PARCO DEL MOTTARONE

Mottarone's summit, at an altitude of 1491 metres, can be reached by car or cable car from Stresa.
The 9 km panoramic road, "La Borromea", that leads up to this splendid natural spectacle offers the observer remarkable scenery along the way that includes green meadows, sparkling streams and luxuriant woods, not to mention unforgettable sweeping views over Lake Maggiore and, off into the distance, the Padana Plains and the peaks of the Italian and Swiss Alps.
The Borromeo family began to take an interest, which continued until 1892, in Mottarone beginning in 1623 when Vitiliano Borromeo had the agricultural-forestal road, planned by Pier Maria Vallenzasca, constructed. Today this road is used by skiers and mountain lovers who choose it as an alternative to the cable car that replaced the old railway, since dismantled.