One day in Borromean Islands from Milan

From Milano you donÕt need a car to take this day trip to one of the most beautiful corner of the Italian Lakes: the Isole Borromee on the Lake Maggiore, you just hop on a train of the ÒTreNordÓ train company, and in a short time you are in a magic place of lakes, gardens and palace. This itinerary starts from the Lombard side of Lake Maggiore, crosses over with ferry and boats to the Piedmont side, and ends in Stresa. The return is from Piedmont to Milan on the Simplon train line. The entire boat trip takes 55 minutes. You can get off the boat in any of the intermediate stops and take a later boat: there are around two each hour. For however fanciful and fantastic the Isola Bella may be, and is, it still is beautiful.Ó (C. Dickens, 1844) This is a guide to the Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore.