Parking at the Stresa ferry dock is pretty easy (there was ... it was still beautiful to be out on the lake. The trip is ...

Hotel is not near any major cities or tourist sights Set about 55 miles northwest of Milan, the Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees is situated in the Italian countryside of Stresa near Lake Maggiore.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Catherine Sabino is an editor and author who writes about travel. A view of Lake Maggiore from Isola Bella, one of the famous Borromean ...