Activities

This uniquely beautiful region, which for years has been attracting tourists from all over the world, offers a whole range of activities, both sporting and cultural, including walks and nature trails, religious itineraries, gourmet food and wine routes, historic villas and musical evenings, for a totally relaxing holiday in contact with nature, wellbeing and charm.


Don’t miss:

a trip to Mottarone and the Giardino Alpinia with a magnificent view over Golfo Borromeo, opposite Stresa, dominated by Isola Bella, with the Palazzo Barocco and terraced gardens, Isola Madre and its botanical garden, and Isola dei Pescatori, a picturesque old village which is still inhabited.
In Arona, the statue of San Carlo Borromeo and on the Lombardy shore Rocca di Angera and the hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso.
Cannero with its castles, the botanical gardens of Villa Taranto.
In the area of Valli dell’Ossola the medieval village of Vogogna, with the castle and the tower, Val Formazza with the Terme di Premia (spa) and the Cascata del Toce (waterfall), the Val Vigezzo – Centovalli train, Valle Anzasca, with the Walser town of Macugnaga and the majestic Monte Rosa
The nearby Lago d’Orta is an ideal base for visiting the characteristic village of Orta and, opposite, Isola di San Giulio.
Canton Ticino (CH) with Ascona, Locarno, Lugano.
Val Maggia, Val Verzasca and Centovalli.
Milan, city of fashion, art and shopping.


For sports and nature enthusiasts:

• horse riding in the woods
• cycle paths, mountain bike routes
• nautical sports like sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, water skiing, kayaking
• fishing in Lake Maggiore and in the many rivers and Alpine lakes
• trekking and free climbing in the Val Grande National Park, in the Veglia – Devero parks and in the Ossola mountains
• rafting and canyoning in the rivers of Val Sesia
• paragliding
• golf, tennis
• diving