Villa Taranto
Verbania
(10 Km)
The villa, now seat of the Prefecture, cannot be visited but the gardens are famous throughout the world. Made in the thirties, it contains a huge variety of plants and trees. Wonderful to visit all year round.
Villa Giulia o Kursaal
Verbania
(9 Km)
It was built by the Branca family in '900 and underwent several renovations and expansions. In the middle of the last century it became the Municipal Casino Kursaal. A curious structure that is used for exhibitions with a beautiful view.
La chiesa di Madonna di Campagna
Verbania
(10 Km)
Church of the '600 with a Romanesque bell tower of the original building of the '100. Inside a beautiful wooden choir, paintings and beautiful frescos by Alessandro Mentasti.
Chiesa di San Remigio
Verbania
(9 Km)
An old Romanesque church of the '100, built of stone blocks. A national monument, it preserves beautiful paintings inside. The building is a suggestive place.
Palazzo Dugnani
Verbania
(9 Km)
The eighteenth-century palazzo Borromeo houses the Museum of the Historic and Artistic Verbano and of the Landscape, with a collection of paintings and frescoes from '500 to '900.
Rocca di Angera
Angera
(7 Km)
Angera is located on the Lombard shore of the southern part of Lake Maggiore, in the province of Varese. The imposing construction contains important testimonies of local history, retraced through the cycle of frescoes dating back to the end of the 13th century that we find in the “Hall of Justice”, in the Halls Historic and in the Castellana Tower, from the top of which you can enjoy a landscape of great suggestion: the wide expanse of Lake Maggiore, Arona, the Alps and the Alps make up a scenario of rare beauty.
Il Sancarlone
Arona
(8 Km)
The Satua dedicated to Carlo Borromeo (Arona, 1538 — Milan, 1584) Catholic archbishop and Italian cardinal is 35 meters tall, including a ten-story building! Originally, the project included it in marble but later it was made of copper.
Villa Pallavicino
Stresa
(3 Km)
Villa Pallavicino is a 19th century villa, surrounded by landscaped parkland containing beautiful flowers, plants and trees with a small zoo.
Museo dell' Ombrello
Verbania
(5 Km)
This is located in Gignese near Stresa and contains a wonderful collection of umbrellas and parasols including a detailed history of the many families from the Gignese are who build them.
Palazzo Borromeo: Museo Artistico e Storico
Stresa
(7 Km)
Museo Internazionale Design Ceramico - Civica Raccolta di Terraglia
Laveno Mombello
(7 Km)
The International Ceramic Design Museum - Civic Collection of Terraglia is located in the interiors of the sixteenth-century rooms of Palazzo Perabò. The exhibition includes vases, plates, umbrella stands and table sets made between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by the excellent manufactures of Laveno Mombello.
Museo Civico Archeologico
Angera
(7 Km)
The Civic Archaeological Museum of Angera was built in the early 70s and is located in the center of the ancient village. It is located at the sixteenth-century mansion of the beautiful Palazzo Pretorio. The museum presents prehistoric finds and findings from the Roman age that took place in the Angera territory. The museum offers guided tours and admission is free.
Museo della Bambola e del Giocattolo
Angera
(7 Km)
The Doll and Toy Museum was founded by Princess Bona Borromeo Arese and, at a later time, was transferred to the Borromeo Fortress of Angera. The building, for its works and its objects, is the most important in Europe. Inside we can observe real masterpieces, more than a thousand collections of dolls dating back to the eighteenth century, up to the present day, arranged in twelve rooms.
Museo Civico Archeologico
Arona
(9 Km)
The Arona Civic Archaeological Museum is located in Piazza San Graziano, in the center of the city. The first presentation of his collections took place in 1997. Inside it houses a large collection of objects and works dating back from the time of prehistory. The museum collects the history of the past and is open to the public.
Villa De Angeli-Frua
Laveno Mombello
(9 Km)
Ex Palazzo Comunale
Laveno Mombello
(9 Km)
The Presepe Verghiano is the unique theatrical event worldwide that narrates the story of the Nativity within the Verga universe, where the various characters of the operas Cavalleria Rusticana, La Lupa, L’Amante di Gramigna, Storia di una Capinera, Nedda, Mazzarò, I Malavoglia, Jeli il Pastore will be the protagonists of this surreal journey of the faithful in their homage for the newborn Jesus.
Museo del Paesaggio
Verbania
(9 Km)
The Landscape Museum is a cultural institution deeply linked to the territory of Lake Maggiore and its back valleys. The main exhibition venue of the Museum is Palazzo Viani Dugnani in Verbania Pallanza, it houses the Troubetzkoy Gipsoteca, the sculpture collection, the Pinacoteca and temporary exhibitions.
Villa San Remigio
Verbania
(9 Km)
A charming villa of the '900 built to create a unity between nature and art form with theme gardens, statues and decorations. Visits by appointment.
L'Alloro d'Oro Creazioni
Arona
(10 Km)