattolo ** B&B Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 45298 / 335 1015693/4 Room www.alvecchioconvento.it Telephone (+39) 0324 619113 / 348 3310339 e-mail [email protected] Via San Pietro 21, Loc. Pontegrande e-mail [email protected] Beds 12 DR with br.  75 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax Charly ** B&B www.rifugiomores.it Cycle hire (+39) 0324 89698 Beds 8 DR with br.  50-70  www.alpedevero.it e-mail [email protected] Via Sempione 106, Loc. Preglia Beds 26 Acc. with br. pp. 17-28  Dog Beds 14 DR with br. 84-110 www.rescoiattolo.com Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 238330 / 338 1580269 Beds 4 DR with br.  27,50-30 e-mail [email protected] Casa Lory Rooms to let I Due Monaci Rooms to let Entertainment Piazza Milite Ignoto www.casacharly.com Città di Busto 2480 m Mountain Hut Beds DR with br.  Piazza delle 5 Vie 10 Telephone (+39) 0332 226121 / 348 2425920 Bar Pensione Fattorini Rooms to let 4 52-62 Loc. Piano dei Camosci Garden Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 242633 / 339 8543165 e-mail [email protected] Alpe Devero Telephone (+39) 0324 63092 / 347 5566808 Telephone+ Fax (+39) 0324 619177 / 348 3167550 BEURA CARDEZZA e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Golf www.casalory.it www.ristorantedasciolla.it Beds 7 DR with br.  60 e-mail [email protected] Dove Comincia La Bella Italia ** B&B La Toce ** B&B  www.rifugiocittadibusto.it Handicapped- www.alpedevero.it Via Domodossola 55, Fraz. Cuzzego Fraz. Pontemaglio 15 Beds 4 DR with br. 70-90 Beds 47 Acc. with br. pp.  20-30  accessible Beds 6 Acc. with br. pp. 30-35 Telephone (+39) 348 3962164 / 340 7144305 Telephone (+39) 0324 45499 / 338 2245767 Hiking Guesthouse Varese Rooms to let e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Beds 2 DR with br.  70-100 Beds 3 Ossola Rooms to let Margaroli 2196 m Mountain Hut Indoor Via S. Martino della Battaglia 4 Via Rosmini 17 Telephone (+39) 335 5781532 Bar Ristorante Funivia Rooms to let Loc. Alpe Vannino swimming pool Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 45298 / 335 1015693/4 e-mail [email protected] Alpe Devero CRODO Telephone (+39) 0324 63155 / 328 9040431 Internet e-mail [email protected] www.guesthousevarese.it Telephone (+39) 0324 619195 / 347 0882993 Il Mulino B&B B&B Vicenés *** B&B  e-mail [email protected]  Fax (+39) 0324 62450 Via al Toce 17 Beds 8 DR with br. 50-70 www.rifugiomargaroli.it Wi-Fi DR with br. 90 Via Nucleo Abitato 43, Fraz. Viceno e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 334 1417916 Beds 54 Acc. with br. pp.  22-33 Telephone (+39) 0324 61352 / 340 2219856 www.alpedevero.it e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Lift  Beds 4 Pp. hb 40 Beds 3 DR with br.  55-60 www.bbvicenocrodo.com Piemonte Da Sciolla Rooms to let Medioevo Rooms to let Piazza Convenzione 4 Mooring Piazza XX Settembre 6 Beds 6 DR with br.  50-70 Maria Luisa 2160 m Mountain Hut Telephone (+39) 0324 2424666 Telephone (+39) 0332 239785 Val Toggia Open-air Fax (+39) 0324 481007 Fax (+39) 0332 282251 Cà Fattorini Rooms to let Telephone (+39) 0324 63086 swimming pool BOGNANCO e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via Roma 79 e-mail [email protected] Parking Casa Mella Rooms to let La Madonnina * B&B www.ristorantedasciolla.it www.medioevovarese.it Telephone (+39) 329 162075 Nucleo Abitato Mozzio 112  www.rifugiomarialuisa.it e-mail [email protected] Via Cavallini 3, Loc. Fonti Beds 12 DR with br. 60-75  Beds 7 DR with br.  110 Telephone (+39) 0324 618710 Beds 70 Acc. with br. pp. 25-35 Horse riding Beds 15 DR with br.  70 Telephone (+39) 0324 234128 e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0324 234100 Restaurant  www.airbnb.it/rooms/3866797 Beds 7 DR without br. 21-31  Agriturismo della Tensa ATm La Repubblica di Oz B&B Beds 6 DR with br. 60-80 Loc. Tensa, Borgata Vallesone Miryam 2050 m Mountain Hut Spa Piazza Giovine Italia 3 La Lanca Rooms to let Loc. Alpe Balma Telephone (+39) 345 9566496 Telephone (+39) 333 8590055 Alpe Devero Telephone (+39) 0324 63154 / 339 4046395 / 338 Supermarket Telephone (+39) 0324 619135 Casa Valentini Rooms to let Fax (+39) 0324 47675 e-mail [email protected] L’Edera B&B 3602640 Fax (+39) 0324 619127 Via Marconi 18 * e-mail [email protected] www.repubblicadioz.com Via Vegno 44 e-mail [email protected] Telephone e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 234121 www.agriturismotensa.it Beds 14 DR with br.  85-98  www.rifugiomiryam.org www.alpedevero.it Beds 7 DR without br.  22 Telephone (+39) 338 3408526 Beds 22 DR without br. 80-90  Tennis e-mail [email protected] Beds 49 Acc. with br. pp. 40-45 Beds 12 DR with br.  62-72 Gattascosa 1993 m Mountain Hut www.ederacrodo.it TV Loc. Alpe Gattascosa Beds 3 DR with br.  70 Telephone (+39) 328 3151669 DruogNO Somma Mountain Hut La Penisola Rooms to let Wind surfing e-mail [email protected] San Michele *** B&B Loc. Sabbioni OSSOLA Valleys Fraz. Crampiolo 2bis General www.rifugiogattascosa.it Excalibur Rooms to let Via Druogno 3, Fraz. Albogno Telephone (+39) 347 8457045 Telephone (+39) 340 4078957 Beds 24 Acc. pp.  20-30 Via Molinetto 3/b Telephone (+39) 320 4234538 e-mail [email protected] Information e-mail [email protected] Antrona Schieranco Telephone (+39) 0324 618448 e-mail [email protected] www.rifugiosomma.com Beds 4 Il Frutteto *** B&B Fax (+39) 0324 61256 www.sanmichelebeb.weebly.com Beds 24  Via Strada Vecchia 11 Locanda Punta Fizzi Rooms to let Alpe il Laghetto Mountain Hut e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br. 70-90 Upper, Central, Telephone (+39) 366 4868682 Alpe Devero, Loc. Crampiolo Loc. Alpe Laghetto Beds 12 DR without br.  66-75 MACUGNAGA Lower e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 619108 Telephone (+39) 347 0320298 Eden B&B www.bbilfrutteto.itt ** Lago Maggiore e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] FORMAZZA Centro Abitato Borca 220 Beds 4 DR with br.  65-77 www.locandapuntafizzi.it www.caiarsago.org Il Piccolo Ranch ATm Schtebli B&B Telephone (+39) 0324 65442   ** Beds 20 DR with br. 57 Beds 22 Pp. hb 35-45 Fraz. Verampio 1 Loc. Riale 53 Beds 6 DR with br.  60 Telephone (+39) 0324 61399 East Shore Telephone (+39) 328 3391368 La Casa della Nonna B&B e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] and Varese Via Santa Maria 70 Nuova Cistella Rooms to let San Bernardo Mountain Hut Beds 10 www.ossola.com Zurbriggen B&B Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 51892 Via Centro 22-24 Loc. San Bernardo Beds 6 DR with br.  30-35 Via Monte Rosa 72, Loc. Staffa e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 333 6712114 Telephone (+39) 331 4572614 Telephone (+39) 0324 65107 www.valle-antrona.it The Swiss part e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Zumsteg ** B&B Beds 6 DR with br.  60 Beds 4 DR with br.  70 www.cistella.it www.valbognanco.com DOMODOSSOLA Fraz. Ponte 39 of the Lake  Beds 7 Beds 16 Pp. hb 43-50 Cà Barbieri *** B&B Telephone (+39) 0324 63080 / 347 3115102 C.so Dissegna 15 e-mail [email protected] Andolla 2061 m Mountain Hut Rist. Pizzeria Campagna Rooms to let Telephone (+39) 347 6833032 www.zumsteg.it La Locanda Rooms to let Loc. Alpe Andolla Fraz. Verampio 1 e-mail [email protected] Beds 7 DR with br.  50-56 Pecetto Superiore 208 Telephone (+39) 0324 575980 Telephone (+39) 0324 62199 CALASCA CASTIGLIONE www.bb-piemonte.it Telephone (+39) 0324 65473 Ossola Valleys e-mail [email protected] In Valle sul Fiume ATm Beds 6 DR with br.  45-60 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected]  Beds 66 Acc. with br. pp.  36-41 Beds 12 Via Due Ponti 3, Loc. Arizona Eichorà ** B&B Beds 9 DR with br. 60 Telephone (+39) 0324 81276 / 347 8731873 Loc. Riale Soldanella Rooms to let e-mail [email protected] La Quana *** B&B Telephone (+39) 339 5331578 / 349 7751250 Fraz. Crampiolo 35 www.invallesulfiume.it Via Borgata Quana 1 e-mail [email protected] Taverna del Rosa Rooms to let Lake Orta Città di Novara 1474 m Mountain Hut e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br.  50  Via Chiesa Vecchia 38 Loc. Cheggio Telephone (+39) 345 6770727 Beds 6 DR with br. 60-70 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 340 3714646 Telephone (+39) 0324 575977 La Rossa Holiday flat Beds 2 DR with br.  65-90 Fax (+39) 0324 65289 e-mail Loc. Cantone 5 [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Novara, www.rifugionovara.com Telephone (+39) 344 8215702 Rifugio Alpe Colma 1575 m Mountain Hut Walser Schtuba Rooms to let Alpe Colma Beds 8 Beds 24 Acc. with br. pp.  35-45 e-mail [email protected] Fraz. Riale 1 Vineyards and www.casavacanzelarossa.it Telephone (+39) 339 7511653 / 347 9020098 Le Camelie *** B&B Telephone (+39) 0324 634352 Paddy Fields e-mail [email protected] Casa Alpina de Filippi Holiday flat Via San Quirico 20 Fax (+39) 0324 63076 Piazza Peccetto 73, Loc. Peccetto Cat Fausc ATm www.comune.calascacastiglione.vb.it Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 220926 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 65145 / 039 599532 Fraz. Esigo Beds 12 Beds 6 www.locandawalser.it BACENO Fax (+39) 0324 65522 Telephone (+39) 347 5441405 Beds 12 DR with br.  90 Casa Fattorini ** B&B e-mail [email protected] B&B and more e-mail [email protected] IIl Tiglio *** B&B Via Roma 84 Ceppo morelli www.defilippihotel.it Beds 2 Acc. with br. pp.  12 Via Deseno 3/5, Loc. Mocogna Telephone (+39) 0324 62028 / 329 1162075 Al Faggio Rosso *** B&B Beds DR with br.  