Tag: Italy

  • Lake Maggiore – What to do and where to stay.

    Lake Maggiore – What to do and where to stay.

    I’m a big fan of the Italian lakes and I’m just back from a visit to Lake Maggiore and have previously visited Lake Garda and Lake Como. Lake Maggiore is in the northern Italian region of Piedmont and I arrived into Stresa, on the west coast of Lake Maggiore, by train from Milan, which took…

  • Tirano Italy. Start of the Bernina Express Rail Journey.

    We arrived in the busy Italian town of Tirano in northern Italy by train from Menaggio on Lake Como. Tirano is actually on the Swiss/Italian border and it is the start of one of the most amazing train journeys in the world. The Bernina Express starts from Tirano and travels through the streets of the…