B&B Casabella is on Lake Maggiore in Lesa, in a quiet residential area 150 meters from the lake.
Casabella is at the center of remarkable natural beauty and places of great historical and cultural attraction. In less than an hour it can be reached from Milan to Switzerland and just over an
hour from Turin. About 15 minutes by car from Casabella, here are the following attractions:
- Stresa and the Borromeo Gulf with its islands: Isola Madre, Isola Bella, and Isola dei Pescatori
- Stresa Festival venue international classic&jazz
- The Mottarone (1,400 m) with its woods, refuges and views of the surrounding lakes, the winter ski resorts.
- Arona, the Rocca and the Colosso di S. Carlo, its lively evening and night life (in 10 minutes by boat you can reach Angera and the Rocca Borromea)
- Internationally renowned golf courses of extraordinary beauty and quality, such as Il Des Iles Borromées and Alpino
In about 45-60 minutes you can reach:
- Lake Orta (Sacro Monte di Orta) and San Giulio Island
- The nature reserves of Alpe Veglia and Devero, with their Walser settlements
- The integral natural reserve of Val Grande
- The Terme di Premia
- The monastery of S. Caterina del Sasso (on the Lombard coast of the lake, reachable by boat from Stresa)
- Between the Ossola valleys, the Formazza valley, Vigezzo valley and the Toce waterfalls
- Domodossola and the Sacro Monte Calvario
- The Sacri Monti (Varese, Ghiffa, Varallo, Domodossola)
- The area of Varese, with Campo dei Fiori and contemporary art collections at the Villa Panza di Biumo
- Biella and Cittadellarte by Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Novara
Shopping:
- Clothing and home: “Outlet Vicolungo”, 30 minutes from Casabella-Lago Maggiore
- Clothing: “HERNO Outlet”, 100 meters from Casabella-Lago Maggiore
- Home: “Outlet Alessi”, near Omegna, 25 minutes from Casabella-Lago Maggiore
- Generic: shops in Corso di Arona (via Cavour)
- Generic: shops around the Piazzetta of Stresa
We racommend these Restaurants
- “Il Camino” in Lesa (road to Comnago), 3 minutes by car from Casabella-Lago Maggiore (beautiful view of the lake)
- "Battipalo" in Lesa (imbarcadero), 2 minutes by car from Casabella-Lago Maggiore (Gourmet cuisine)
- "La Riva", also a pizzeria, in Lesa (imbarcadero), 2 minutes by car from Casabella-Lago Maggiore (also outdoors in front of the lake)
- "La bruma sul lago", in Belgirate, a 3-minute drive from Casabella-Lago Maggiore (outdoors in front of the lake)
- "The old school", in Lesa-Solcio, 2 minutes by car from Casabella-Lago Maggiore (lake fish)
- "Borgo San Giovanni" in Lesa (Sempione state road), 1 minute by car from Casabella-Lago Maggiore
- “Il Campeggio”, also a pizzeria, in Lesa-Solcio, 2 minutes by car from Casabella-Lago Maggiore (very fresh fish)
- “Aldo”, also pizzeria”, in Arona, 8 minutes by car from Casabella-Lago Maggiore
- "Milan", in Pallanza, 25 minutes by car from Casabella-Lago Maggiore (Gourmet cuisine)
- “Fiordilatte” pizzeria, Feriolo di Baveno, 20 minutes by car from Casabella-Lago Maggiore (among the best pizzas in Italy)
- “La Rampolina”, in Campino, 20 minutes by car from Casabella-Lago Maggiore (dizzying v iew of the islands)