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What You’ll Experience

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Location

Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

Duration

4 hours

Number of Guests

2 - 6 guests

Language

English, French, Spanish, Italian, German

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Discover Stresa, the jewel of Lake Maggiore. Explore Isola Bella's baroque mansion and gardens. Enjoy a guided tour and taste local wines, cheeses, and cold cuts in Stresa's cozy streets.

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Stresa, known as the pearl of lake Maggiore, stands in front of the Borromean

Islands, which got their name by the ancient family who owned them since the 16th century. One one of these, Isola Bella, Carlo III Borromeo built a gorgeous baroque mansion, dedicated to his wife Isabella.

This private guided tour will allow you to explore Isola Bella and the splendor of the palace and its garden; once back in Stresa, you'll have a walk on the cosy small streets of the town centre, until you'll reach a local winery for a mouth-watering aperitif, based on local wines, cold cuts and cheese.

What You Get

Qualified private guide

Alcoholic beverages

An exclusive wine tasting, with local cold cuts and cheese

Private transfer by taxi-boat, Stresa to Isola Bella and back

Lunch

Gratuities

Good To Know

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

Stresa

This small town, standing on the Western coast of Lake Maggiore in the so-called Borromea Gulf, is one of the most visited touristic sites of entire Piemonte. Its territory includes three of the four Borromean Islands: Isola Bella, Isola Madre and Isola Superiora, also named Isola dei Pescatori. The first recorded file about the town is dated 998, but even in the Roman age, the way leading from Milan to the Sempione pass ran by this site.

2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

Isola Bella

This small island, formerly inhabited by a few fishermen, was deeply transformed by the Borromeo family, since 1632; in this year, Carlo III Borromeo started the construction of a gorgeous palace, dedicated to his wife Isabella, which was later completed, in 1671, by an amazing Baroque garden. Palazzo Borromeo also hosted Napoleon I with his wife and, later in 1935, the Conference of Stresa, held between the representatives of Italian, British and French government.

1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Piazza Marconi 16, Piazza Marconi, Stresa Provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Piemonte, Italy, IT, 28838

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End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy
All bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

What People Are Saying

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Der Lago Maggiore hat ein wunderschönes Panorama im Hintergrund.

October 03, 2022

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Vom Lago Maggiore aus kann man gut Ausflüge unternehmen, z. B. in die Schweiz. Das Preisniveau ist aber in Italien moderater als dort.

from $952.22

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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Central European Time.

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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Central European Time.

All bookings are final. Cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

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Art and food on lake Maggiore: Stresa and Isola Bella

Experience Details

What You Get

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What You’ll Experience

Stresa

Isola Bella

Meeting & Pickup

Cancellation PolicyAll bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

Cancellation Policy
All bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.