Tourists armed with selfie sticks outside glittering mansions. Queues winding outside Instagram-famous restaurants. Impatient waiters shouting orders. Relentless noise. This is the mayhem I expected ...
Once host to the Romans and the Venetians, today this incredibly picturesque lake, just south of the Italian Dolomites ... a preserved castle right out of a storybook, the Scaligero Castle ...
This is Italy at its most extravagant.” Ride the Lago Maggiore Express to Switzerland and back. The Italian-Swiss border is a ...
Metro’s top tip: Leave enough time for the Italian gardens that surround the palace and overlook Lake Maggiore ... Legends also claim that the castle is haunted by the ghost of Barbara Visconti ...