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TOURIST SEASON 2009
OPENING DATES AND VISITING TIMES
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ISOLA BELLA, ISOLA MADRE AND ROCCA BORROMEO:
FROM SATURDAY 28-03-2009 TO SUNDAY 18-10-2009 EVERY DAY FROM
9,00 AM TO
5.30 (LAST ADMISSION)
Painting Gallery Isola Bella every day from 9,00 AM TO 13,00 and from 13,30 to
5.00 (LAST ADMISSION)
Admission costs 2009
Isola Bella:
Individual adults 12.00 Individual children 5.00
Groups adults 8.50; Groups children and schools 4.50
Painting Gallery Isola Bella(This ticket is sold only combined with Isola
Bella entrance ticke):
Individual adults 4.00 Individual children 3.00
Groups adults 3.00; Groups children and schools 2.00
Isola Madre
Individual adults 10.00 Individual children 5.00
Groups adults 8.00; Groups children and schools 4.50
Isola Bella + Isola Madre(This ticket can be used only on the same day):
Individual adults 16.50 Individual children 7.50
Groups adults 12.50; Groups children and schools 7.00
Rocca Borromeo
Individual adults 7.50 Individual children 4.50
Groups adults 6.00; Groups children and schools 4.00
Isola Bella+ Isola Madre + Rocca Borromeo:
Individual adults 20.00 Individual children 10.00
Groups adults 15.00; Groups children and schools 9.00
GUIDED VISITS
Isola Bella,isola Madre and Rocca Borromeo: Guided visits to the palaces are
available on
both islands and on Castle. The cost for each guide is 35.00 euro (30.00 euro
for school
groups). Each guide can handle a maximum of 50 people. Visits last about 45
minutes.
Isola Bella and Isola Madre:
The service can be booked up by
Internet on www.borromeoturismo.it or by FAX +39 0323 30046.
Borromeo Fortress:
The service can be booked by calling 0331 931300 or via fax on 0331 932883.
Bookings must be made at least a week prior to the visit.
Also available for schools, subject to booking, are Didactic Workshops and
Costume Adventures to approach the reality of the Fortress, everyday life
inside its walls and the wonderful universe of playing. For more details and
information contact 0331 931300.
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TOURIST SEASON 2008
OPENING DATES AND VISITING TIMES
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ISOLA BELLA:
FROM SATURDAY 15-03-2008 TO SUNDAY 19-10-2008 EVERY DAY FROM
9,00 AM TO
5.30 (LAST ADMISSION)
ISOLA MADRE:
FROM SATURDAY 15-03-2008 TO SUNDAY 19-10-2008 EVERY DAY FROM
9,00 AM TO 5.30 (LAST ADMISSION)
ROCCA BORROMEO:
FROM SUNDAY 15-03-2008 TO SUNDAY 19-10-2008 EVERY DAY
FROM 9,00 AM TO 5.30 (LAST ADMISSION)
Admission costs 2007
Isola Bella:
Individual adults 11.00 Individual children 5.00
Groups adults 8.50; Groups children and schools 4.50
Isola Madre
Individual adults 10.00 Individual children 5.00
Groups adults 8.00; Groups children and schools 4.50
Rocca Borromeo
Individual adults 7.50 Individual children 4.50
Groups adults 6.00; Groups children and schools 4.00
GUIDED VISITS
Isola Bella and isola Madre: Guided visits to the palaces are available on
both islands. The cost for each guide is 35.00 euro (30.00 euro for school
groups). Each guide can handle a maximum of 50 people. Visits last about 45
minutes.
The service can be booked up until 5.00pm on the day prior to the visit by
Internet on www.borromeoturismo.it or by calling +39 0323 30556.
Guided visits to the Borromeo Fortress are also available. Visits last about 1
hour. The service can be booked by calling 0331 931300 or via fax on 0331
932883. Bookings must be made at least a week prior to the visit.
Also available, subject to booking, are animated visits. For more details and
information contact 0331 931300.
