At about 82 square miles, Lake Maggiore is Italy’s second-largest lake after Lake Garda. Its opposing shores are in two different regions of Italy, Lombardy to the east and Piedmont to the west.

Just 90 minutes from Lake Como, this stunning lake is cheaper, quieter and less crowded than its more popular sibling. Lake Maggiore ... second-largest lake in Italy and the largest in southern ...

Relentless noise. This is the mayhem I expected from my visit to Lake Maggiore, the second-largest lake in Italy that stretches into Switzerland. Over-tourism has long been a problem at ...