2. Lake Maggiore (or Verbano ) is at a height of 193 m and covers an area of 212 square km. Its western shore is in Piedmont, its eastern shore in Lombardy, and in the north it enters the Swiss canton of Ticino. Lake Maggiore is the most westerly of the three great prealpine lakes of Italy. It extends for about 70 km between Locarno and Arona. Lake Maggiore is 68 km long, with a breadth which varies from 3 to 5 km, except at the bay opening westward between Pallanza and Stresa, where this reaches 10 km.

3. Arona

4. Arona

5. Baveno

6. Baveno

7. Brissago

8. Brissago

10. Cannobio

11. Cannobio

12. Cannobio

16. Locarno

17. Locarno

18. Stresa

19. Stresa

20. Stresa

21. Stresa

22. Stresa

23. Stresa – Villa Pal l avicino

24. Stresa - Hotel

25. Stresa

26. Pallanz a – Villa Tara n to

27. Pallanz a – Villa Tara n to

28. Monastery of Santa Caterina del Sasso

29. Monastery of Santa Caterina del Sasso

32. Images and text: Internet Music: Luciano Pavarotti “Caruso” Adriana Ronco