Hotel Cannobio
The hotel is centrally situated on the lakeside promenade, and has a splendid view of the magnificent surrounding alpine and lake scenery. The structure and interior have been entirely renovated and decorated in neo-classical style. All our rooms and suites have air conditioning and offer magnificent views of Lake Maggiore and some have balconies
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Cannobio is a town on Lago Maggiore in Piedmont, Italy. Cannobio has its own Lido at the north end of town with a large sandy beach which even has a EU “Blue-flag” for cleanliness. To one side of the Piazza is Cannobio’s ‘Vecchio Porto’ - old harbour - which houses the sailing, rowing and speedboats belonging to the locals. In 1522 a painting of the Virgin Mary allegedly started bleeding. Shortly after this apparition, a plague swept through the area devastating lakeside and valley towns and villages, but leaving Cannobio relatively unscathed. Religious minds linked these 2 events and Pope Carlo Borromeo ordered a chapel to be built to hold the painting which is still there today. The Santuario della Pietà is that church, with its open dome, which stands by the lakeside. The painting itself is housed in another church in the town, and though it is not removed itself, a Sacra Costa, representing the painting, is processed through the streets on the 7 January every year.