Telephone (+39) 349 7765679 99 50-70 e-mail [email protected] Via Croppo 60 Zwargji Rooms to let e-mail [email protected]  Telephone (+39) 340 8749379 Fraz. Riale 1 Beds 4 DR with br. 65-100 www.bb-tiglio.com Beds 4 DR with br.  27,50-30 Telephone (+39) 348 6022824 Local Services Beds 6 DR with br.  35 e-mail [email protected]

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Air-conditioning Casa Alpina Don Guanella Holiday flat La Casa di Heidi Rooms to let Zum Gora 1509 m Mountain Hut Bonasson 1925 m Mountain Hut Pasqué Rooms to let Via Orlovono 16, Loc. Staffa Fraz. Altoggio Loc. Salecchio Superiore Loc. Alpe Cortevecchio Via Chiesa del Pasque 16 LAke ORTA Ball games Telephone (+39) 0324 65463 Telephone (+39) 329 8860569 Telephone (+39) 349 2265958 Telephone (+39) 0324 94737 Telephone (+39) 0324 73173 Fax (+39) 0324 365078 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] AMENO Bar  e-mail [email protected] www.lacasadiheidi.altervista.org www.caivigezzo.it Beds 11 DR with br. 30 A Casa di Ernestina *** B&B www.casalpina-macugnaga.com Beds 4 Beds 15 Loc. Lanciano 3 Beach Beds 50 DR with br.  65-75 CAI Città di Arona 1760 m Mountain Hut Agriturismo AZ ATm PREMOSELLO CHIOVENDA Del Moro Mountain Hut Loc. Alpe Veglia Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 998626 / 333 7071583 Bungalow Loc. Piaggino 4 Ca’ dal Preu ** B&B Loc. Arvogno Telephone (+39) 0324 780837 / 338 4194986 / e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 35259 Via Fontana del Bosco 3, Loc. Colloro Telephone (+39) 336 740153 347 6310672 www.acasadiernestina.eu Bus Parking Oberto Maroli 2793 m Mountain Hut Beds 8 DR with br.  80 Passo del Monte Moro Fax (+39) 0324 232175 Telephone (+39) 0324 88745 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.rifugiodelmoro.it www.rifugiocaiveglia.it Camping Telephone (+39) 0324 65544 e-mail [email protected] www.agriturismoaz.com  Beds 6 Acc. with br. pp.  23-25 Beds 65 Acc. with br. pp.  22,50 Fax (+39) 0324 65485 Beds 4 DR with br. 55-60 Camper service Beds 12 DR with br.  56 Da Giacomone ** B&B e-mail [email protected] Fraz. Pecorino 8 Children‘s www.montemoropass.it Telephone (+39) 347 5759815 playground Beds Acc. pp.  Bosco Tenso B&B Greppi 1880 m Mountain Hut Pietro Crosta 1751 m Mountain Hut 27 18,50-29 e-mail [email protected] Canoe MONTESCHENO Via Toce 2, Loc. Ravalle Loc. Laghetti Moino Loc. Alpe Solcio Telephone (+39) 0324 94737 Telephone (+39) 0324 634183 / 340 8259234 www.dagiacomone.com Boat hire Villa Alba B&B Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 88579 / 393 9240826  *** e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br. 60-70 Conference Mountain Hut Fraz. Cat Pera 1 e-mail [email protected] Room www.centroippicoboscotenso.it www.caivigezzo.it www.rifugiocrosta.it Loc. Belvedere Telephone (+39) 0324 56121 / 349 2562891  Cycle hire Beds 6 DR with br.  60-65 Beds 6 Beds 24 DR with br. 25 Telephone (+39) 0324 65322 e-mail [email protected] L’Oca Mannara ATm e-mail [email protected] www.bedandbreakfastvillaalba.it Via L. Strigini 1 Dog  TRASQUERA www.caisaronno.it Beds 6 DR with br. 60 Telephone (+39) 333 6518937 Beds Rifugio 2000 Mountain Hut 24 La Cascata ATm e-mail [email protected] Entertainment RE Via Municipio 6, Loc. Alpe Nembro Fraz. San Domenico, Loc. Ciamporino Bar Trattoria Gargino Rooms to let www.ocamannara.it Wengwald Hutte Mountain Hut Telephone (+39) 0324 79122 / 349 3642583 Telephone (+39) 0324 72466 Garden Via Stazione 2 Beds 6 DR with br.  70 Loc. Belvedere ORNAVASSO e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0324 660087 Telephone (+39) 0324 97257 Golf Telephone (+39) 342 1691297 La Masseria *** B&B Beds 8 DR with br.  50 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via San Rocco 8 e-mail [email protected] www.sandomenicoski.com  Handicapped- Telephone (+39) 0323 837114 / 340 5948277 Beds 12 DR without br. 45-66 La Fraccia ATm Beds 44 Acc. with br. pp.  30-40 Ostello del Quadrifoglio Youth Hostel accessible Zamboni Zappa 2070 m Mountain Hut e-mail [email protected] Loc. Alpe Fraccia Vicolo Filiberti 8 Loc. Alpe Pedriola Hiking Beds 6 DR with br.  54 Telephone (+39) 320 1489213 Telephone (+39) 0322 99103 Telephone (+39) 0324 65313 Pace Rooms to let e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0322 998206 Indoor e-mail [email protected] Via Superiore 18, Fraz. Folsogno www.fracciaagriturismo.it VIGANELLA Beds 14 DR with br.  15 swimming pool www.rifugiozamboni.com  Cà di Twergi ** B&B Telephone + Fax (+39) 0324 97357 / 320 7112361 Beds 8 DR with br. 56-60 Mezzavalle ** B&B Internet Beds 36 Acc. with br. pp.  37-47 Via Valleggia 6 Via Marconi 30 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 348 2537925 www.trattoriadapace.it Telephone (+39) 347 9391768 Wi-Fi ArmeNO Fax (+39) 0323 836181 Beds 10 DR with br.  45-60 e-mail [email protected] TrontanO www.bb.mezzavalle.weebly.com Casale Baltera ** B&B Lift Malesco e-mail [email protected] Uva Blu ** B&B DR with br.  30-60 Loc. Baltera 5 Leon D’Oro B&B www.caditwergi.it **  Via Pello 8, Fraz. Pello Telephone (+39) 340 5552151 Mooring Via Conte Mellerio 49 Beds 6 DR with br. 45-50 SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE Telephone (+39) 340 5459465 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 92127 / 349 6461900 Open-air Luce del Mattino **** B&B e-mail [email protected] Casa Vanni Dimora Storica Rooms to let www.casalebaltera.it swimming pool e-mail [email protected] Via Cavour 5 www.bnbuvablu.com Beds 6 DR with br.  64-70 www.leondoro.eu Antica Trattoria del Boden Rooms to let Via Valeggia 6 Parking Telephone (+39) 340 2151313 Beds 5 DR with br.  80-90 Beds 6 DR with br.  25-30 Piazza Boden 11 Telephone (+39) 331 4682099 Telephone (+39) 0323 835976 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Horse riding e-mail [email protected] www.lucedelmattino.com www.casa-vanni.it Morgan ** B&B  www.trattoriaboden.it Beds 6 DR with br. 90-120 Parpinasca Mountain Hut Beds 10 DR with br.  80-120 Via Giasso 18 Restaurant Val Grande ** B&B Telephone (+39) 0322 900993 / 347 3710668 Via Col. A. Moneta 12 Beds 5 Loc. Alpe Parpinasca Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 405008 / 349 2127830 e-mail [email protected] Spa Telephone (+39) 0324 92421 / 349 5061108 Brusa Perona 1535 m Mountain Hut Lepontino *** B&B e-mail [email protected] Alpe Alberobello ATm www.morganbb.it e-mail [email protected] Loc. Alpe Cortevecchio  Supermarket Piazzale A. Diaz 6d www.parks.it/rif/rifugio.del.parco/ Loc. Alpe Lavarotto Beds 6 DR with br. 65-75 www.valgrande.it Telephone (+39) 0323 837051   Telephone (+39) 0324 347076 / 340 2930139 Beds 22 Acc. with br. pp. 40-50 Telephone (+39) 0324 56079 Beds 6 DR with br. 25-30 e-mail [email protected] Telephone e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.caigravellona.it www.bblepontino.it Rusall’s Cottage B&B  www.agriturismo.com/alberobello ** Tennis Beds 18 Acc. with br. pp. 35-45 Beds 6 DR with br.  80-95  Via Omegna 33 La Peschiera Rooms to let VARZO Beds 20 Acc. pp. 30-80 Telephone (+39) 0322 900377 TV Via Peschiera 23, Fraz. Piano di Zornasco Alpe Veglia *** B&B e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 94458 La Primula B&B Via Colla 37 www.lagodorta-sleeping.com Wind surfing Fax (+39) 0324 929906 Via G. P. Femminis, Fraz. Telephone (+39) 0324 72612 / 333 4066271 VIlladossoLA Beds 4 DR with br.  70-100 e-mail [email protected] Ca’ Bianca 800 m Mountain Hut General Telephone (+39) 338 7624092 e-mail [email protected] L’Ortensia ** B&B www.ielmoli.com Via Dott. Cicoletti 35, Loc. Alpeggio Fontano www.valdivedro.it/alpe-veglia Information Telephone (+39) 0324 86122 e-mail [email protected] Via Pisacane 57 Beds 14 Beds 8 DR with br.  62-68 Fax (+39) 0324 86265 www.bblaprimula.it Telephone (+39) 320 2174005 La Corte di Farfareno B&B  e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Beds 4 DR with br. 8 I Lamponi *** B&B Via Monte Grappa 2 Beds 4 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 999133 / 349 3232740 Upper, Central, Nigritella 1491 m Mountain Hut Beds 23 Acc. pp.  6 Via Cattagna 11 e-mail [email protected] Lower Alpe Cortino Telephone (+39) 347 5650886 Al Pian delle Lutte ATm www cortedifarfarenobb.it Telephone (+39) 339 2770509 PREMIA e-mail [email protected] Lago Maggiore Via Domodossola 57, Loc. Piano delle Lutte Susan B&B Beds 6 DR with br.  80 e-mail [email protected] La Fattoria ** B&B www.ilamponi.it ** Telephone (+39) 0324 94488 / 338 495 8302 Via Cassino 4 Beds 6 Acc. with br. pp.  46 Via Rodis 14 Beds 6 DR with br.  60 Fax (+39) 0324 95040 Telephone (+39) 347 3498446 Telephone (+39) 349 2265958 East Shore Beds 12 DR with br.  40 Al Crupp ** B&B e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Alpe Veglia, Loc. Balma Beds DR with br.  BolzanO Novarese and Varese www.bb-lafattoria.it 6 70-80 Telephone (+39) 334 8080731 All’Ombra del Ciliegio ** B&B MASERA www.fattoriamo.it/bb e-mail [email protected] Via Bercolo 15 Casa Tomà Rooms to let Beds 5 DR with br.  70 Al Cedo 1560 m Mountain Hut Via Menogno 5 Loc. Alpe Cedo Beds 2 DR with br.  54 Telephone (+39) 335 5716654 Ostello del Bosco Youth Hostel e-mail [email protected] The Swiss part Telephone (+39) 339 2101345 Telephone (+39) 0324 94737 Via Valle Antrona, Fraz. Boschetto www.allombradelciliegio.it e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] of the Lake Cà del Borgo Rooms to let Telephone (+39) 348 9294785 Beds 5 DR with br.  55-60 www.casatoma.it www.caivigezzo.it Casa Castelli ** B&B e-mail [email protected]  Fraz. Cadarese Beds 9 DR with br. 70-90 Telephone (+39) 327 8373143 Beds 19 Via Salita alla Chiesa 2 Beds 20 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 348 7021361 Regi 1880 m Mountain Hut e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] VOGOGNA CASALE CORTE CERRO Ossola Valleys Loc. Alpe Forno Beds 2 Divin Porcello Rooms to let www.cadarese.com B&B del Viandante ** B&B Al Mutpron B&B Fraz. Cresta 11 Telephone (+39) 0324 94737 e-mail [email protected] Villa Nante B&B Via Nazionale 270 Via Crebbia 13 a Telephone (+39) 0324 35035 La Meridiana Rooms to let ** www.caivigezzo.it Via Fontana 8 Telephone (+39) 0324 87277 / 340 277 5692 Telephone (+39) 340 4684044 Fax (+39) 0324 35944 Fraz. Cadarese Beds 9 Telephone (+39) 329 0977897 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 240858 / 348 3886118 www.almutpron.com e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.bbdelviandante.it Lake Orta www.divinporcello.it  Beds 5 DR with br.  70 www.ristorantelameridiana.it www.villanante.it Beds 4 DR with br. 50 Beds 9  Beds 21 Al Sasso ** B&B Beds 6 DR with br. 60-90 Agriturismo Moonlight Ranch ATm Via Arvogno 34 Via P. Ferraris 50 La Fruetta ATm La Pagoda Rooms to let Novara, Telephone (+39) 340 6228970 Palazzo del Gabelliere Rooms to let Telephone Fraz. Cadarese Via Cassinone 2 (+39) 0324 35003 e-mail Monte Leone Rooms to let Via Roma 17/19 Vineyards and Telephone (+39) 0324 602858 [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 61555 e-mail [email protected] www.alsasso.net Alpe Veglia Telephone (+39) 338 1749100 Paddy Fields www.agriturismomoonlight.it e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br.  80-90 Telephone (+39) 0324 72886 / 338 7698751  Beds 10 DR with br.  90 www.agriturismoinalpeggio.org www.monteleone.alpeveglia.it www.palazzodelgabelliere.it Beds 9 DR without br. 31 Beds 8 DR with br.  28-30  Beds 8 DR with br.  25 Beds 10 DR with br. 65-70 Casa Berini B&B B&B and more Via Arvogno 36/e Cesara Monte Zeus 785 m Mountain Hut Cà di Navaroy ATm Popai *** B&B Loc. Crego n. 6 Telephone (+39) 340 6228970 Rist. Pizzeria Hollander Rooms to let Monte Camosino ** B&B Via Sempione 25 Via Provinciale, Loc. Prata Borgo Castelluccio 10 Telephone (+39) 0324 627827 Fax (+39) 0324 98142 Via Belvedere 21, Fraz. Egro Telephone (+39) 0324 72231 Telephone (+39) 0324 87010 Telephone (+39) 347 3156864 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 329 0290501 Fax (+39) 0324 781014 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] www.montezeus.it e-mail [email protected] Local Services www.monteleone.alpeveglia.it Beds 14 DR with br.  60 Beds 6 DR with br.  60-70 Beds 35 Acc. with br. pp.  24 Beds 6 DR with br.  60-70 Beds 10

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Air-conditioning La Cascinetta Rooms to let Al Dom Rooms to let Osteria di San Giulio ** B&B La Casa del Faggio B&B La Locanda Rooms to let Via Lago 12, Fraz. Oira Via Giovanetti 57/59 Via D. Savio 15 Via De Amicis 17 Locanda Alpe Quaggione Rooms to let Via Al Porto 3, Fraz. Lagna Telephone (+39) 349 8073704 Telephone (+39) 335 249613 Telephone (+39) 0322 82969 / 334 6058206 Telephone (+39) 392 1745486 Ball games Loc. Alpe Quaggione Telephone (+39) 0322 96333 / 328 4732653 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 861970 Bar Beds 4 www.aldom57.com www.lafinestrasullago.com www.lacasadelfaggio.it www.lalocandacameri.com e-mail [email protected] Beds 10 DR with br.  154-400 Beds 6 DR with br.  70-80 Beds 6 DR with br.  65-75 Beds 6 DR with br.  60 Beach www.locanda-alpequaggione.it Beds 10 OMEGNA Bungalow Antica Corte di Omegna *** B&B GOZZANO Via Curotti 74, Fraz. Bagnella Locanda di Orta Rooms to let Il Torchio ** B&B Il Nido del Pettirosso Rooms to let San Karas Rooms to let Bus Parking Telephone (+39) 348 5143106 Via Olina 18 Via Torchio 12 Via Piovale 4 Corso Sempione 69 Notte sul Lago B&B **** e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 905188 Telephone (+39) 380 3101038 Telephone (+39) 0322 846548 Telephone (+39) 0321 476996 Camping Via Fratelli Rosselli 19/21 www.bbanticacorteomegna.wordpress.com Fax (+39) 0322 905941 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0321 476336 Telephone+ Fax (+39) 94392  Beds 4 DR with br.  55-70 e-mail [email protected] Beds 9 DR with br. 60-70 www.ilnidodelpettirosso.com e-mail [email protected] Camper service e-mail [email protected]   www.locandaorta.com Beds 6 DR with br. 50-55 Beds 8 DR with br. 20-30 www.nottesullago.it  Children‘s Beds 15 DR with br. 75-160 playground Beds 6 DR with br.  65-90 L’Angolino di Zoe B&B Cà di Pom *** B&B Canoe Via del Rivo 6, Loc. Agrano Via Monte Grappa 7 Villa Calcaterra Rooms to let Boat hire Telephone (+39) 335 7329282 Telephone (+39) 0323 81108 / 389 5457258 Via Piave 2 Conference Casa Francisca Wellness Beach *** B&B PElla e-mail [email protected] Arona ** B&B Telephone (+39) 349 8937530 Room e-mail [email protected] Via in Prè 6 Via Marangoni 16-18, Fraz. Buccione Lido www.cadipom.it La Corte di Alzo *** B&B www.angolinodizoe.com e-mail [email protected] Cycle hire Telephone (+39) 347 2787904 / 339 6723074 Beds 4 DR with br.  70 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 98447 / 339 2969024 Beds 6 DR with br.  70 Via Durio 60, Fraz. Alzo www.villacalcaterra.it e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 347 4824814 e-mail [email protected] Beds 5 DR with br.  60  Dog www.casafrancisca.it e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br. 70  Beds 6 DR with br. 99 www.lacortedialzo.it Entertainment Il Glicine *** B&B  Val Strona Beds 4 DR with br. 60-80 Via Mergozzolo 1/c Locanda Il Tiglio Rooms to let La Cascina di Monia e Mario ** B&B Casalino Garden Telephone (+39) 347 1408129 Cà Lazzaroni Rooms to let Via Monte Grappa 12, Fraz. Forno Via dei Cesari 23, Gagnago Il Giarolo *** B&B e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 339 2988893 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 908556 / 339 2792532 Via Giarolo 9 Golf Via XXV Aprile 1 www.bbilglicine.com Telephone (+39) 0322 912050 PETTENASCO e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 879241 Beds 4 DR with br.  65-70 Handicapped- Fax www.iltiglio-valstrona.it www.lacascinadimoniaemario.it e-mail [email protected] accessible (+39) 0322 912559 Aurora *** B&B e-mail [email protected] Via ai Monti 8 Beds 8 DR with br.  60-70 Beds 6 DR with br.  35 www.ilgiarolo.it Hiking Beds 3 DR with br.  