The Isola Bella surrounded by the water around is a wonderful view that strikes the eye of any tourist, in fact beautiful is its name. From a certain point of view, Isola Bella is a meeting with nature, from another it is a visit to a family museum in its history, full of its secrets and very interesting stories. As the boat or boat slowly approaches, curiosity grows in intensity and it is immediately clear that we are here to discover one of the most beautiful islands of Lake Maggiore.
Isola Bella belongs to the Borromeo family - an ancient aristocratic dynasty. The construction of the building began in 1632, but the works, completions and reconstructions of some parts lasted for decades, for the other parts even centuries.
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Borromeo home offers tourists the view of a refined and sumptuous environment that preserves invaluable works of art: tapestries, furniture, statues, paintings, stucco but also the curious mosaic caves, a place of coolness and pleasure.
Napoleon stayed here.
Then the visit to the Palace has come to an end, you naturally access the gardens, a great and inimitable example of a seventeenth-century “Italian garden”. Among exotic and rare plants, the spectacular flowering of tulips, azaleas, rhododendrons and roses just to name a few is designed to offer colors and scents from March to October.
After visiting the beauties of the garden, the island finally invites us to the various restaurants, cafes and trattorias to delight the lake delights to complete a day truly to remember.
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