Insight Guides Italian Lakes (Travel Guide eBook)

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Insight Guides Italian Lakes

Travel made easy. Ask local experts. 
Comprehensive travel guide packed with inspirational photography and fascinating cultural insights.

From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this guide to the Italian Lakes is all you need to plan your perfect trip, with insider information on must-see, top attractions like the magnificent shores of Lake Maggiore, the rooftops of fair Verona and olive groves of Lake Garda, and cultural gems like magical little Lake Orta, metropolitan Milan and a tour of the winelands of Valpolicella.

Features of this travel guide to the Italian Lakes:
- Inspirational colour photography: discover the best destinations, sights and excursions, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Historical and cultural insights: immerse yourself in Italy's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
- Practical full-colour maps: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Editor's Choice: uncover the best of the Italian Lakes with our pick of the region's top destinations
- Key tips and essential information: packed full of important travel information, from transport and tipping to etiquette and hours of operation
- Covers: Verona; Lake Garda; Brescia; Lake Iseo; Franciacorta and Val Camonica; Bergamo; Lake Como; Lugano; Varese; Lake Maggiore; Lake Orta; Milan

Looking for a specific guide to Italy? Check out Insight Guides Italian Lakes for a detailed and entertaining look at all the city has to offer.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Travel
• Italy
• My Last Duchess
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781839052361
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Italian Lakes, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Italian Lakes. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Italian Lakes are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Italian Lakes. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

© 2020 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd




Table of Contents
Italian Lakes’s Top 10 Attractions
Editor’s Choice
Introduction: A Glorious Location
The Modern Lakes
Decisive Dates
The Making of the Lakes
Art and Architecture
Wildlife of the Italian Alps
Insight: On the Piste
Celebrity Playground
Insight: The Grand Hotels
A Taste of the Lakes
Introduction: Places
Verona
Introduction: Lake Garda
Eastern Lake Garda
Insight: Time for the Kids
Western Lake Garda
Insight: Lake Garda on the Water
Northern Lake Garda and Trentino
Brescia
Insight: Spa Heaven
Lake Iseo, Franciacorta and Val Camonica
Bergamo
Lake Como
Insight: Como Boat Tour
Lugano
Varese
Lake Maggiore
Insight: Lake Maggiore Express
Insight: Gardener’s Glory
Lake Orta
Milan
Insight: Milan Style – The Little Black Book
Travel Tips: Transport
Travel Tips: A–Z
Travel Tips: Language
Travel Tips: Further Reading


Italian Lakes’s Top 10 Attractions



Top Attraction 1



Castles. Armies of crenellated castles march down the valleys of Trentino, protecting the ancient boundaries between Austria and Venice. Arco, near Lake Garda, is one of the most dramatic. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 2



Bellagio. Tree-lined walkways and grand hotels line Bellagio’s waterfront on Lake Como, an imposing sight best viewed from the deck of a private yacht. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 3



Milan’s shopping district. Whether it’s black-sequinned underpants or a diamond-encrusted watch, the place to spend your money is in the aptly named Quadrilatero d’Oro (Golden Square), a network of narrow streets from Via della Spiga to Piazza Duomo filled with high fashion from the fabulous to the ridiculous. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 4



Wines. Choose your tipple from a rich red Bardolino or Valpolicella, a smooth Soave, light-headed Trentino or bubbly Franciacorta. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 5



Isola Bella. Sculpted to look like a ship, named after a countess and planted with towering terraces, there is nothing natural about Isola Bella, but it is still a magnificent island garden. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 6



Parco dell’Adamello. Spanning the border between Brescia and Trentino, this is a haven of wildlife, from edelweiss and chamois to bears and golden eagles. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 7



Il Vittoriale. The warrior poet and Fascist supporter Gabriele D’Annunzio was an Italian hero − and probably barking mad. The fantasy villa he built for himself on Lake Garda is a place of strong emotion and strange decor. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 8



Verona’s Arena Festival. Where lions once roared, sopranos now soar as grand opera fills the ancient Roman arena. Unmissable, spectacular and with glorious music in one of Italy’s most imposing monuments – a perfect package. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 9



Orta San Giulio. A legendary island, brightly painted fishing boats, and frescoes painted on the walls of a medieval piazza, make this village on the shores of little Lake Orta almost impossibly romantic. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 10



Riva del Garda. A stunning setting, graced by a castle, a Venetian fortress and the impressive cliffs of Monte Rocchetta. Nearby, visit the Grotta Cascate Varone, a waterfall cascading through a canyon. For more information, click here .
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Editor’s Choice



Where to See

Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo’s faded masterpiece, The Last Supper , at the Church and Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, is one of Italy’s most visited sights. For more information, click here .
Giuseppe Verdi . The great composer lived and worked for most of his adult life in Milan, premiering all his great operas at La Scala. For more information, click here .
Gaetano Donizetti . Born in Bergamo and a prolific operatic composer, Donizetti worked all over Europe before returning to his home town to die. For more information, click here .
Romeo and Juliet . They may be fictional, but they supposedly lived and died in Verona. Both the famous lovers have houses and Juliet has a tomb, carefully chosen by the tourist office. For more information, click here .
George Clooney . Gorgeous George owns the Villa Oleandra at Laglio on Lake Como and is a regular visitor, along with many A-list pals. For more information, click here .
The Versaces . Gianni Versace chose to be buried at his beloved Villa Le Fontanelle at Moltrasio on Lake Como. The family are still regular visitors. For more information, click here .
Hermann Hesse . The Nobel prize-winning writer and painter lived in tower rooms in Montagnola near Lugano from 1919 to 1931. They are now a museum to his life and works. For more information, click here .


Sacred Sights

The Sacro Monte . Now a Unesco World Heritage site, these sacred mountains in Orta (for more information, click here ), Varese (for more information, click here ), Ghiffa, Lake Maggiore (for more information, click here ) and Ossuccio, Lake Como (for more information, click here ) form a glorious procession of chapels leading pilgrims to hilltop churches.
Santa Caterina del Sasso , Maggiore. Getting to this cliffside hermitage requires strong knees, with a choice of 80 steps up or 267 steps down. For more information, click here .
Milan Duomo . A fabulous Gothic confection of a cathedral where you can dance among the gargoyles. For more information, click here .
San Tomé , Bergamo. An enchanting medieval round chapel in the woods. For more information, click here .



Sacro Monte, Varese.
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Family Favourites

Go for a ride. Head to Gardaland, Italy’s largest theme park. For more information, click here .
Make a splash. Choose a waterpark near Lake Garda or Milan. For more information, click here .
Go on safari. Parco Natura Viva is one of Europe’s best animal parks – complete with dinosaurs! For more information, click here .
Get wet. Take a towel and head down to the lake for a swim. Choose from hundreds of kilometres of shoreline and hundreds of lakes.
Go fast. Hire a speed-boat by the hour or day o