The palace and gardens are worth the boat trip and there is an excellent restaurant, Restorante Albergo Verbano, in a small hotel with great views of Lake Maggiore. The Gaudi style architecture of the palace separates it from other villas and palaces in the Lake Country of Italy. More

This Island is the one you should visit if you like Gaudi-like architecture. The Palace is quite nice and has some very special rooms looking like man-made grottes/caves. The gardens are also very cool with peacocks wandering around them. The style is really different than anything you usually see in Italy so that makes it a worth-a-visit destination. I would... More

Took the ferry to Isolo Bella in early April with my teenage daughter. After a gellato, we toured the 17th century villa, or palace of Charles III, and it's formal gardens. The palace is a fine example of baroque architecture, with many rooms to see, most embelished with stuccos and reliefs, antique furniture, Murano chandeliers and many paintings; a few... More

We visited here on recommendation from my mother in law, who visits Stresa regularly & what can i say, great great tip. Gorgeous castle/mansion house to view, with the most awe inspiring interiors & views around the lake from every window. The gardens were just stunning & the white peacocks strolling around made it a truly decadent experience. I could... More

The island is quaint, good restaurants and - yes- tourist shops, but the gardens and the palace are amazing. Taste is relative, and the copiously rich have never been known for understated wealth. The grounds, the rooms, the peacocks - all combine to offer a view into what it meant to live here with the power and wealth that that... More

T he island is very touristy and the palace and gardens to be quite frank naff. Nothing special about the palace. The gardens are highly manicured with great views but ov run with tourists and the design - a prow of a ship with huge godlike enormous statues were an example of money over taste. Hideous sorry . I might... More

When I started researching our trip and came across this beautiful island, I knew I had to come here. It is amazing!!!! I did not expect to enjoy the tour of the palace so much (there was only one room I was even interested in) because all I really cared about were the gardens but I loved everything; even my... More

In the middle of the lake. It has nice restaurants and the botanical garden is quite beautiful More

Isola Bella is one of the most interesting places I've seen. It shows you how the "other half" lived in the days of royality in Italy. The problem is that the tour is no more than a "walk through". To appricate the site, one must be able to strool leasurely, and this was not the case on my visit. Once... More