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                    The Graceful
                    Italian Lakes 2







        Writers from Goethe to Hemingway have lavished praise on the
        Italian lakes, dramatically ringed by snow-powdered mountains
        and garlanded by grand villas and exotic, tropical flora.

         TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
                                                     5–7 DAYS
      36 km                                 132 km   213KM / 132 MILES
       Cannobio                           Bellagio
       The prettiest medieval       Bounded by classic
       hamlet on Lake                gardens brimming   GREAT FOR…
       Maggiore                        with camellias
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     Baveno  Laveno                                   the camellias are in
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                                                      I   PHOTO
                                            m K       gardens of Palazzo
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                                           Bergamo    The cascading
                                                      Borromeo.
                                                     K    BEST FOR
                                                          GLAMOUR
       Stresa                                        Touring Bellagio’s
       A perfect setting for   Como                  headland in a
       sunsets over the      Silk souvenirs and      mahogany cigarette
       Borromean palaces     lakeside swimming
                                                     boat.
      0 km                  113 km
    B Location Caption details to go hereellagio The gardens of Villa Melzi d’Eril on the banks of Lago di Como  43
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