11:08 – Il Lago d’Orta ha fatto innamorare tanti personaggi famosi, tra cui il filosofo Friedrich Nietzsche, il quale nei primi giorni del maggio 1882 sali sul Sacro Montein compagnia di Lou Andreas Salomè. Tra il tormentato pensatore e la brillante ragazza russa vi fu, nell’incanto del luogo, un incerto momento di tenerezza che alcuni biografi hanno poi chiamato l”’idillio di Orta”. […]
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Forget George Clooney’s Como, Penny Smith is intoxicated by lovely Lake Orta
You know where you are with Italy: spag bol; olive overcoats and tan brogues; nuns. But it still has surprises in store, and one of them is Lake Orta, a secret part of this boot-shaped country, right near the top of the zip. It’s got everything: there’s culture, sculpture, highland, island, mountains and fountains. It […]
The Secret Little Sister of the Italian Lakes
It started as a bet among three wine-happy men, one of whom was my husband. But I don’t blame them, really. The bewitching beauty of Orta, a secluded jewel of a lake just a mile wide and to the west of Maggiore, tucked in the Italian Lakes District, is well chronicled: Friedrich Nietzsche, Honoré de […]
Cinderella, a secret fairy tale
Less visited than Como and Maggiore is Lake Orta, so lovely the Milanese are a little reluctant to share it, writes Edward Docx. There is a code of silence that surrounds Lake Orta in northern Italy. Visitors are reluctant to tell others about its beauty for fear of increasing – well, the number of visitors. […]
Orta: the Italian lake tourists haven’t discovered
The Italian Lakes haven’t given up all their treasures to tourists quite yet. Our writer reveals Orta, the enchanting lake the Milanese have kept to themselves. Read more