A private tour around Lake Orta and its mounts from Lake Maggiore

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A private tour around Lake Orta and its mounts from Lake Maggiore

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6h
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Overview

Lake Orta is a small, quite unknown pearl, lying a few kilometres westwards of lake Maggiore. Its chief town, Orta San Giulio and the close by isle of San Giulio create a unique, charming “lounge” on the lake coastline. This private tour will lead you to discover the atmospheres, the fascinating alleys and the view points of these sites, connected by a short and pleasant boat cruise. Later, you will have the chance to enjoy an astonishing view of the lake from the heights of the Holy Mount of Orta, a magnificent sanctuary reachable through an ascending path dotted of gorgeous baroque chapels. The site is a UNESCO heritage and you will surely understand why.

Activity location

Orta San Giulio
- Orta San Giulio, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

Piazza Marconi, 16
- 16 Piazza Marconi
- 28838, Stresa, Piemonte, Italy

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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What's included, what's not

Private transport
Qualified private guide
Tickets for a public taxi-boat
Service charge
Lunch

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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Activity itinerary

Stresa (Pass by)

This small town, standing on the Western coast of Lake Maggiore in the so-called Borromea Gulf, is one of the most visited touristic sites of entire Piemonte. Its territory includes three of the four Borromean Islands: Isola Bella, Isola Madre and Isola Superiora, also named Isola dei Pescatori. The first recorded file about the town is dated 998, but even in the Roman age, the way leading from Milan to the Sempione pass ran by this site.

Orta San Giulio

Also simply known as Orta, it is part of the club of the most charming villages in Italy. From the Medieval age to the 18th century, Orta was the chief town of an independent association of cities called "Comunità della Riviera", well defended by the natural configuration of the site. The town centre is characterised by narrow alleys, mostly converging into the beautiful Piazza Motta, seat of the City Hall and overlooking the lake.

San Giulio Island

The isle is the only one in the lake of Orta and belongs to the municipality of Orta San Giulio. Probably inhabited since the Iron age, the isle has been considered a strategic site since the 6th century and thus surrounded by defensive walls. After having been a stage for the rivalry between the Sacred Roman Empire and the Lombard kingdom in the 10th century, the whole lake district was ceased to the bishops of Novara, who reconstructed on the island the cathedral of San Giulio in a Romanesque style. In 1841, the medieval castle was demolished to make room to a Seminary, designed by architect Ferdinando Caronesi.

Sacro Monte di Orta

This Sacred Mount is the only one, among the others standing in Lombardy and Piedmont, dedicated to a saint, Francis. It was built between the 16th and the 18th century, thus showing traces of Mannerism, Baroque and later other, less specific styles. It is composed by twenty-one chapels, built along an ascending path, plus the church of San Francesco, a monumental door and a fountain. The church garden features an amazing look over the lake of Orta.

Location

Activity location

Orta San Giulio
- Orta San Giulio, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

Piazza Marconi, 16
- 16 Piazza Marconi
- 28838, Stresa, Piemonte, Italy
Visit Isole Borremee - Summer Boats Consorzio Motoscafisti
- 2 Piazza IV Novembre
- 28831, Baveno, Piemonte, Italy

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