. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol : handbook for travellers . M | i M. Maggiore. STRESA. VII. Route 110. 501 Baveno (pop. 750), which affords a fine view of the lake, is welladapted for a stay, especially in summer. Many fine villas are scat-tered over the wooded mountain-slope between Baveno and Stresa. The most charming feature of this W. bay of the lake consistsof the *Borromean Islands, the scenery around which rivals that ofthe Lake of Como in grandeur. Only a few of the steamers touchat the Isola Superiore or Isola dei Pescatori (Ristorante Belvedere,pen
. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol : handbook for travellers . M | i M. Maggiore. STRESA. VII. Route 110. 501 Baveno (pop. 750), which affords a fine view of the lake, is welladapted for a stay, especially in summer. Many fine villas are scat-tered over the wooded mountain-slope between Baveno and Stresa. The most charming feature of this W. bay of the lake consistsof the *Borromean Islands, the scenery around which rivals that ofthe Lake of Como in grandeur. Only a few of the steamers touchat the Isola Superiore or Isola dei Pescatori (Ristorante Belvedere,pens. 6 fr., well spoken of), which is almost entirely occupied bya fishing hamlet, but all of them stop at the — *Isola Bella (Hot. du Dauphin or , R. 3, B. li/4, dej. 3,1). 4, pens. 7 fr.), the most famous of the group, which was formerlya barren rock with a church and a handful of cottages, until CountVitaliano Borromeo (d. 1690) converted it into a summer-residenceby the erection of a chateau and the laying out of a garden. Thehuge but unfinished Ch&teau contains handsome saloons, a h
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