Lake Maggiore Villa Rentals - 2300 hours of unmissable sunshine a year

Lake Maggiore, or „Great Lake“ in English, is the second largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda, and the largest lake in the Swiss canton of Ticino, located on the south side of the Alps mountain range. This location is perfect for lovers of parks, plants, green spaces and gardens as, as well as the spectacularly beautiful lake, the region also boasts a number of lovely gardens growing exotic and rare plant species and Mediterranean vegetation, the most well known of which are the gardens at Isola Madre, Isole di Brissago, and Isola Bella. On the Isola Madre, the beautiful gardens, or the Giardini Botanici dell'Isola Madre, surround an impressive palace and cover an area of eight hectares.

Lake Maggiore Holiday Villas - come and view the beautiful botanical gardens around lake Maggiore

The gardens were arranged in the English style at the beginning of the late 18th century, where a citrus orchard once stood. There are also the Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto, which are located on the western shore of Lake Maggioere in Pallanza, in the north Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossala. The gardens here were established in 1931, opened in 1952 and charge a small admission fee for entrance to visitors. Nature lovers will be thrilled to here that these 16 hectare botanical gardens boast almost 20,000 varieties of plant species, set along 7 km worth of garden paths. The climate at lake Maggiore is perfect for relaxing and calming holidays, as the weather is generally mild, pleasant and Mediterranean-like. In the summer, it is the ideal place to sit back and relax with friends or family, as the hot summer temperatures felt elsewhere in Italy are cooled down by the gentle breezes that blow across the lake's surface.

Lage Maggiore Apartments - bathe in the tranquil warm waters of this stunning Italian lake

The region is bathed in almost 2300 hours of glorious sunshine a year and the water of the lake is perfect for bathing, as it maintains a pleasant, warm temperature of 20 °C during the summer months. If you have come on holiday to Lake Maggiore on the hunt for historical and cultural gems, you will certainely not be disappointed! Come and visit the Sacred Mountain of Ghiffa in Piedmont, one of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, which are a collection of chapels and other religious buildings dedicated to the Roman Catholic faith, built on mountain slopes and high grounds in amongst natural settings during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, often containing religious paintings and sculptures. The Sacri Monte di Ghaffa offer stunning panoramic views of Lake Maggiore, is listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a popular site of pilgrimage

Come and visit these favourite Casamundo holiday jewels:

• Rent Murcia Holiday Apartments and enjoy the 250 kilometre long stretch of beaches along the Murcian coastline, one of the best beach holiday locations in all of Spain
• Come and stay in Narbonne Villas and experience an authentic slice of French life with the bustling market, where you will find fruit and vegetables, clothing, plants and hand made crafts on offer
• Experience some West Country English charm with a trip to the lush and green Tamar Valley, declared an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, often depicted by the English landscape painter JMW Turner in the 19th century - Gunnislake Holiday Cottages
• Geology enthusiasts will greatly enjoy a visit to the Timanfaya National Park, with its single active volcano Timanfaya, with Lanzarote Villas