50-80 www.calazzaroni.it Telephone (+39) 0323 888846 Beds 12 DR without br.  65 Casa Carola ** B&B Indoor Via G. Matteotti 68 e-mail [email protected] swimming pool www.bbaurora.beepworld.it Il Giardino delle Cince ** B&B Telephone (+39) 335 8125629 Beds 5 DR with br.  90-120 Via Lazzaretto 89 Cascina Margherita ATm Internet Fax (+39) 0323 670035 Telephone (+39) 0321 957265 Cascina Margherita 3, Fraz. Cameriano e-mail [email protected] Novara, Vineyards MADONNA DEL SASSO e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 877539 Wi-Fi Beds 2 Albatros ** B&B and PAddy Fields www.ilgiardinodellecince.it e-mail [email protected] Bellavista *** B&B Via Ferrari 26, Fraz. Artò Beds 4 DR with br.  70-80 Beds 5 DR with br.  65-85 Lift Casa Erika ** B&B Via Pratolungo 20 Telephone (+39) 0322 981605 / 333 8188073 Via Curotti 28/A Ategra Conturbia Mooring e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 89424 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 861293 Cascina Farzano B&B www.albatros-lago-orta.com e-mail [email protected] **** Open-air e-mail [email protected] Via Tripoli 12 Il Piccolo Borgo * B&B Beds 6 DR with br.  58-75 www.bellavistalagodorta.it swimming pool Beds 4 DR with br.  50-90  Telephone (+39) 342 3245385 Via Zanotti 16 Beds 6 DR with br. 70-90 La Corte dei Fiori *** B&B e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 348 2321051 Parking Via Cominazzi 7 Beds 6 DR with br.  120-150 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0163 80514 Horse riding Carolus ** B&B Chez Margot B&B www.bbticino.co.cc ** Il Barsot *** B&B e-mail [email protected] Via Ferrari 14 Via Dante 26/c, Loc. Agrano Beds 4 DR with br.  100 Telephone (+39) 0322 981256 / 339 8425256 Via Pela 7 www.lacortedeifiori.eu Restaurant Telephone (+39) 0323 81163 / 348 7489667 Casa Violetta **** B&B e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0323 89385 / 348 2445812 Beds 2 DR with br.  60 e-mail [email protected] Via Roma 60 Spa www.carolus.it e-mail [email protected] www.chezmargot.it Telephone (+39) 0322 832047 / 348 3512990 Cascina Cesarina Rooms to let Beds 4 DR with br.  30 www.ilbarsot.com Beds 2 Via dei Cesari 32, Loc. Cagnago Supermarket Beds 4 DR with br.  70-90 Fax (+39) 0322 071029 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 90491 Villaggio Verde * B&B Azienda Agrituristica Chiara ATm The Flat ** B&B Loc. San Germano Telephone Loc. Al Sasso 1 www.casavioletta.it e-mail [email protected] Via Giacomo Leopardi 1  Telephone (+39) 0163 345257 Telephone (+39) 0322 981603 Beds 6 DR with br. 85-100 www.cascinacesarina.com Telephone (+39) 335 7749759 L’Arcobaleno ** B&B  e-mail [email protected] Tennis Fax (+39) 02 700435101 Beds 5 DR without br. 70-80 Fax (+39) 0323 866353 Via Luneglio 6 www.villaggioverde.org e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0323 89600 Beds 3 DR with br.  60 TV  L’ Oasi **** B&B Beds 7 DR with br. 65-75 www.bebtheflat-omegna.com e-mail [email protected] Via Suno 20 Vecchio Mulino Rooms to let Wind surfing Beds 5 DR with br.  50-70 Beds 3 DR with br.  60 Telephone (+39) 348 4437976 Via Sempione 104 General Telephone (+39) 0321 907978 Il Barchetto ATm Fax (+39) 0322 798351 Comignago e-mail [email protected] Information Via Piana dei Monti, Loc. Alpe Barchetto e-mail [email protected] Lago Maggiore *** B&B Casa Rosa B&B La Sibilla Cusiana Rooms to let Beds 6 DR with br.  90 www.ristoranteilvecchiomulino.net Telephone (+39) 347 9475771 Via Dante 1, Fraz. Agrano  Via Borgo Ticino 7 Via Provinciale 48 Beds 9 DR with br. 35-45 Telephone (+39) 0322 50344 / 346 6044555 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 389 4533270 www.barchetto.com Telephone (+39) 0323 888030 / 338 3808257 Fax (+39) 0322 504900 Upper, Central, e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 0323 888598 Beds 6 www.casa-rosa.net Villa Raffaello *** B&B e-mail [email protected] Lower e-mail [email protected] Beds 5 DR with br.  40-60 Beds 4 DR with br.  60-70 Via Raffaello Sanzio 1 Briona Lago Maggiore www.lasibillacusiana.com Telephone (+39) 348 3209620 Beds 52 DR with br.  75-120 Botte Azzurra *** B&B e-mail [email protected] Via P. e M. Consolata Fassa 3 MIASINO www.villaraffaello.eu Telephone (+39) 0321 826140 / 338 3370198 East Shore Tempi Lontani **** B&B ORTA SAN GIULIO Beds 3 DR with br.  60-90 Via Umberto I 3 e-mail [email protected] Le Carrozze *** B&B and Varese La Florida *** B&B http://botteazzurra.jimdo.com Via Dante 20 Telephone (+39) 0322 915997 / 331 6364424 Via Valle 13, Fraz. Corconio  Beds 4 DR with br. 70 Telephone (+39) 334 7714816 e-mail [email protected] Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 998134 / 338 9897589 Quarna Sotto Villa Letizia ** B&B e-mail [email protected] www.tempilontani.com e-mail [email protected] Guglielmina *** B&B Via Giovanni XXIII 14/G Beds 10 DR with br.  60-85 www.lecarrozze.it The Swiss part www.la-florida.it Via Agostino Rampone 11 Telephone (+39) 0322 832097 / 333 4266317   Cascina del Castello ATm Beds 6 DR with br. 80-130 Beds 6 DR with br. 70-80 Telephone (+39) 329 6968099 / 338 5977208 e-mail [email protected] Via alla Rocca 4 of the Lake Beds 2 DR with br.  38-46 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 347 9035965 La Fattoria del Pino B&B e-mail [email protected] Regione Brascino 8 e-mail [email protected] La Capuccina ATm Il Gardino sul Lago ** B&B www.bbguglielmina.it www.cascinadelcastello.it Via Novara 19/B Telephone (+39) 393 5406866 Via Giovanetti 52 Beds 6 DR with br.  50  Bellinzago Novarese Beds 12 DR with br. 50-80 Telephone (+39) 0322 839930 Ossola Valleys Fax (+39) 0322 980213 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 90207 / 333 7596149 Fax (+39) 0322 883691 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Bettola ** B&B e-mail [email protected] www.fattoriadelpino.it www.ilgiardinosullago.info Cascina Bettola 1  Telephone www.lacapuccina.it Beds 6 DR with br. 70 Beds 2 DR with br.  100-120 SAN MAURIZIO D’OPAGLIO (+39) 335 6556642 Caltignaga e-mail [email protected] Beds 15 DR with br.  100-120 La Pescia *** B&B  Oasi-MV *** B&B Lake Orta Via Monte Bianco 8 Beds 4 DR with br. 57-75 Via Milano 19, Fraz. Sologno Sacro Monte Orta ** B&B Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 967236 Telephone (+39) 0321 653965 / 338 2985104 e-mail [email protected] L’Acchiappasogni B&B Via Palma 3 e-mail [email protected] Divignano ** www.lapescia.it Via Provinciale 43 Telephone (+39) 331 5941310 Borgomanero www.oasi-mv.it Cascina Motto *** B&B Novara, Beds 8 DR with br.  80-100 Beds 6 DR with br.  30-200 Telephone (+39) 0323 889068 / 338 2922760 e-mail [email protected] La Siesta ** B&B Via Marzabotto 7 Vineyards and www.bbsacromonteorta.it Via Piovale 2 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 995350 e-mail [email protected]  Paddy Fields www.acchiappasognibb.it Beds 4 DR with br. 110 Telephone (+39) 0322 1983458 e-mail [email protected] Beds 3 DR with br.  55-60 Melizio ** B&B e-mail [email protected] www.cascinamotto.com Strada Prov. 47 10, Loc. Pogno-Pella www.lasiestaborgomanero.it Cameri  Corte Langosco Rooms to let Beds 6 DR with br. 75-85 Villa Pinin B&B Telephone (+39) 328 4542252 Beds 5 DR with br.  50-55 e-mail [email protected] Loc. Cascina Picchetta 95 B&B and more La Torre di Nonio ** B&B Via Ortello 12 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 905505 / 392 2574075 www.bbmelizio.it Telephone (+39) 0321 616076 / 331 5271659 Via Piana 19  e-mail [email protected] Gteallia Telephone (+39) 348 5498040 e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br. 70-90 Nonna Grazia ** B&B www.villapinin.com Via Nazionale 1 www.cortelangosco.it Mambly * B&B e-mail [email protected]  Beds 11 DR with br.  50-70 www.latorredinonio.com Beds 6 DR with br. 60-100 Telephone (+39) 0322 845092 Loc. Ponte Ticino 12 Telephone (+39) 0321 862115 / 333 8417699 Local Services Beds 4 DR with br.  60 e-mail [email protected] Beds 6 DR with br.  45-55 Beds 9 DR with br.  30

