A Baroque palace of the Borromeo family on Isola Bella in Lake Maggiore, reached by boat from Stresa. Inside are frescoed rooms with paintings, tapestries and period furniture, plus pebble-lined grottoes below; outside, terraced Italian gardens with statues and white peacocks.
Highlights
- Shell and pebble grottoes
- Terraced Italian gardens
- White peacocks
Good to know
- Boat from Stresa needed to reach island
- Fixed one-way route through crowded rooms
- Many steps inside and outside
