Hotels Lake Maggiore

Lake Maggiore tourist information

Lake Maggiore is of glacial origin, is also called Verbano. 65 km long and wide at most 5 km, reaching a depth of 372 m., its waters are the quota of 193 meters above sea level.
And 'the westernmost of three large pre-alpine lakes. The landscape is varied: the part north severe in the mountains Limidario and Tamar in the west to east. To the south the landscape becomes more clear after the close of Cannobio and Maccagno. It 'more fun instead of light and color with the background loantno the Alps and the glaciers in the Gulf of Borromeo.
On the western shore there the celebrated towns, as Cannobio, Cannero Riviera, Verbania, Baveno, Stresa.
The eastern shore is steep and rocky to the north and lowest in the South, the most famous centers are Laveno and Luino.
Lake Maggiore is the first born in Italy in the tourist sense, in this favored for its location at the exit downstream of Ticino. It was the first corner of the Mediterranean they face, who came from beyond the Alps through Gotthard Pass.
Countries such Stresa, Baveno, Pallanza, Arona and Angera were the first places to see rise hotels and villas where, to escape the rigors of winter, nobles and wealthy resident in the coldest months and spent the days between boat trips, lakeside walks and excursions to the many scenic areas.