The Italian city of Verbania is located in the upper Verbano area and overlooks the Borromean Gulf: it includes medieval buildings, baroque palaces and 18th-19th century villas with grandiose parks.

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To spend a week in such a marvellous lakeside setting in a grand old hotel, with satisfying day trips and reassuringly good organisation, was highly enjoyable. Minor reservations about the Regina ...

Mi scusi, can you tell me where I can see the fossil of the dragon?’ I ask a passing priest in the 4th century basilica. I’m on the islet of San Giulio on Lake Orta in northern Piedmont, and legend ...