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The Borromean Islands: Isola Bella, Isola Pescatori and Isola Madre
The Gulf is the perfect setting for Isola Bella, Isola Madre and Isola Pescatori, whose natural beauty has been embellished by human artifice.
The most famous of the islands, Isola Bella, is crowned by the princely Borromeo Palace with its formal Italian-style gardens laid out on ten terraces. The Baroque palace contains a wealth of artefacts: original furnishings, gold and silk Flemish tapestries, period weapons, sculptures, paintings and frescoes from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Isola Pescatori, the most picturesque of the islands, owes its name (“Fishermen’s Island”) to the activity of its inhabitants. Its great charm lies in the simplicity of its old houses and narrow cobbled lanes. Visitors are attracted by the island’s little craft shops and its renowned restaurants offering specialities based on fish from the lake.
Isola Madre, in the middle of the bay, has a splendid Renaissance palace surrounded by one of the oldest and most important gardens in Italy. The mild climate of the island has in the course of centuries produced a marvellous botanic garden with subtropical plants, rare and unique species of camellia, azalea and rhododendron.
