Camellia Festival at Lake Maggiore

The Camellia Festival in Locarno is the most important European exhibition of its kind, second only to the festivals hosted in Japan, which is the cradle of this wonderful flower.

The Lake Maggiore area is at the forefront of specialized camellia growing in Europe, boasting hundreds of plant varieties and a wide selection of colours, sizes and types of flower.

The Camellia Show takes place every year in spring and displays the rarest and most beautiful species of this flower, that has always decorated the shores of the lake.

Primopiano Viaggi proposes

Day 1 – Lake Maggiore

Arrival of the group in the late afternoon in the region of Lake Maggiore. Accomodation at the hotel, dinner and overnight.

Day 2 – Camellia Festival

Breakfast at the hotel. Meeting with the guide and departure to Locarno, to attend the Camellia Festival. The park offers 850 classified varieties of camellias, including some forty species and ten fragrant hybrids, not to mention 70 camellias yet to be identified and 130 species planted south of the park which form a separation hedge and are mainly used to provide cut flowers for the annual exhibition. The flower beds of the Camellia’s Park form a sort of labyrinth in which the visitor can walk among the beauties of nature, the singing of birds and the restful sound of the waves of the lake. Return to Verbania for lunch in a restaurant. In the afternoon visit to the Camellia Exhibition in Verbania, to admire the over three hundred varieties of spring flowering camellias from local nurseries. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 3 – The Borromean Islands and Hermitage of Santa Caterina

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to Stresa. Boarding for the Borromean Islands excursion.

First stop will be Isola Bella, to visit its Borromeo Palace, with its huge lounges and bedrooms on the the bel étage, the grottos covered with stones and shells and the garden with its varieties of exotic plants; Isola dei Pescatori (Fishermen’s Island) or Upper Island, with its charming narrow streets and the small typical market where you can buy local handicrafts.

Lunch at the restaurant. In the afternoon continuation by boat to the hermitage of Santa Caterina, proclaimed a National Monument in 1914.

The convent is dug into the rock at a height of 18 meters overlooking the lake (80 steps). Return to Stresa in the late afternoon. Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Day 4 – Return to your area

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure of the group and end of our services.

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