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:- Hotels in Lake Iseo |
Lake Iseo is basically a summer holiday resort located between the province of Bergamo and Brescia, and it is also called Lake Sebino. It is a very much actrative destination ideal for fishing, bathing and sailing. Lake waters are broght from the river Oglio and 4 more streams, its about 25 km long and max. width is 4,5 km.
In the centre of the lake it is set Montisola, the largest lakeside island in Europe and all around the banks rise many actractive localities as Iseo, Polaveno, Clusane sul Lago, Sale Maresino and Sulzano. Tourism is the main source and all the lakeside area offers a wide range of accommodation facilities and the possibility of practising various sport activities.
Coming from Brescia you get to the Franciacorta (Franza Curta) area facing onto Lake Iseo boasting its renommed vineyards and famous Restaurants. Iseo is the most relevant tourist center in the lake and in the piazza del Sagrato is set the church of Sant'Andrea with many valuable art works as the San Michele painted by Hayez. More ahead is Sulzano, a fishermen village and boats point of departure to Monte Isola, and little further there is Sale Maresino with the Pieve di San Zenone.
On the of Bergamo bank side there are numerous villages as Lovere, Riva di Solto, Tavernola and Sarnico. An interesting area of the lake is the Torbiere Natural Reserve for fish and birdwatching and also the characteristic rocks of th Pyramids di Zone.
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