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Morning
Be at the Stresa ferry dock by 10am and buy a day pass for island hopping as well as admission tickets for the Isole Borromee sights.
Ride to Isola Bella first to spend two hours exploring the collections of the Borromeo Palace and the intricate gardens above it. Then catch the 12:25pm ferry for the short hop to the Isola Superiore, where you can settle into a lakeside table on Verbano’s terrace for lunch with a view (book ahead of time (see Verbano, Isola Superiore (Isola dei Pescatori)).
Mid-Afternoon
Wander the tourist/fishing village after lunch before continuing on the boat to Isola Madre.
The Borromeo Villa on Madre takes only a half hour to wander, but the vast botanical gardens surrounding it are a delight, thick with exotic flora and populated by colourful exotic birds. The multi-lingual map handed out explains many of the rare specimens and is remarkably informative too.
Try to catch a return ferry that stops on the mainland at Lido/Funivia for Montarrone – one stop before Stresa proper. Get off here and stroll along the little-used waterfront promenade for the final 20-minute walk back to downtown Stresa. You will be rewarded with a lovely late-afternoon view of the islands on your left, and romantically crumbling, abandoned villas on your right.
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