ATL - Distretto Turistico dei Laghi
Piedmont too has its “lake district”, but unlike the one made famous by the poets of Victorian England, it is crowned by the mountains of the Verbano, Cusio, Ossola. The magnificent villas that look out onto Lake Maggiore are made more precious by some of the world’s most beautiful parks and gardens, which benefit from the very particular microclimate. As well as boat trips to the Borromeo islands, the Lake gives visitors the chance to enjoy tours of the many parks where, depending on the season, flower lovers can admire the fabulous displays of azaleas, camellias and rhododendrons; Villa Taranto organises some important flower shows. But the district is also rich in history and art and has recognised the importance of traditional trades: these can be discovered on visits to the museum of hat-making, the umbrella museum and the chimneysweep’s museum.
Information
Corso Italia, 18 - 28838 Stresa (Vb)
Tel. +39.0323.30416 - Fax: +39.0323.934335
E-mail: infoturismo@distrettolaghi.it
www.distrettolaghi.it
Via Panoramica - 28016 Orta San Giulio (No)
Tel. +39.0322.905163 - Fax: +39.0322.905273
E-mail: inforta@distrettolaghi.it
Regione Nostre, 4 - 28845 Domodossola (Vb)
Tel. +39.0324.482541 - Fax: +39.0324.227277
E-mail: infossola@distrettolaghi.it
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Places
Villa Taranto Botanical Gardens
Villa Taranto and its gardens, which look out over Lago Maggiore, have a vast botanical trove that includes about 1,000 plants, which until today had never been cultivated in Italy, and about 20,000 varieties and species of particular botanical importance.
Castello di Mazzè
In the ancient underground parts of the medieval castle is the Museo della Tortura (Museum of Torture): tools and methods from the Holy Inquisition. The building is surrounded by a large park with a scenic view looking out over the Canavese.
Filatoio Rosso di Caraglio
The Filatoio (Spinning Mill), built between 1676 and 1678, is an extraordinary example of 17th century Piemonte “industrial architecture”. Today, completely restored, it houses the Museo Regionale della Seta (Regional Silk Museum), as well as contemporary art shows.
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People
Enrico Ruggeri
“The city’s centre looks the same as it did at the beginning of the 20th century; I am always reminded of an old advertisement with Ernesto Calindri e Franco Volpi that takes place in a café in the heart of Torino. Its slogan impressed me as a child: Fino dai tempi dei Garibaldini, China Martini (China Martini…. since the time of Garibaldi’s patriots.) This is also the first city in which I performed in front of a large crowd of paying guests. It was 1984 and we were playing at the Pellerina park for the Punti Verdi series of outdoor concerts.”
Achille Bonito Oliva
“There is a touch of eroticism in a city (Torino) that appears to be dominated by an urban geometric shape tied to French style of road-building, that has always hidden its fire under the ashes, in a collective unconscious that smoulders and emerges every so often.”
Paolo Poli
“Torino is a capital, beautiful but with a background that is a bit gloomy: the legacy of the horrible Savoy dynasty, so far away from that of the French rulers.”
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