Verbania, Italy Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Half-way up the lake is PALLANZA , which along with the industrial quarters of Suna and Intra makes up the town of VERBANIA , whose name recalls Verbanum – the name used by the Romans for the whole, verbena-shored lake. Verbania's winter climate is the mildest on the lake, which enabled a retired Scottish soldier, Captain Neil McEachern, to create in the Thirties the most botanically prestigious garden of all the lakes, at the Villa Táranto . The grounds (April–Oct daily 8.30am–7.30pm; last admission 6.30pm; 7) contain 20,000 species of plant – including giant Amazonian … more »