Grand Hotel des Iles Borromées

Stresa, Italy. Located on the shore of Lake Maggiore, facing Isola Bella and the Borromean Islands.

Grand Hotel des Iles BorroméesStresa, Italy

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Practical information

Address: Grand Hotel des Iles Borromées
Corso Umberto I, 67
28838 Stresa (VB)
Italy
Telephone: +39 0323 938938
Official website: borromees.it
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Il Borromeo restaurant, serving Mediterranean and Piedmontese cuisine, a piano bar and a poolside snack bar.
A 3,000 m² spa with thermal pools, sauna and hammam, two outdoor pools and tennis courts.
A century-old park with Italian gardens, flowered avenues and period sculptures.
Located on the shore of Lake Maggiore, facing Isola Bella and the Borromean Islands.

8 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1860
Shortly after Italian unification, the Omarini brothers buy land on Lake Maggiore facing Isola Bella, which gives the hotel its name.
1861 – 1863
The hotel is built on the lakeshore.
21 March 1863
The Grand Hotel des Iles Borromées is inaugurated.
1906
The opening of the Simplon Tunnel brings a sharp rise in visitors to Stresa.
1908
The veranda is enlarged.
1911 – 1912
Three floors are added to the original building.
1918
Ernest Hemingway stays in Stresa.
1929
Hemingway sets part of his novel A Farewell to Arms in the hotel.