7 Shopping in Stresa That You Shouldn't Miss

In the centre of Stresa you'll find in this shop a lot of furniture especially from the 19th century; old items coming from our past everyday life and rare pieces of collection like coffee grinders, lamps, wood boxes, keys. Paolo, the owner, will help you to discover these courious items telling you their history. He search, collect and restored himself all the pieces of his antique shop.You will be welcome!.

In 1670 Count Vitaliano Borromeo decided to turn a rock awash in the middle of the lake into a “place of delights”. It took four centuries to complete this magnificent work that includes Palazzo Borromeo and its scenic gardens. The tour of the house is fascinating: the Throne and Queens rooms, the Napoleon's Room, the Gallery of General Berthier displaying a collection of 130 paintings. On a lower floor, six grottoes covered with pebbles, tufa rock, stucco and marble were designed to afford cool relief from summer heat. World famous, its baroque garden, with the Teatro Massimo at the centre, consists of ten terraces in the shape of a truncated pyramid. Visitors marvel at the sight of the monumental unicorn, the obelisks, the statues, the two towers and other architectural elements, as well as the mighty trees, like the camphor and citrus trees, and the collections of roses, rhododendrons and camellias.

Wine and delicatessen shop with tasting area. For more than 40 years we have been offering customers a selection of wines with more than 1500 labels, 350 Whiskeys and liqueurs of all kinds such as rum, gin, vodka, grappa etc .. In the shop you will also find gastronomic specialties such as extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegars from 3 to 40 years, special mustards, truffle products and much more. We organize tastings for groups or individuals.