Borromean Islands
Good to know
- Best time to go
- April to October
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A small archipelago in the Piedmontese section of Lake Maggiore, the Borromean Islands consist of Isola Bella, Isola Madre, and the fishing community of Isola dei Pescatori. Isola Bella's baroque palace and ten-tiered garden, built by the Borromeo family from the seventeenth century onward, occupies nearly the entire island. Isola Madre holds a botanical garden of subtropical species and a historic villa, while Isola dei Pescatori retains an unaltered fishing-village character.
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