we stopped over this island having spent most of our day exploring the beautiful isola bella for a brief meal, it is small and easily covered in no time at all, the narrow little alleyways offer many little eateries to pass the time, however being small it can get very busy as boatloads of visitors arrive and depart on route elsewhere! still it ticks! another borromean island visited.It can be very uneven and not wheelchair friendly, in fact none of the borromeans are in my opinion.
It is worth stopping here between hitting Isola Bella and Isola Madre just to walk around and see the place. It doesn't take very long. Lots of restaurants, lots of souvenir shops. Imagine it without those and it will have a nicer feel. I would not invest much time in this island, but no reason not to make a quick stop.
This is a very nice, small island on the Lake Maggiore. It can be visited together with Isola Bella, by taking a taxi boat from Streza. The boats come every hour until 18.00 in the afternoon on Isola Bella . You can spend there from one to a couple of hours depending on what you want to do: sunbath, swim, eat, walk and just relax.
It is a very cute island, easy to visit and it was very nice seeing the fisherman preparing the nets and arranging their boats.
our second visit - last time lunch of one course and a drink cost us E50 so this time we came prepared with a picnic lunch from Carrefour in Stresa: its pleasant enough when the sun is out but you would be better using your time to visit Isola Bella and lunch in Stresa where there are some more reasonable options
This is part of the 3 islands visit. I recommend to skip it. It's only restaurants and shops. Restaurants are expensive and not worth their value. Kiosks offer beverages but also expensive. There is nothing really to visit.
One of the 3 islands on Lake Maggiore. This is a still working fishing village so is small but worth a trip to look round the tight small streets and to look but possibly also build in a trip to Isola Bella too. Not very big and as working village on the lake no much here.
I liked very much this tiny island.. Its beautiful, very colorful, with such lovely cobbled pathways and nice small restaurants!! You can spend there 3-4 hours, see the small church, have a lunch or a dinner, strolling around in the back streets.. Its lovely really!!!You can be there by boat, very easily from Stresa or Baveno or elsewhere. There are many boats going there, so you can choose your time for visiting, combining with something else in the lake.
The Fisherman's Island could be lovely, with narrow winding streets, great views of the lake and a small beach area. However, it has become overcrowded with "tat" shops selling all sorts of cheap souvenirs, some of which aren't even relevant to the island. I thought that there may have been a museum telling the story of the island and the fishing industry but I couldn't find anything explaining this, which was a shame, it seems as though they aren't interested in the culture of the island, but are concentrating more on the commercial operations.
There are a couple of nice restaurants, but the reason for visiting is to explore the back-streets. We visit after Isola Bella en-route to Isola Madre, when the island is quieter. It can be busy at other times, and the crush makes a visit not worthwhile. So time your visit and just wander. There's a small beach where you can pitch stones into the lake to pass the time