The water is clear, clean and warm (summer and fall). High mountains and cliffs cradle the blue water, sculpted from glaciers during the last ice age. Stone villages with names like Cima, Osteno, and Castello are scattered between the cliffs along the shore. These villages continue to be home to fisherman and farmers as they have for centuries.
Read MoreHigh above serene Lago Maggiore and the Italian-Swiss tourist towns of Lugano, Locarno, Bellinzona and Ascona lies the Verzasca Valley.
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