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BEACH HOLIDAYS
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Villa Ermelinda is located in lake Maggiore overlooking the Borromean Gulf. The magnificent view of the lake and the evergreen surroundings make this holiday rental the best place for relaxation combined with unique privacy. The property offers luxury and comfort with multiple amenities such as a private pool, indoor jacuzzi, massage room, and games room. An ideal spacious vacation rental for families or groups of friends.
Villa Ermelinda is located in lake Maggiore overlooking the Borromean Gulf. The magnificent view of the lake and the evergreen surroundings make this holiday rental the best place for relaxation combined with unique privacy. The property offers luxury and comfort with multiple amenities such as a private pool, indoor jacuzzi, massage room, and games room. An ideal spacious vacation rental for families or groups of friends.
Villa Ermelinda is a spacious luxury retreat divided into three floors and has the typical structure of the mansions from the '40s. What makes it unique are the carefully renovated big windows that, dominating all the rooms, allowing you to enjoy a breathtaking view of the Lake. The Villa is furnished following a sober, elegant, and refined style, with notes of vintage, and all the rooms, are embellished with oil paintings and watercolors made by a local artist.
Villa Ermelinda, originally “Villa Braschi”, used to have the name of the famous family of lawyers that built it during the '40s. In the beginning, the mansion had much similar structure to the present one, it was laid out on three floors: the upper floor housed the bedrooms, the ground floor was the one with the kitchen, the main living room, and the lawyer's study, while in the basement was used as cellar and recreation area. The property was not fenced and used to be a whole with the pine forest and the surrounding areas, not yet developed at the time. The wide part of the Villa was an area of important environmental value, so much to be included in the Baveno town plan as a green area of particular interest. Still today its centuries-old trees, among which an impressive specimen of pendulous beech stands out, and the important width of the property make it one of the most prestigious parks of Lake Maggiore.
Lake Maggiore is one of the three most picturesque Italian lakes and a true jewel, believed to be the largest of the pre-Alpine lakes, hence the name "Maggiore" which means largest. It is of glacial origin and its banks are spread over Lombardy, Piedmont and Switzerland. Lake Maggiore has enchanted plenty of Italian and foreign artists who have stayed here, surrounded by mountains and hills that shelter it from the cold northern winds. Including Ticino River among its tributaries, it gains also in historical character since this is a historic water route connecting the Po Valley to Central Europe.
Lake Maggiore is in a prime location, allowing the guests not only to explore the lake environment but also to reach some of the most prestigious areas and Italian cities such as Milan in less than an hour or the famous Lake Como. The Italian wine enthusiasts can reach in less than two hours the exquisite vinicultural farms over the Langhe and the Monferrato hills or alternatively the wineries in the Franciacorta region. For those who don’t mind a trip with a high-speed train, cities such as Venice, Florence, Verona, Bologna or Turin, whose beauty and charm are globally acknowledged are not that far.
Beautiful villas and imposing fortresses and castles are located around the lake and its 11 surrounding islands, whose history and culture enriches the impeccable charm of the lake: the Castello Visconteo of Locarno, the Rocca of Arona and the Rocca Borromea Angera which now houses a doll's museum. Palazzo Borromeo on Isola Madre and Isola Bella, the eighteenth-century Villa Ponti in Arona and Villa Treves in Belgirate, which hosted Gabriele D'Annunzio and Giovanni Verga among its guests, are just some of the very interesting villas.
Lake Maggiore will satisfy the most demanding nature lovers with its stunning botanical gardens, including Villa Taranto with more than a thousand plants, Alpinia extending over 40,000 square meters, the Camelia Park in the Locarno and numerous others. There are also many nature reserves such as the National Park of Val Grande and the Natural Park of the Ticino Valley, a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
Lake Maggiore is also a natural paradise for sports lovers. In the surrounding areas of the lake, you can practice sports such as hiking, biking, golf, and horseback riding, immersed in natural landscapes of rare beauty. The lake waters are ideal for sailing, canoeing, yachting, water skiing and scuba diving activities.
The birthplace of the Roman Empire and Renaissance, Italy, showcases many of the world’s greatest artworks, architectural buildings and over the top gastronomical proposals. This is the country where the word “style” expresses the whole nation. Italy has more Unesco World Heritage cultural sites than any other country; among them are Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Primavera, Michelangelo’s David and Sistine Chapel and da Vinci’s The Last Supper.
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