Lakes
Whispering the words ‘Italian lakes’ evokes a reminder of romance and beauty, artists sketching luxuriant scenery, and snow capped peaks, forming a backdrop to verdant slopes merging with glistening blue waters. Imagine pretty villages and bustling little towns swathed with a thousand varieties of azaleas, rhododendrons and camellias spilling over the banks, cypress shaded villas and imperial hotels, dotted along the lakeside.
Santa Caterina del Sasso, clinging to a sheer rock face above the waters of Lake Maggiore, is one of the most picturesque churches in Italy. Enjoy Verona’s famous Roman Arena and San Giorgio in Braida, with its lovely domed Renaissance church housing beautiful frescoes by Veronese and Tintoretto.
The marble cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore can be found in Como. Villa Carlotta on Lake Como houses fantastic artistic treasures, among which are Cupid and Venus by Antonio Canova.
Lake Orta green waters run still and quite, and in the centre they hold a magical isle, illuminated on summer nights like a golden fairytale castle. A mere seven miles long, Orta is a lake very easy to explore. Nietzsche, who never fell in love, did so on its soft green shores.
Lake Iseo is the fifth lake in size but the first in charm, well endowed with what it takes to achieve a fantastic holiday.
