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Famous for its colours and its scents, Lake Maggiore offers the
visitor a scenario whose beauty can be enjoyed in a new and
different way in every season; the famous islands of the Borromeo
Gulf (Isola Bella, Isola dei Pescatori, Isola Madre, the islets of
San Giovanni and Malghera), a tiny and picturesque archipelago,
seem to be painted in one of the most beautiful landscapes in the
world.
The three main islands may be reached by means of an efficient
public navigation service or by means of the characteristic
"taxi boats": the Isola Bella with its Borromeo Palace (XVII
century), surprises those arriving from the lake on account of its
majestic and almost unreal baroque setting. Its park, a
masterpiece of Italian style garden, is laid out on ten terraces
that degrade down to the lake, while, today, the palace houses a
picture gallery that may be visited from March to October.
The Isola Madre is a botanical garden on water, abounging in rare
plants, exotic flowers and free-roaming animals, thanks to the
favorable micro climate, create on the island the enchantment of a
tropical green house.
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