 ISOLA BELLA -- In 1844, Charles Dickens wrote, "For however fanciul and fantastic the Isola Bella may be, and is, it still is beautiful." Count Vitaliano Borromeo began the construction of the monumental Baroque palace in 1632 and the majestic and scenic gardens, which have made the island famous and which to this day bear witness to the splendours of an era. The Borromeo family home contains priceless works of art such as tapestries, furniture, statues, paintings, and stuccoes. It also has an unusual mosaic grotto, a cool and delightful place. Its classic gardens form an extraordinary, flowered monument laid out over a series of ornate and overlapping terraces.
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