Lake Maggiore & Around - The Italian Lakes - page 158

Il Clandestino
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( 0323 3 03 99; www.ristoranteilclandestino.com ; Via Rosmini 5; meals €35-40, tasting menu €40-60;
12.30-1.45pm & 7.30-10pm Wed-Mon) An elegant, corner dining room with parquet floors, creamy
white linen, soft music and a largely seafood menu, Il Clandestino is worth searching out.
Some dishes have a Sicilian touch, with Sicilian prawns a recurring theme. It does some
excellent lake-fish dishes, too, but acknowledges the existence of red meat only occasion-
ally.

Piemontese
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( 0323 3 02 35; www.ristorantepiemontese.com ; Via Mazzini 25; set menu from €28, meals €35-45; 12.30-2pm
& 6.30-9.30pm) Refined surrounds and high-quality cooking dominate this well-regarded
place. Try the polenta with cheese fondue and air-dried beef, or the menu di mezzogiorno
(lunchtime set menu).

Information

Stresa Tourist Office ( 0323 3 13 08; www.visitstresa.com ; Piazza Marconi 16; 10am-12.30pm & 3-6.30pm
mid-Mar-mid-Oct, 10am-12.30pm & 3-6.30pm Mon-Fri, 10am-12.30pm Sat mid-Oct-mid-Mar).

Getting There & Around

BOAT
Boats depart from the ferry dock on Piazza Marconi and connect Stresa with Arona (one
way adult/child €6.50/3.10, 40 minutes), Angera (€6.50/3.10, 35 minutes), Baveno (€3.90/
2, 20 minutes) and Verbania Pallanza (€5/2.50, 35 minutes).

BUS
Buses leave from Piazza Marconi on the waterfront at Stresa for destinations around the
lake and elsewhere, including Milan, Novara and Lake Orta. The daily Verbania-Milan
intercity bus service operated by SAF ( 0323 55 21 72; www.safduemila.com ) links Stresa with
Arona (€2.25, 20 minutes), Verbania Pallanza (€2.25, 20 minutes) and Verbania-Intra
(€2.25, 25 minutes) and Milan (€9, 1½ hours).

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