This is Italy at its most extravagant.” Ride the Lago Maggiore Express to Switzerland and back. The Italian-Swiss border is a novelty of Lake Maggiore, and this boat and narrow-gauge rail experience ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scientists have uncovered hidden structures underneath an Italian castle that they believe could be underground passageways which were based on a sketch made by Leonardo da Vinci in 1495 ...