Baveno is a quaint town of 4,500 residents near Stresa on the shore of the Borromean Bay, a western arm of Lake Maggiore, in Piedmont, Italy.

View of Baveno and the mountains beyond, from Isola dei Pescatori in Lake Maggiore

Get around

Navigazione Laghi provides ferry services to the Borromean Islands (Isola Bella, Isola dei Pescatori and Isola Madre). There are also water taxis – these are particularly useful after ferry hours, for example, if going or returning from dinner at a restaurant on Isola dei Pescatori or Isola Bella.

See

Chiesa di SS Gervasio e Protasio (right) and Baptistery (Battistero, left)

• Borromean Islands. See the Stresa article for details.

Eat

• Il Portico, Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 37 (opposite Grand Hotel Dino), ☏ +39 0323 912633. Good quality pizza, pasta and meat dishes for reasonably low prices. Very friendly and efficient staff. 

Sleep

• Grand Hotel Dino, Corso Garibaldi, 20, ☏ +39 0323 922201, info@grandhoteldino.com. Picturesque location, beautiful facilities and comfortable rooms, complete with lavish interiors and décor. €120+. 

Go next

• Stresa – town nearby to the southeast
• Verbania – city to the northeast across the Borromean Bay