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Air-conditioning The Residence Rooms to let A.S. Camere Ammobiliate Rooms to let La Bellotta ** B&B Balestruccio ** B&B Il Cascinone ATm Via Montenero 73/a Granozzo con MOnticello Via Micca 3 Via Conturbia 6 Cascina Baraggione ** B&B Via Vecchia Ticino 35 Via Montagna 8 Ball games Telephone (+39) 0321 861109 Telephone (+39) 347 3629517 Telephone (+39) 349 4374345 Telephone (+39) 327 9115815 Telephone (+39) 348 6460517 Loc. Cascina Baraggione e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Fax (+39) 02 95441143 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 338 4965165 Bar www.theresidence.eu Beds 11 DR without br.  40-45 www.labellotta.it e-mail [email protected] www. agriturismoilcascinone.com Beds 60 DR with br.  90 e-mail [email protected] Beds 25 DR with br.  70-120 www.balestruccio.it Beds 12 DR without br.  40-70 Beach Beds 5 DR with br.  55  Beds 5 DR with br. 50-60 Bungalow Istituto Sacro Cuore Rooms to let G arGALLO Via Solferino 16 Paola ** B&B Voarall Pombia Bus Parking Grignasco Telephone (+39) 0321 623289 Via Novara 90 La Casa di Eugenia ** B&B Fax (+39) 0321 397373 Telephone (+39) 0321 992149 Prato Sesia *** B&B Le Coccinelle B&B Camping Via F.lli di Dio 38/c ** Beds 12 DR with br.  35-45 e-mail [email protected] Alla Gazza Ladra **** B&B Via Caccia 4 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 917296 / 347 0129652 Via Volta 47  Telephone (+39) 335 6877879 Beds 2 DR with br. 55 Via Garodino 2 Camper service e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 347 2611401 Telephone (+39) 393 6577006 / 393 6721366 e-mail [email protected]

Children‘s www.lacasadieugenia.it e-mail [email protected] Lo Zodiaco Rooms to let e-mail [email protected] www.oreblu.it     playground Beds 6 DR with br. 60-70 Beds 6 DR with br. 60 Via Maestra 2, Fraz. Sant’Andrea Rest House ** B&B Beds 6 DR with br. 70-120 Beds 6 DR with br. 70-95 Canoe Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 623258 / 347 0621539 Via Monte Rosa 3 Boat hire e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 348 7269753 Conference Cacciami Carlo Rooms to let Beds 11 DR with br.  60 e-mail [email protected] San Michele ATm Villa Donatella *** B&B Room G aTTICO  Via Pessone 33 Via F. Peretti 47 Beds 4 DR with br. 40-60 Fraz. Garodino 9 Cycle hire Il Rovere **** B&B Telephone + Fax (+39) 0163 850138 / 345 9150229 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 957165 / 335 8333458 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0163 417103 / 348 2709983 Via Gattona 9 Tantris Rooms to let e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Dog Telephone (+39) 347 9635797 e-mail [email protected] Corso Risorgimento 384 Cascina Aguzza ATm www.agrisanmichele.com www.villadonatella.it Fax (+39) 0322 838750 www.affittacameregrignasco.it    Telephone (+39) 0321 657343 Via Filatoio 8, Fraz. Loreto Beds 12 DR with br. 75-100 Beds 4 DR with br. 70-90 Entertainment e-mail [email protected] Beds 12 DR with br. 48 e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 992587 / 346 8068875 www.bbilrovere.it Garden www.ristorantetantris.com e-mail [email protected] Beds 4 DR with br.  60-70 Beds 4 DR without br.  120-130 www.agriturismoaguzza.it Al Monte ** B&B  Via Pessone 16 Golf Momo Beds 24 DR with br. 20-30 Locanda del Cassinale ATm Telephone (+39) 0321 958950 Handicapped- Cascina Moretta ATm La Casa di Holly B&B Fraz. Cascinale e-mail [email protected] accessible *** Via Cascina Moretta 1 Triathlon Rooms to let Via Veruno 7 Corso Vercelli 1 Telephone (+39) 0321 836012 www.almontebb.com Hiking Telephone (+39) 348 2533114 Fax (+39) 0321 836658  Telephone (+39) 0322 19833819/ 348 5107937 Telephone + Fax (+39) 0321 467636 P arUZZARO Beds 6 DR with br. 55-60 e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Indoor e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Da Monny B&B  www.aziendaagricolacascinamoretta.com ** swimming pool Beds 6 DR with br. 50-60  www.triathlonnovara.it Via Erro 6 www.locandadelcassinale.it Beds 2 DR with br. 35-60 Beds 18 DR with br.  79-109 Beds 8 DR with br.  50-55 Telephone (+39) 0322 538106 Internet Veruno e-mail [email protected] Wi-Fi Altana del Motto Rosso ATm www.bebdamonny.it La Locanda Rooms to let Loc. Motto Rosso 8 Novara La Torre dei Canonici ATm Beds 3 DR with br.  50-100 Soriso Via Revislate 4 Lift Telephone + Fax (+39) 0322 838257 Il Broletto **** B&B Via San Rocco 17, Loc. Lumellogno Telephone (+39) 393 6436358 Melina *** B&B e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via Sottile 6 Telephone (+39) 0321 469900 Mooring Viale Rimembranze 7 Beds 12 DR with br.  60 www.altanadelmottorosso.it Fax (+39) 0321 469903 Telephone (+39) 338 8919005 Telephone (+39) 339 5093367 Open-air Beds 20 DR with br.  85 e-mail [email protected] Pombia Fax (+39) 0321 624443 e-mail [email protected] swimming pool La Bressanella **** B&B e-mail [email protected] www.latorredeicanonici.com www.bbmelinasoriso.jimdo.com Beds 22 DR with br.  135-185 Via Bressanella 2 L’Olimpia Rooms to let Parking www.ilbroletto.eu Beds 6 DR with br.  70-80  Telephone (+39) 0321 957507 Via Martiri 3 Beds 4 DR with br. 70 Horse riding Ghemme Fax (+39) 02 95441143 Telephone (+39) 0322 830138 Il Cavenago ATm e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Restaurant Cascina Cavenago SNC Casa dei Fiori ** B&B Oleggio www.labressanella.it Suno www.olimpiatrattoria.it Telephone (+39) 0163 840215 Beds 6 DR with br.  50-80 Beds 12 DR without br.  80-100 Corso XIII Marzo 435 Kb *** B&B Fano’s Farm ATm Spa e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 459741 / 335 7783859 Via Raspagna 93 Via Piana 90 w www.ilcavenago.it Telephone (+39) 339 7487295 Supermarket  e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 85989 / 333 2389576 Beds 17 DR with br. 75-110 www.bbcasadeifiori.it e-mail [email protected]  e-mail [email protected] Telephone Beds 6 DR with br.  60 Beds 4 DR with br. 29-59 www.fanosfarm.com Beds 16 DR without br.  50-80 Tennis

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G astronomic Specialities Honey honey is a further delicacy typical of the Province of Varese. It is a quality product with DOP status and includes three spe- The Lago Maggiore region offers a wonderfully diverse range of food and wine. Each of the three Provinces of Verbano-Cusio- cially protected sorts: mixed flower honey has a pleasant taste, which varies according to production location; it has a strong Ossola, Novara and Varese can serve up quite exceptional delicacies designed to make a gourmet’s heart beat faster. aroma and is made from the pollen of different flowers and the honeydew of several plants. It is ideal for breakfast and the preparation of desserts. Meanwhile, the very sweet acacia honey has a delicate aroma and is amber-coloured. It is an excel- lent companion for mature goat’s cheese and seasonal fruit. Finally, chestnut honey has a strong, slightly bitter aroma and is Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Upper and Central Lago, dark, almost black in colour. It goes well with mature cheese sorts – whether made of pure goat’s milk or a mixture of goat’s Ossola Valleys and Lago d ’ Orta) and cow’s milk. Confectionary Cheese Simple but utterly delicious: these are the fitting adjectives to describe the sweet delicacies of the Province of Varese. The best cheese is a foodstuff closely linked to the history and tradition of the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Cattle and goats have known among them have roots that go back a long way in country-folk tradition. Their basic ingredients are simple and natu- grazed on the green pastures of the valleys, Alpine meadows and the pasturelands of the valley floors ever since the days of An- ral, for example almonds, eggs and sugar. And yet the Amaretti di Gallarate, the Amaretti di Saronno and the Brutti e Buoni cient . Free-grazing herds can be met even today when roaming in the summer months through the high-altitude mountain di boast international renown. In Busto Arsizo the tradition of bakery for the erstwhile Royal Court is still cultivated, countryside. cheese always was and still is one of the main ingredients of the local cuisine. The regional cheese varieties are also with such delicious results as Mustazzitt, Cupett and Giromette. And in Germigagna the almond crocant is a must on any renowned beyond the Province borders: both the Ossolano d’Alpe and the Ossolano di Latteria, also the various caprino, ricotta itinerary, gourmet or not. Finally, there is the “Dolce Varese”. This delicacy, originally a country recipe, is made from cornflour, and mascarpa sorts are taking over an increasing share of the cheese market. shaped as a roll, and can be found today in the most exclusive confectionaries in the town of the same name. Salsiccia - sausages and salami Livestock farming has always been of great import for the Alpine population. Gourmet products like Mortadella Ossolana (selected Slow Food product) and the Prosciutto della Valle Vigezzo are among the specialities of the region thanks to their professional and richly traditional production methods. Other typical sausage and meat products such as salami, bacon, belly of pork and bresaola Food Tasting are essential items on the menu for light meals and snacks. Today, these products are no longer made by the breeders themselves as in former times, but by butchers who over the years have specialised in traditional methods of meat preparation. Province of Verbano- Province of Novara Azienda Agricola Madonna dell’Uva Via Vergano 25 – Borgomanero – NO Honey Cusio-Ossola Telephone (+39) 0322 834369 Together with bacon or cheese, as embellishment for sweets and desserts, even added to dishes with pasta, meat and fish: the hon- Local Products Tasting Local Products Tasting e-mail [email protected] www.madonnadelluva.it ey of the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola is one of the region’s must-try quality specialities. The origins of today’s bee-keeping La Poderia industry lie in the fourteenth century. The conditions for this are ideal: firstly, the geographical characteristics peculiar to the region, Cannobio Vicolo Chiesa 1 – Casalbeltrame - NO Azienda Agricola Marcodini Giancarlo which stretches from the shore of Lake Maggiore all the way to the highest mountain ranges; secondly, the diverse vegetation, and Azienda Agricola Marcalone Telephone (+39) 0321 838375 Via Maggiora 86 – Borgomanero – NO thirdly state-of-the-art processing techniques: Today, the region produces seven different types of honey with organoleptic proper - (goat cheese, honey, jam) e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 82259 www.casalbeltrameonline.it ties: chestnut, robinia, lime, rhododendron, honeydew, mixed flower and alpine flower honey. The different nuances of taste and Località Marcalone – Cannobio - VB e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 338 3413423 www.dapaniga.it colours range from mild to slightly bitter and from light to amber gold. e-mail [email protected] WINE www.agriturismomarcalone.it BRIONA Wine BOCA Wine is cultivated in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in areas with a special microclimate. There is little wind here, and it is Cicogna Azienda Agricola Castaldi Francesca Via Solaroli 8 – Briona - NO warm, thanks to the river valley of the Toce. The finished wines capture the taste of the mountains. In 2009 they were awarded Azienda Agricola Il Vecchio Vigneto Azienda Agricola Corte Merina di Loc. Le Piane 6 – Boca - NO Telephone (+39) 338 7869887 Gaiazzi Rolando (cheese, sausages and salami) DOC status, with the designation “Valli Ossolane” covering the production of Rosso, Bianco, Nebbiolo and Nebbiolo Superiore. Telephone (+39) 339 3025705 e-mail [email protected] Fraz. Cicogna – Cossogno - VB e-mail [email protected] www.cantinacastaldi.it Telephone (+39) 0323 1975164 / 335 5947526 Province of Novara (Novara, Vineyards and Paddy Fields, e-mail [email protected] Azienda Agricola Le Piane Azienda Agricola Vigneti Valle Roncati www.cortemerina.it Lower Lago and Lago d ’ Orta) Via Cerri 10, Loc. Le Piane – Boca - NO Via Nazionale 7 – Briona - NO Telephone (+39) 348 3354185 Telephone (+39) 011 6603820 / 335 5732548 Ossola VAlleys e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] General Rice Agriturismo „Al Piano delle Lutte“ www.bocapiane.com www.vignetivalleroncati.it Information Thanks to optimal conditions rice has been cultivated in the wet lowlands of Novara ever since the late fifteenth century. Today, rice (cheese, sausages and salami, honey, jam) Via Domodossola 57 – Santa Maria Maggiore - VB Azienda Agricola Zonca Massimo FARA NOVARESE cultivation is the main pillar of support for the region’s agriculture. Climate and nature have caused historical sorts to thrive over the Piazza Matteotti 8 – Boca - NO Upper, Central, Telephone (+39) 0324 94488 / 349 3141842 Cantine Colli Novaresi centuries, including Arborio, Baldo, Balilla, Sant’Andrea and Vialone Nano; these were joined later by Ribe, Roma and Ariete, and most e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 846788 Lower Via Battisti 68/70 e-mail [email protected] Lago Maggiore recently Riso Nero Venere. Rice categories are classified according to grain size and cooking time into half-fine, fine and superfine. Telephone (+39) 0321 829234 / 829385 Agriturismo AZ (cheese, sausages and salami) [email protected] Wine Fraz. Piaggino 3 – Montecrestese - VB Az. Vitivinicola Cascina Montalbano www.cantinecollinovaresi.com East Shore The Colline Novaresi with their ancient villages, castles and vines rows are among the oldest wine-growing regions in Piedmont. The Ro- Telephone (+39) 0324 35259 / 328 1036438 Loc. Montalbano 3 – Boca - NO Telephone (+39) 329 1563332 and Varese e-mail [email protected] Cantinoteca dei Prolo mans were enthusiastic wine-growers in this region, as we can read in Plny the Elder. Another document from 1475 documents the Sforza www.agriturismoaz.com e-mail [email protected] Via Tosalli 51 family’s passion for the Agamium wine, which today bears the name Ghemme. Several centuries later, Cavour praised Sizzano wine by Agriturismo „La cascata“ Cantine Rogiotto Telephone (+39) 0321 829733 comparing it with the famous wines from Burgundy. The quality of the wines is founded first and foremost on the Nebbiolo, Vespolina e-mail [email protected] The Swiss part (cheese, sausages and salami) Via Valazza 47 – Boca - NO www.cantinotecadeiprolo.it of the Lake and Bonarda grapes, which yield such costly wines as the Ghemme DOCG and the three DOC varieties made with longer maturation Fraz. Nembro – Trasquera - VB Telephone (+39) 0322 87200 e-mail [email protected] periods, Boca, Fara and Sizzano. Completing the range of Novara wines is the young series of DOC wines from the Colline Novaresi, Telephone (+39) 349 3642583 / 0324 79122 Prolo Giovanni Vini di Prolo Filippo including red wines from the Nebbiolo, Spanna, Uva Rara, Croatina, Barbera and Vespolina grapes, also the Colline Novaresi white wine. www.cantinerogiotto.it WINE Via XX Settembre 105 Telephone Ossola Valleys Podere ai Valloni (+39) 0321 829882 Gorgonzola e-mail [email protected] Garrone Via Traversagna 1 – Boca - NO Cà d’Matè Gorgonzola is a superlative DOP blue cheese made from cow’s milk. It is a Novara speciality and likewise has a long tradition. Telephone (+39) 0322 87332 Via Valle Formazza 13 – Oira di Crevoladossola - VB Vini Demarchi It is being used more and more as a cheese that complements all kinds of dishes. Its forceful and unique personality lends a very e-mail [email protected] Telephone Via C. Battisti 39 (+39) 0324 242990 / 335 7507609 www.podereaivalloni.it Lake Orta individual nuance to many recipes – whether starters, main dishes or desserts. In its piquant variant it combines ideally with well e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 829303 structured red wines, but also dessert wines. If on the other hand it turns out to be the somewhat sweeter sort, Gorgonzola is to be www.cantinegarrone.it BOGOGNO preferred with somewhat smooth and savoury white and red wines. GHEMME Province of Varese Azienda Agricola Ca’ Nova Novara, Via San Isidoro 1 – Bogogno - NO Antichi Vigneti Di Cantalupo Vineyards and For further Information please contact: Via Buonarroti 5 – Ghemme - NO Telephone (+39) 0322 863406 Paddy Fields Province of Varese (East Shore and Varese) Telephone (+39) 0163 840041 Central Tourism Authority of the Region e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] East shore and Varese www.cascinacanova.it Formaggella del luinese www.cantalupo.net The delicious cutting cheese Formaggella del luinese DOP is a delicacy of the Varese , white of colour and cylindri- Settore Turismo - Provincia di Varese Hotels 21100 Varese BORGOMANERO cal in shape. It has a pleasant, sweet flavour. Its delicate aroma becomes increasingly intense as it matures, thanks to the raw, full- Azienda Agricola Imazio Davide Telephone (+39) 0332 252412 Azienda Agricola Fontechiara Via Novara 94 – Ghemme - NO cream goat’s milk it is made from, which comes from the breeds of goats named “Camosciata delle Alpi” and “Nera di Verzasca”. e-mail [email protected] Via Barcellini 16/A – Borgomanero – NO Telephone (+39) 0163 840715 The Formaggella del luinese matures in a moist cold-storage cell at a maximum temperature of 15° C, or in a cellar with natural www.vareselandoftourism.it Telephone (+39) 0322 804230 / 333 9131432 e-mail [email protected] Local Services humidity. The period of maturation must last at least 20 days. e-mail [email protected] www.fontechiara.eu

