Verbania

Verbania is a town of 29,825 inhabitants in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in Piedmont, Italy. It is the capital of its province.

The municipality covers 37.65 km², with a density of 792 inhabitants per km².

The nearest airport is Milan Malpensa (MXP), about 35 km away as the crow flies. Read our guide to the airport.

Gardens on Lake Maggiore

Verbania, on the western shore of Lake Maggiore, is a "garden city" made of the old towns of Intra and Pallanza, looking out to the Borromean Islands and the Alps.

What to see

The Villa Taranto botanical gardens are among the finest in Europe, with thousands of plants, lotus ponds and terraces in bloom from spring to autumn. Pallanza has a long lakefront promenade, the Landscape Museum in Palazzo Viani Dugnani and the little island of San Giovanni. In Intra, the Saturday market is one of the largest on the lake, and the Il Maggiore theatre shows modern architecture on the water.

Food

Lake fish, risotto with perch, Ossolano cheese and the mountain hams of Ossola.

Around Verbania

Boats to the Borromean Islands, Isola Bella and Isola Madre, Stresa with the cable car to the Mottarone, Orta San Giulio, the Val Grande National Park, the largest wilderness in the Alps, and the Cannobio waterfront. Milan Malpensa airport is about an hour away.

Verbania on the map

Nearby towns

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