Lake Como: the surprising harmony of a unique landscape

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Today travel is to Lombardy and I suggest a hike truly suggestive and beautiful: let's go to Lake Como and relax in the enchanting garden of Villa d'Este!

The Lake Como is the third largest basin in northern Italy; it has three branches with a curious shape of inverted epsilon.

Ideally located in the center of the Alps, it is really appreciated by visitors from the North who see in it a glimpse of the Mediterranean among the mountains.

 

 A really surprising and fascinating landscape of innumerable shades: hues of blue and green waters, rocky peaks covered with snow or with forests, villages built of stone castled between lake and mountains, cities rich in history and culture.

If you like to enjoy an exciting and very charming walk, I suggest you visit the gardens of Villa d'Este: think that in the park surrounding the Villa there is one of the longest-running plane trees of Lombardy, 500+ years old!

The countless varieties of plants make it a real botanical garden: chestnut, magnolia, wisteria, laurels, agaves, palms, cypresses, pines, oaks and many other trees which are flanked by jasmine, azaleas, camellias, hydrangeas, oleanders, rhododendrons and also daffodils, pansies, geraniums. In short, a riot of colors and scents for a really surprising landscape and harmonious!

If you wish to enjoy a drink in total relax, I suggest you sit in the gazebo and contemplate the calm waters of the lake: a truly unique experience!

My personal experience was a day of poetry: the one of a place a bit magic in which sometimes you have to dip, a must-see destination during your holiday in the italian lakes.

Leisure with me, this my tourism!

Borromean Islands, Lake Maggiore (Italy)

 

Isola Bella, Borromean Islands (Lake Maggiore, Italy)

Hello my friends! Welcome in My Own Italy!
Today I'd like to introduce you to a real gem in Italy: I'm talking about the Borromean Islands, in the Lake Maggiore (in the North of Italy).

Borromean Islands

The three Borromean Islands in the heart of the Gulf opposite Stresa are uniquely picturesque and eternally fascinating.

I visited the wonderful villa of Borromeo family and I was really abducted, captured by such elegance and richness!!

Borromean Villa @ Isola Bella

In 1632, Count Vitaliano Borromeo began the construction of the monumental Baroque palace and the majestic and scenic gardens, which have made the island famous and which to this day bear witness to the splendours of an era.

Tapestry Room

The Borromeo family home offers visitors an elegant and sumptuous setting, and it contains priceless works of art such as tapestries, furniture, statues, paintings, and stuccoes. It also has an unusual mosaic grotto, a cool and delightful place.  (Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore)

Outside the wonderful garden

Once you have visited the palace, there is access to the garden for a pleasant walk.....

View from the Palace with My Personal Touch!

The gardens form an extraordinary, flowered monument laid out over a series of ornate and overlapping terraces, a classic and inimitable example of seventeenth century "Italian garden". 

The Garden at Borromean Palace (Isola Bella)

The garden contains many rare and exotic plants, and the spectacular blossoming is planned to ensure that it is filled with colours and scents from March until October.

White Peacocks @ Isola Bella



You can also enjoy the beautiful white peacocks and their incredible wheel: absolutely beautiful!

I'm sure will be a fantastic journey across History and typical Italian landscape .



My sons and I @ Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore

Enjoy a unique day on Lake Maggiore!!
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