Villa Panza and its park
Contemporary light installations in eighteenth-century rooms.
Why only here
Seven lakes in one province, and a cobbled sacred way climbing past fourteen baroque chapels to a village in the sky. Varese is Lombardy at its most unhurried.
- Best season
- SpringSummerAutumn
- Suggested stay
- 2 days
- Capital
- Varese · 45.821, 8.825
Highlights
Sacro Monte di Varese
UNESCO: fourteen chapels on a two-kilometre climb.
Lake Maggiore east shore
Ferries, islands and lakeside gardens.
Santa Caterina del Sasso
A monastery glued to a cliff above the water.
Villa Panza
A patrician villa filled with American light art.
For you
Two ideas for every way of travelling
Santa Caterina by boat
Arrive from the water, climb the lift, stay for the silence.
Where it is
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