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The Grand Hotel des Iles Borromées at Stresa

The Grand Hotel at night

A view up Lago Maggiore toward Switzerland (and thus the route of Frederic Henry’s all night rowing) from a fourth floor room at the Grand Hotel

Part of the rear gardens at the Grand Hotel des Iles Borromées.

A view of Isola Madre, one of the Borromean Islands

A view from the Grand Hotel of the Borromean Islands (From left, they are Isola Pescatori, Isola Bella, and Isola Madre).

A church on Isola Pescatori (Fishermen’s Island).

A chart of the fish living in Lago Maggiore in a shop on Isola Pescatori.

A bulletin board on Isola Pescatori.