The three lakes everyone loves to visit during their Italian Lakes Holidays are Lake Maggiore, Lake Garda, and Lake Como.
These three lakes are certainly the most popular tourist attractions, but that certainly doesn’t make them the best to visit! The following lakes are also attractive and worth checking out, but I would recommend going only after you have visited the first main three. This isn’t because I believe the first three are better in any way, but mostly because if you are a first time visitor, it doesn’t make much sense to skip the most famous attractions of the area. That being said, here are some other great Ialian Lakes to visit.
Lake Lugano is located between Switzerland and Italy and is named after the city Lugano. More of the lake is actually in Switzerland than in Italy. However, if you are in the area, why not make Switzerland another stop on your vacation tour? Lake Lugano is very famous for the cherry trees that line the shore there. There is also an abundance of fish in the lake, and fishing is allowed in almost all areas of the lake. When you are fishing in a lake of this size, it can feel very much like sea fishing.
Another famous lake is Lake Iseo, which is located between Lake Como and Lake Garda. It is a in a region of heavy industry, yet it retains that outsanding natural beauty that attracts tourists year after year. It also has the largest island of any of the lakes of Southern Europe, the island Monte Isola.
Isola di Loreto of Lake Iseo
Another famous lake of the smaller Italian Lakes is Lake Trasimeno. This lake is very famous for the olives that grow on the hills surrounding the lake. There are also many vineyards and fruit/vegetable fields in the surrounding regions.
Lake Idro is a lake surrounded by beautiful wooded mountains, and is another popular tourist spot. Unfortunately, the lake is currently suffering of severe eutrophication problems, and is at the center of conflicts between environmental, agricultural, and electrical interest groups. In spite of this, it remains a popular tourist destination and is undeniably beautiful. Hopefully the environmental groups come out on top in this drawn out battle!
So while the first three lakes are extremely important to visit, once you have checked them off your list, go explore some of the other hidden gems Italy has to offer. The great thing about Italian Lakes Holidays is that they never have to be the same trip twice! There truly is a lot to explore, and you would be doing yourself a disservice to only visit the most popular Italian lakes.
Lake Trasimeno
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