Stresa

Stresa is a small town on the south side of the Borromean Bay, a western arm of Lake Maggiore in Piedmont, Northern Italy. The Borromean Islands are a group of three small islands, Isola Bella, Isola dei Pescatori and Isola Madre, and two islets in the Borromean Bay and together totalling just 20 ha in area.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Isola dei Pescatori and Isola Madre.

Isola dei Pescatori

Islet

Isola dei Pescatori

Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.

Isola dei Pescatori is an island in Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. As the most northerly of the three principal Borromean Islands it is also known as Isola Superiore and, with a population of 25 in 2018, it is the only one to be inhabited all year round.

Isola Madre

Islet

Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Isola Madre, at 220 m wide and 330 m long, is the largest island of the Isole Borromee archipelago is in the Italian part of Lake Maggiore in the Alps, in the Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baveno and Campino.

Baveno

Photo: Abxbay, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Baveno is a quaint town of 4,500 residents near Stresa on the shore of the Borromean Bay, a western arm of Lake Maggiore, in Piedmont, Italy.

Campino

Village

Photo: Francoerbi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Campino is a village.

Stresa

Type: Locality with 4,870 residents
Also known as: “103064”
Location: Verbania, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

45.8835° or 45° 53′ 1″ north

Longitude

8.5318° or 8° 31′ 55″ east

Population

4,870

Elevation

224 metres (735 feet)

Open location code

8FQCVGMJ+9P

GeoNames ID

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In Other Languages

“Stresa” goes by many names.

Italian: “Comune di Stresa”
Italian: “Stresa”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stazione di Stresa and Centro Internazionale di Studi Rosmiani.

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