Botanical garden of Villa Pallavicino in Stresa
This garden is situated to the South of Stresa and welcomes the visitors with cypress arcades. Climbing to the top of the garden, among secular sequoia and tulip trees, among rhododendron and hydrangea bushes, the visitor has a good panoramic view of the Gulf Borromeo, of the Islands Borromeo, of Pallanza and the surrounding mountains. The rose garden is spectacular, it is one of the most beautiful on Lake Maggiore. In this landscape garden there are a natural waterfall, a wood and animals: in the garden there is also a small zoo where you can find exotic animals, like many birds, wallabies, little goats, lamas, zebras and fallow deer.