Here's what you need to know before planning a trip to Lake Maggiore, including the best hotels, things to do, and more.

Tourists armed with selfie sticks outside glittering mansions. Queues winding outside Instagram-famous restaurants. Impatient waiters shouting orders. Relentless noise. This is the mayhem I expected ...

Just 90 minutes from Lake Como, this stunning lake is cheaper, quieter and less crowded than its more popular sibling. Lake ...

My extended family—husband and kids, aunt and uncle, and 24-year-old cousin and her partner—met up for a multi-generational summer vacation to Italy’s Lake Maggiore. Our youngest member was ...