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Azienda Agricola La Torretta MEZZOMERICO Azienda Agricola Bodina Via Caccia – Sizzano - NO The package tours described here offer options for various trips on Lago Maggiore. On request and depending on the wishes of Strada Provinciale per Cavaglio 10 – Ghemme - NO Filadora Telephone (+39) 0163 840764 Telephone (+39) 334 3130475 the tour operator, there is the option of modifying each excursion package according to individual ideas. For further informati- Via G. Marconi 5 – Mezzomerico - NO e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 335 367258 on, prices, accommodation, other options and queries please contact the listed incoming agents of the Lago Maggiore region. Azienda Agricola Mirù e-mail [email protected] Casa Vinicola Paride www.filadora.it Piazza Antonelli 24 – Ghemme - NO Via G. Garibaldi 20 – Sizzano - NO Telephone (+39) 339 4304954 Telephone (+39) 0163 840032 Il Roccolo Di Mezzomerico Culture and Gardens e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Cascina Roccolo Bellini 4 – Mezzomerico - NO Borromeo Islands www.aziendaagricolamiru.it www.paridechiovini.it Telephone (+39) 0321 920407 Description Central Lago Region Azienda Agricola Platinetti Guido e-mail [email protected] Cascina Fontana www.ilroccolovini.it Excursion duration 1 day Via Roma 60 – Ghemme – NO Cascina Nuova 1 – Sizzano - NO The famous Palazzo Borromeo on Isola Bella – the most famous of the Borromeo Islands with The package includes Telephone (+39) 0163 841666 Telephone (+39) 0321 820348 its Italian garden – Isola Madre with its Renaissance palace and the oldest English garden ROMAGNANO SESIA Transfer e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] in Italy, and the fishermen's island Isola dei Pescatori with its picturesque aura are the most Azienda Vitivinicola F.lli Ioppa www.agriturismofontana.com Lunch Azienda Agricola Sebastiani Alberto Via delle Pallotte 10 – Romagnano Sesia - NO attractive sightseeing venues in the region of Lago Maggiore. Admission fees Via Monte Rosa 7 – Ghemme – NO Telephone (+39) 0163 833079 Azienda Agricola Lorenzo Zanetta Tour guide Telephone (+39) 0163 840409 / 347 2641225 e-mail [email protected] Corso Italia 64/C – Sizzano - NO e-mail [email protected] www.viniioppa.it Telephone (+39) 0321 820621/2 culture and Nature e-mail [email protected] Lago Maggiore Express: Water and Mountain Tour between Switzerland and Italy Azienda Agricola Sebastiani Katia Azienda Vitivinicola Il Rubino www.vinizanetta.it Via Manzoni 9 – Ghemme – NO Via Mazzini 35 – Romagnano Sesia - NO Description Upper Lago, Central Lago and Ponti & C. di Ponti Danilo Telephone (+39) 348 7437253 Telephone (+39) 0163 833108 The tour “Lago Maggiore Express” offers a unique opportunity of discovering the landscapes Ossola Valleys Regions e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via Cavour 28 – Sizzano - NO www.ilrubino.net Telephone (+39) 0321 820273 of Lago Maggiore and its mountains. The tour can also be undertaken in the opposite Excursion duration 1 day (on Pietra Forata - Cantine di Brugo G. e-mail [email protected] direction, but usually starts by ship from Stresa (or from any locality on Lago Maggiore) to request visitors have the option Via Interno Castello 36 – Ghemme - NO OLEGGIO Locarno (Switzerland). The route from Locarno to Domodossola passes through the Swiss of dividing this tour up over SUNO Telephone (+39) 335 431396 Azienda Agricola Cascina Zoina e-mail [email protected] Centovalli Valley and the Italian Val Vigezzo, also known as the "Valley of Painters". Running several days.) Via Ronchetto 5 – Oleggio – NO Azienda Agricola Alfonso Rinaldi Via Cascina Botticella 13 – Suno - NO through these valleys is the regional light railway "La Vigezzina". The tour continues from The package includes Rovellotti Viticoltori In Ghemme Telephone (+39) 335 6350692 e-mail [email protected] Telephone ( +39) 338 7310027 Domodossola to Stresa or Verbania and back to the starting point by Italian Railways. Combi-Ticket train/ship Interno Castello 22 – Ghemme - NO www.cascinazoina.it e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0163 841781 Lunch on board ship e-mail Tour guide [email protected] Azienda Vitivinicola Crola Enrico Azienda Agricola Brigatti Francesco www.rovellotti.it Via S. Stefano 53 – Oleggio – NO Via Olmi 31 – Suno - NO LAKE MAGGIORE: SANTA CATERINA HERMITAGE Telephone (+39) 0322 85037 Torraccia Del Piantavigna Telephone (+39) 347 8017054 AND THE ROCCA BORROMEO e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Via Romagnano Sesia 69/A – Ghemme - NO www.cantinecrola.it www.vinibrigatti.it Description Region of the Telephone (+39) 0163 840040 Departure by boat from Laveno for a sailing or motor boat trip by the eastern shore of lake Province of Varese e-mail [email protected] Cantine dei Colli Novaresi Azienda Agricola Crespi www.torracciadelpiantavigna.it Via Gallarate 33 - Oleggio – NO Bardesa 25 – Suno - NO Maggiore. Landing and visit of the Santa Caterina del Sasso Hermitage. This monastery was The trip lasts 1 day Telephone (+39) 0321 91222 Telephone (+39) 0322 85750 founded in the XII century and is one of the most notable landmarks of the region. Its breath- MAGGIORA e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] taking position, perched on a cliff overlooking the lake, makes it unique. The package includes Azienda Agricola Terrini www.cantinecollinovaresi.com www.vigneticostabella.it Via per Borgomanero 13 – Maggiora – NO Lunch can be provided on board or at a restaurant in Leggiuno. Guided tours Telephone (+39) 345 7750397 / 340 8956153 SIZZANO Azienda Agricola Grossini Alessio The boat trip continues to Angera on the southern shore of the lake. After docking, there will Transfer Via Balchi 2 – Suno – NO e-mail [email protected] Azienda Agricola Biologica Bianchi be the opportunity for a guided tour of the Borromeo Fortress, Rocca di Angera, a medieval Admission into museums Telephone (+39) 347 7973116 / 0322 85136 Via Roma 37 – Sizzano - NO fort dating back to the XII century, situated in a unique setting on a cliff top overlooking the Lunch Azienda Vallana e Figlio s.n.c. e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0321 810004 Via Mazzini 3 – Maggiora - NO southern tip of Lake Maggiore. After a stroll along the lakeside promenade, the return trip to e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0322 87116 www.cantinabianchi.it GRAPPA Laveno can be made by either boat or bus. General e-mail [email protected] Information www.vallanawines.com Distilleria Francoli Azienda Agricola Baraggiola Via Romagnano Sesia 20 – Ghemme - NO Cantine Del Castello Conti Via Zoppis 13/15 – Sizzano - NO Telephone (+39) 0163 844711 VARESE AND SACRO MONTE Telephone (+39) 0321 820225 Upper, Central, Via Borgomanero 15 – Maggiora - NO e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Description Region of the Lower Telephone (+39) 0322 87187 www.francoli.it www.cascinabaraggiola.it Lago Maggiore e-mail [email protected] Departure from Varese city centre to the cable car station. The ascent to the top of the Sacro Province of Varese www.castelloconti.it Monte and the village of Santa Maria del Monte can be done by cable car, or on foot along The trip lasts 1 day one of the largest and most impressive Ways of the Cross in Italy, which was declared a World East Shore Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003. The procession route was laid out between 1605 and 1680. The package includes and Varese It is over a mile long and leads from the Prima Cappella (1919 ft) to the church of Santa Maria Guided tours Transfer del Monte (2887 ft). A visit of this mountain village and museum will be followed lunch at one The Swiss part the local restaurants overlooking the Lombardy plains. Admission into museums of the Lake The return trip can be on foot or by cable car, then transfer to the city centre of Varese. An Lunch afternoon stroll will include shopping in the pedestrianised area of the city and a visit of the Estense Palace and gardens. In the late afternoon, there will be the opportunity to visit the Ossola Valleys famous villas situated in the city’s surroundings (including Villa Recalcati or Villa Panza).

