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carno, you need to take a ferry to Magadino and pick up a local bus to Piazzogna, from
where it is a short walk. The trip takes 45 minutes. By car, head for Piazzogna from either
Vira or San Nazzaro (about 2.5km either way).
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Luino
POP 14,471
The otherwise sleepy town of Luino hosts Lake Maggiore's biggest
market
( 8.30am-4.30pm
Wed)
on Wednesday year-round. This is no ordinary local flea market; rather it's an enorm-
ous bazaar that snakes off into the surrounding streets with all manner of trash and treas-
ure, not to mention some good street food. The records show that an important weekly
market was first held here in 1535. Today more than 350 stands are set up in the old town
centre, with everything from local cheese to secondhand fashion on sale. Bargain-hunters
come from as far away as the Netherlands.
It's madness if you try to get in here with a vehicle (unless you arrive very early). There
are parking areas south of the town centre for €6 per day, but they fill up fast. Extra ferry
services from the other side of the lake run on market day.
DON'T MISS
MARKET DAYS
»
Wednesday
Luino
»
Friday
Verbania Pallanza & Stresa
»
Saturday
Verbania-Intra
»
Sunday
Cannobio
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Laveno
POP 9053
Laveno is a pleasant enough lakeside town but the main reason for coming is to take the
Laveno Funivia
( 0332 66 80 12;
www.funiviedellagomaggiore.it
; one-way/return adult €7/10, child €5/7;
11am-5pm Mon-Fri, 11am-6pm Sat, 10am-6pm Sun Apr-Oct, shorter hrs rest of year)
, a cute little capsulelike
