One day trip to Mottarone on Lake Maggiore
You start from Stresa - Carciano on the Piedmont side of Lake
Maggiore. A cableway giving you the time to visit the Botanical garden as well as having lunch at
the intermediate station "Alpino", and then taking you to the summit of the
Mottarone mountain.
Monte Rosa from Mottarone
MOTTARONE
The Mottarone, situated between Lake Maggiore
and Lake d'Orta, is considered one of
the most beautiful natural balconies in the whole Piedmont and
Lombardy. The visitor's eye is struck by the summit of Monte Rosa
and by the seven lakes (Lake Maggiore, Lake d'Orta, Lake Mergozzo,
Lake Varese, Lake Comabbio, Lake Monate, Lake Biandronno) lying in a
natural basin. The
Cableway Stresa-Alpino-Mottarone leaves from Piazzale Lido, in the hamlet
of Caroiano di Stresa, .
It takes 20 minutes
to reach an altitude of 1.491 meters above the sea level
and brings 40 people per cage. For nature lovers, 300 meters from
the intermediate stop of the cableway in the hamlet Alpino there
is the Botanical Garden Alpinia extended for about 40.000
square meters, with over 800 different species and from which you
can enjoy an incredible view of Lake Maggiore and
over the Borromean Islands.
Stresa and Isole Borromee from Mottarone
You can also hire a private guide for all the trip, call
Myriam Gulla at 0331-958121 or mobile phone 347-7856903 to make
arrangements.
Other day trips from Stresa:
Borromee Islands on Lake Maggiore
Villa Taranto on Lake Maggiore
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