Fall in Love with Lake Maggiore on a Stay in Stresa
Nestled on the shores of the beautiful Lake Maggiore in Italy’s Alpine Piedmont region, Stresa is a wonderful place to spend a short summer break. But if you really want to see everything this region has to offer… you might need to stay a little longer.
From beautiful parks bursting with Alpine flora to 18th Century villas and ancient mountains, there is so much to see and do in this pretty Alpine town that you might find yourself coming back again and again.
More than just the beauty of its surroundings, the elegance of Stresa is highlighted in its refined Belle Époque architecture, particularly in the façades of the grand hotels and villas which line its waterfront.
In the 19th Century the Italian lakes were where the ‘great and good’ came to take in the mountain air, and Stresa still carries an air of grandeur from its bygone days.
Amongst the famous artists and writers who flocked here in its heyday was Ernest Hemingway, who convalesced here after the First World War. The lake obviously left a lasting impression on him, as he later set scenes in his novel A Farewell to Arms in the Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees in Stresa, in which a young American soldier recovers from his wounds.