Nature and We llness Lake Orta Nature Park Alpe Devero Alpe Veglia – Ossola Valleys

Description Region Ossola Valleys Novara, The Lepontine Alps’ lush forests and mountain huts are the ideal setting for those search- The trip lasts 3 days Vineyards and Paddy Fields ing a ultimate relax experience. In the stillness and natural harmony of the Alpe Veglia and The package includes Devero nature park three professional wellness trainers will lead you in the realms of perfect Transfer relaxation. Massage, Tai-Chi, meditation and Hata Yoga are just some of the 3 days package 3 day full board accommodation Hotels highlights. A participant may choose six courses in three days. A warm welcome in a typical 6 wellness courses local hotel will be the ideal complement to an unforgettable mountain experience. This package is presented by: Lychnis Incoming Local Services www. lychnis.eu

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Tradition and Nature The bike tours and hikes described on these pages are no more than a selection of various tour suggestions around On the trail of the Walser (Valsesian) Civilisation and Gold-diggers in Valle Anzasca Lago Maggiore. You can find out more information about these and other routes at www.illagomaggiore.com (Active holiday, Itineraries) Description Ossola Valleys Region The tour starts at Lago Maggiore, continues into the southern part of the Ossola Valley and Excursion duration 1 day then ascends into Val Anzasca towards Monte Rosa. A green plain opens up at the end of the Lago di Varese valley: the location of the mountain village of Macugnaga, one of the centres of Walser cul- The package includes Bike trip round the lake ture. This Alemannic people settled in these mountains very early on. Their autonomous cul- Transfer ture still lives on today and has left its traces in the language, cuisine and architecture. Monte Entry to museum and gold mine Description East Shore and Varese Region Rosa is the second highest mountain in Europe, looming up here to an altitude of over 15091 Lunch The bike tour of 28 km around Lago di Varese starts and ends at the foreshore of Gavirate on the Excursion duration 2 hours feet. It forms an extraordinary backdrop to the landscape, reminiscent of the Himalayas. The Tour guide north shore of the lake. The route (best by mountain bike) consists almost exclusively of asphalt Distance 28 km region was dominated for centuries by the work of the gold diggers. One of the gold mines roads and paths, mostly reserved for pedestrians and cyclists. Altitude difference 220 m formerly active here can still be viewed today. Moreover, motor traffic never exceeds a reasonable limit wherever public highways join the route. Suitable for all, all year round Riding anti-clockwise, the first half of the tour takes you past townships such as and Art and Culture Capolago. As you travel on, you can enjoy wonderful views onto the lake and along the way such sights as the church of Madonnina del Lago in . While the route from Biandronno Lago d ’Orta and the island of San Giulio - the first ascent worth the name (10% gradient over 100 m) – leads a little into the hinterlands, Description Lake Orta Region after Capolago it runs through the glorious Parco di Schiranna. A final highlight shortly before One of the treasures of the entire region lies in Lago d'Orta, which is surrounded by a green Excursion duration 1 day Gavirate is the cultural association “Corte dei Brut” in the suburb of Groppello. There are ideal and gentle landscape situated between Valsesia and Lago Maggiore: Isola di San Giulio. The places to stop for refreshment on the tour in Gavirate, , Capolago, Schiranna island is rich in tradition and still impresses today through its mystical aura. The town of Orta The package includes and Groppello. San Giulio opposite the island forms the nucleus of the entire Orta lake. The town is traffic- Transfer calmed and has intact, medieval alleyways, squares and churches – a jewel on the lake shore. Taxi boat or ship Novara – Bike Lunch A round trip by bike through the Novarese plain Novara and Colline Novaresi Tour guide Description Novara, Vineyards and Paddy Description Region of the The bike tour through the Novarese plain is 37 km long,, a delightful round trip leading cyclists Fields Region After a morning visit to the impressive monastery complex of Abbazia Benedettina di San Province of Novara between canals for irrigating the rice fields, wonderful abbeys, and agricultural concerns, the Excursion duration 3 hours Nazzaro Sesia, the tour continues to the provincial capital of Novara 8 miles to the north. The trip lasts 1 day so called cascine. The route runs anti-clockwise and starts and ends in the town of Caltignaga. Distance 37 km The extensive tour of the city starts at the Piazza Martiri with the Teatro Coccia, the Palazzo Between Cavagliano and Alzate it integrates a stage of the Sentiero Novara. The road surface Altitude difference 50 m Orelli, the Castello Visconteo-Sforzesco and the Vittorio Emanule II Monument. This is fol- The package includes varies, sometimes gravelled, sometimes asphalt; there are no ascents worth the name. In con- Suitable for all, all year round lowed by a visit to the Casa del Corpo di Guardia, the cathedral, the baptistery and the adjoin- Guided tours trast, there are a multitude of sights to see on the way, for instance the castle in Caltignaga, ing cloisters, including the Lapidary Museum. After having seen the Broletto, the Palazzo Transfer the parish church in Agnellengo, the Sforzesco castle in Proh and the Abbey of SS. Nazario d Tornielli-Bellini and the basilica of San Gaudenzio, there is still the opportunity of getting Admission into museums Celso in San Nazzaro Sesia. A landscape of outstanding beauty can be enjoyed in the sections an inside view of a biscuit factory producing the biscottini di Novara typical of the region. Lunch through the rice fields, which are veined with watercourses such as the and the Departure for the Colline Novaresi is planned for 12.30 pm, followed by lunch, serving regional Wine-tasting Mora. There are plenty of places to stop for refreshment on the way. In Proh we recommend cuisine. The afternoon programme includes a visit to the fortress complex of Ghemme, later you try “paniscia”;:the typical dish for the Province of Novara is a risotto with vegetables and there is the option of visiting a cantina, a local wine-cellar, to taste the wine of the region. salsiccia.

Culture and leisure Hiking Trail through the Nature Reserve of Ghiffa General Province of Novara, Piedmont: Vineyards and Paddy Fields Hiking with dramatic views of Lago Maggiore Information

Description Novara, Vineyards and Paddy Description Upper Lago Region The day tour starts by the Novara rice fields with a visit to the San Nazzaro Sesia Abbey. The Sacro Monte della SS. Trinità di Ghiffa is a place of pilgrimage as well as a nature reserve, listed Upper, Central, Fields Region Excursion duration 2,5 hours Lower The monastery, founded in 1040 AD, is one of the artistically most significant in the whole Excursion duration 1 day in both categories as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in the middle of a lush landscape on Distance 8 km Lago Maggiore Piedmont Region; especially noteworthy are the late gothic and the beautiful clois- the hills along the west bank of Lago Maggiore, the site offers an experience that is rich both in cul- Height at starting and ter. The tour continues in direction north, towards the “Novara Hills”, the vineyards of the The package includes ture as well as in natural beauty and last but not least, offers a superb vantage point onto the lake. ending point 189 m East Shore province. A visit to the „Cantina Sociale” (communal winery) of Fara Novarese will be the Guided tours The trail is approximately 8 kilometres long, beginning in the village of Ghiffa, on the shores of Lake Altitude difference 315 m and Varese first stop, a second one is planned in Ghemme. A stroll in the medieval village will give the Wine and local products tasting Maggiore, and finishing in Verbania-Intra. The first part of the hike follows a mule trek through the Suitable for all, spring till opportunity to discover the historical wineries and experience the different phases of wine village of Ronco. After arrival at the Sacro Monte a must for hikers is a visit to the shrine, as well as autumn production. A DOC and DOCG wine tasting, accompanied by typical local products, set in a This package is presented by: to the nature park centre. A restaurant on site offers typical regional specialities. The trail continues The Swiss part luxurious location, will complete the first part of the tour. After a short stop at the pilgrimage Nonsolotrekking T.O. towards the villages of Caronnio and Biganzolo, from there to Ponte Vecchio and then back to the of the Lake church of Boca, designed by the Architect Alessandro Antonelli, a visit is planned to a local www.incomingnovara.it shores of Lago Maggiore along the lake promenade of Verbania-Intra , where the trail ends. winery, where the DOC wine “Boca” is produced. The tour will end with a short trek in the Ossola Valleys “Novara Hills”. Monscera-Lake Hiking Trail Hiking in the Bognanco Valley Lago Maggiore and its Gourmet Food Description Ossola Valleys Region Central Lago, Ossola Valleys, Novara, Vineyards and Paddy Fields Lake Orta The Bognanco Valley, green and rich in water, so that it is also known as the thousand waterfalls Excursion duration 3,5 hours Description Lago Maggiore Region valley, is located west of the town of Domodossola, north of Lago Maggiore. The 10km hiking Distance 10 km Participants in the four-day gourmet tour come to appreciate the Lago Maggiore and its moun- Excursion duration 4 days trail to the Monscera Lake in the upper part of the Bognanco Valley starts and finishes at San Altitude difference 493 m Novara, tains by way of its delicious food and drink. What do the traditional dishes of this region look like, Bernardo, an Alpine township with a mountain hut of the same name at an altitude of 1628 m. Suitable for all, spring till Vineyards and The package includes Paddy Fields and what are the typical products used for cooking? Rice, risotto and Gorgonzola are characteristic Accommodation/Halfboard The trail runs partly on surfaced roads, but mainly on mountain paths. Highlights of the trek are autumn of the Po lowlands, further north the Colline Novaresi offer excellent DOC and DOCG wines. Lunch/Food tasting the Rasiga rivulet, the Ragozza lake surrounded by spruces and many peat bogs. The Gattascosa Meanwhile, polenta and game can be found on the menus of the Alpine Ossola valleys, and of Guided tours Alpine hut (Rifugio) is ideal as half-way house for a typical mountain lunch break. After the Hotels course fish is eaten around Lago Maggiore. Between meals there’s plenty of time to explore the Rifugio the next stop is the Monscera Lake and the pass (2103 m) of the same name, where you This package is presented by: region’s special cultural features. can admire the breathtaking view. To hike back to the starting point you first reach the “Il Dosso” Sapori d’Italia The programme includes a picturesque trip on the Vigezzina railway, a viewing of the Santa mountain hut and then continue to the “rifugio San Bernardo”. It goes without saying that the www.stresa.it Caterina del Sasso Monastery and a stroll across the breathtakingly beautiful Isola Bella. two latter rifugios are also perfect places to enjoy the local culinary specialities. Local Services

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Varese Convention & Visitors Telephone (+39) 0323 923093 28845 Domodossola – VB Largo Locatelli 13 Fax (+39) 0323 923299 Varese Convention & Visitors Bureau acts as a reference and coordination point for the con- Bureau Telephone (+39) 0324 249872 28831 Baveno – VB e-mail [email protected] AP: Lisa Tondini Telephone (+39) 0323 923722 ference structures offer in Varese and its surroundings and represents an independent and Fax (+39) 0324 47227 www.norditaliaincoming.it Fax (+39) 0323 916633 reliable contact for professional operators, in order to guarantee both the quality and the Via Carrobbio 2 e-mail [email protected] www.idrovolante.com OGS Incoming e-mail [email protected] services offered. 21100 Varese AP: Roberta Giannini www.lagomaggioretour.com Telephone + Fax (+39) 0332 281944 Il Viaggiatore – Incoming Services Through a totally dedicated staff, Varese Convention & Visitors Bureau is at disposal of those GM SERVICE S.r.l. e-mail [email protected] AP: Simona Martino Piazzale Lido 8 Valgrande Vacanze people who wish to find in the Varese area the ideal location for their conference activities. www.vareseturismo.it Via Umberto Primo 58 28838 Stresa – VB AP: Virgilio Sironi 28822 Cannobio – VB Telephone (+39) 0323 934724 / 346 9531276 Via Domodossola 29 Telephone (+39) 0323 71001 Fax (+39) 0323 30295 28857 Santa Maria Maggiore – VB e-mail [email protected] e-mail [email protected] Telephone (+39) 0324 905613 www.ilviaggiatoreincoming.com www.stresa-mottarone.it e-mail [email protected] Ascona-Locarno Convention & Incentive BureAU www.valgrandevacanze.net Italia Gastronomica Ossola Viaggi AP: Alessandra Gandini Our Convention Bureau and Incentive & Groups department are ready and willing to help you Ascona-Locarno Tourism AP: Baldacci Andrea Verbano Viaggi Via Paleocapa 30 Via Sempione 28 AP: Anna Francis organise all aspects of conferences, seminars, incentive travel and group excursions in the Incoming & Hospitality 28041 Arona – NO 28844 Villadossola – VB C.so Garibaldi 27 General Lake Maggiore region. 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