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Lake Orta
$22.00
The smallest of the great northern lakes, west of Maggiore by a single mountain. A medieval village called Orta San Giulio sits on the eastern shore, and a short row out from the pier is the island, Isola di San Giulio, with a Romanesque basilica and a small order of cloistered nuns. The water here flows north, which Italians find amusing; the Nigoglia outflow runs the wrong direction off the top of the lake at Omegna. The writers found it before the tour buses did. Nietzsche came up in 1882. Most days the pier is quiet by late afternoon.
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