The enchantment of Lake Maggiore, with the beautiful gardens of the large villas and with the quiet villages along the coast, unfolds fully also in Verbania, capital of the Piedmontese province of Verbano — Cusio — Ossola, which has not lost its main feature, that of being formed by several countries aggregated in the first half agrave; from the twentieth century around the main centers of Intra and Pallanza.

Four good reasons to visit Verbania from the boat or ferry? Here they are:

1) Stroll along the lakeside of Pallanza, in any season and in any weather, to admire the beauty of Lake Maggiore in an unprecedented setting;

2) Visit the park of Villa Taranto, headquarters of the Prefecture, beautiful English garden in Italian land built in the 1931 to host thousands of specimens of plants, of considerable botanical importance, coming from all over the world; the park is one of the most evocative tourist destinations in the whole of Lake Maggiore; 

3) Reach Isola Madre by boat or speedboat to admire the large English garden, which occupies much of the island's surface, leaving the splendid Borromeo Palace, built in the sixteenth century, the function of the central point of reference for the entire structure;

4) Get to know the ancient churches of the city, from the Oratory of S. Remigio on top of the Castagnola promontory, made in Romanesque style between the 11th and 12th centuries, to the parish church of S. Stefano, in Pallanza, which houses the Ara delle Matrone, Roman stone of the first century, from the Oratory of SS. Fabiano and Sebastiano, in front of the Lakefront of Suna, the Basilica of S. Vittore, located in the historic center of Intra and dedicated to the patron saint of the city, dating back to the first decade of the 17th century.