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What To See near Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca

Luino (5 Km)

Villa Hüssy

The villa that houses the Civic Library of Luino and the Vittorio Sereni Archive is the result of structural and decorative interventions that have occurred over the years, accompanied by the change of ownership of the same in different hands.

Luino (5 Km)

Museo Ferroviario del Verbano

The Verbano Railway Museum is located in the old nineteenth-century garage of the locomotives of Luino. To make the Museum valuable is an impressive German locomotive BR 50 3673 built by the Borsig workshops in 1941, still working today. In addition, events and initiatives are organized periodically, such as vintage trips to Switzerland by the Verbano Express Association.

Luino (5 Km)

Museo Civico

The Paleontological Civic Archaeological Museum was founded in 1977. It is located in the beautiful Palazzo Verbania. It was established by the will of Pietro Astini. The Museum consists of a picture gallery, an archaeological section and a vast collection of fossils and minerals, all found in the area. School groups can make guided tours upon reservation.

Mesenzana (11 Km)

Torre degli Ariani

The Tower of the Arians is a structure of ancient origins. It is thought to date back to medieval times and its purpose was to defend and protect. The construction was kept in good condition. It is close to the town and is surrounded by lots of vegetation.

Casalzuigno (15 Km)

Villa Della Porta Bozzolo

Villa Della Porta Bozzolo was built in the second half of the 16th century, at the behest of the notary Giroldino Della Porta. The intent was to build a stately home for him and his family. During the 18th century, an Italian garden with fountains and a beautifully frescoed newsstand was added. After becoming the property of the Carpani, the Richini and the Bozzolo, the structure was finally donated to the FAI.

Brusimpiano (15 Km)

Santa Maria Nascente

Valganna (17 Km)

Badia di Ganna

It was founded in the 12th century by Benedictine monks in a convergent territory of various valleys: Valganna, Valcuvia and Valmarchirolo. For centuries it has been a safe haven for pilgrims who traveled from the nearby Canton of Ticino and Central Europe to the south and vice versa. The Abbey was built around the original nucleus of the church established for the worship of the Martyr San Gemolo

Laveno Mombello (17 Km)

Villa De Angeli-Frua

Laveno Mombello (18 Km)

Ex Palazzo Comunale

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.

Varese (18 Km)

Villa Panza

Villa Panza is known for its contemporary art collection. Surrounded by a magnificent Italian garden, it was built in the middle of the 18th century by the will of the Marquis Paolo Antonio Menafoglio. In the salons and large stables, more than one hundred works by contemporary artists are exhibited today, as well as rich furnishings from the period ranging from the 16th to the 19th century and to an important collection of African art and pre-Columbian.

Laveno Mombello (20 Km)

Museo Internazionale Design Ceramico - Civica Raccolta di Terraglia

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.

Varese (20 Km)

Parco regionale Campo dei Fiori

The park dominates the hilly area of the city of Varese, and includes two massifs, the Massif of Mount Martica and the Campo dei Fiori Massif. It is part of the Varese Prealps chain, and has slopes dominated by deciduous forests such as beech and chestnut trees and many animal species including the two majestic ungulates, the deer and the roe deer, as well as foxes, hares and red squirrels.

Porto Ceresio (20 Km)

Passeggiata a lago

The promenade allows you to walk along the lakefront ensuring a panoramic and breathtaking view of the entire Gulf of Ceresio. In summer in the evening it is often animated by a lively market.

Other attractions in Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca

Museums

Museo della Badia di S. Gemolo

It was built in the fourteenth century, during construction a spring opened that housed bright red stones. From this came the rumor that was the broken head of the martyr San Gemolo to color the waters red. The chapel is located about two km from the Abbey. For centuries it was a place of pilgrimage on the part of the inhabitants of the valley.

Churches and places of worship

La Cappella di San Gemolo

Are you looking for other ideas for sleeping in Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca?

Albergo Ristorante Bologna

Varese (25 Km) - Via Broggi, 7 Angolo Via Veratti

e-mail www +39332234362

The Hotel is located in the historic center of Varese, is part of an antique monastic complex of 1550, called convento S. Antonio. The management during the last 40 years was made from family Lorenzini which take care of creating a family atmosphere.

RESIDENZA ORTENSIA

Luino (2 Km) - Via Paolo Berra 8

e-mail www +39332510855

ALBERGO PARADISO

Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca - Via Verdi Maccagno Superiore 5

e-mail www +39332.560.128

B&B Da Pio

Castelveccana (12 Km) - Via Martiri Zampori 6

e-mail www +39332.520511

Palazzo Ronchelli

Castello Cabiaglio (16 Km) - Via Giuseppe Mazzini, 10

e-mail www +393391523797

The guests of Building Ronchelli will feel the emotion of living in the past. The beautiful building, that is still under restoration works, belonged to the wife of the painter Giovan Battista Ronchelli (1715/1788), whose frescoes can be seen in Palazzo Estense, Villa Recalcati, Villa della Porta Bozzolo. It maintains the refined atmosphere and harmony typical of the ancient manors of the 17th an 18th centuries in Lombardy.