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ROCCA BORROMEO
IL PARADISO IN TERRA. I GIARDINI MEDIOEVALI ALLA ROCCA BORROMEO DI ANGERA
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All’interno della Rocca Borromeo, negli imponenti ambienti dell’Ala Scaligera,
una mostra scenografica e coinvolgente illustrerà il tema, evocando ciò che
documenti ed immagini descrivono nelle diverse sezioni della mostra.
Sulla base di testi medioevali, Mauro Ambrosoli, esperto tra i massimi di
storia dell’agricoltura, ha individuato tre principali tipologie di giardini.
Il primo è “Il giardino dei Principi”, riservato al castellano, raccolto
all’interno delle mura del castello, un luogo di conversazione, spazio dove i
musici allietano i momenti di festa tra architetture vegetali che riprendono
quelle in pietra. Il tutto è circondato da alti muri su cui si arrampicano
rosai rigorosamente bianchi o vermigli e gelsomini, mentre il prato di
minutissima erba è chiuso da verdissimi aranci e cedri.
Il secondo giardino è il “Verziere”, cinto da siepi di pruni e rosai bianchi,
ospita alberi da frutto disposti secondo un ordine preciso che ombreggiano la
fontana centrale per i pesci. Un giardino pieno anche di “belli animali”:
conigli, lepri, caprioli, cerbiatti.
Infine “Il Giardino delle erbe piccole” che si differenzia dall’orto dei
semplici delle istituzioni monastiche o ospedaliere perché accomuna aiuole di
erbe minute, belle da vedere, odorifere, medicinali e fiori annui a alberi da
frutto radi e dolci “più per diletto che per profitto”.
Il tutto in ossequio al principio aristotelico in cui il piccolo rappresenta,
come un microcosmo, la natura circostante, dal grande al piccolo, dall’albero
al filo d’erba.
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BOOKSHOP AT ISOLA BELLA AND BORROMEO CASTLE
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Which is the best way to remember forever the marvels of Isola Bella, Isola
Madre and Rocca Borromeo?
Surely a book can preserve the memories of your journey; a guide with wide
photographic sections and accurate descriptions can make you real what have you
seen, but also photographic books, souvenirs, little gifts, postcards and
characteristic symbols of your stay on Lake Maggiore.
This is what you can find at the bookshops on Isola Bella and at the Borromeo
Castle in Angera, pretty outlets with a large range of articles, opened every
day from 9:30 am to 17:30 pm.
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COFFEE BREAK
ISOLA BELLA AND ROCCA BORROMEO
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A good Italian coffee rounds off your visit at the Isola Bella Palace or at the
beautiful Borromeo Castle in Angera.
Inside the garden on Isola Bella, enveloped by orange and lemon fragrances, and
close to the Rocca Borromeo, upon a flowered terrace, you can find a coffee
point, opened every day (from 9:00 am to 17:30 pm), where you can have a
tasting snack, sweet or salty, some local specialities, or where simply make a
break during your visit.
Moreover, for school trips, it is possible to reserve custom-made menus to
offer like a snack for our young visitors.
To have more information and to book your menu:
Isola Bella Caffè della Torre Tel. 0323 30556
Rocca Borromeo Caffetteria della Rocca Tel. 0331 931300
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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AND THE BORROMEO GARDENS
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Royal Horticultural Society is an organization born in Great Britain in 1804,
thanks to Sir Joseph Banks and John Wedgwood, both passionately fond of
gardening and committed in new essences’ research. From the foundation, the
mission is always the same: inspire, inform and educate those interested in
gardening, in all its form. Royal Horticultural Society has been welcome
received and has collected so many members all over Europe with its Flower
Shows, where you can admire and buy the best and often more unusual plants for
the season. The most famous RHS event is “The Chelsea Flower Show”, every year
in May, in the homonym area of London.
Isola Bella and Isola Madre, the first Italian Gardens, are RHS members since
January 2003 and our event’s calendar has already some special appointments
that you can’t lose.
If you are interested in RHS activity, you can visit the web site www.rhs.org.uk
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