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If you’re taking a vacation to get away from it all, and are looking for the ultimate isolation, with water gently lapping the shore beneath your terrace, perhaps an island vacation is for you.

I’m not talking about those big islands like Sicily or Corsica, big rocky things plunked down in the middle of a vast sea. No, I’m talking about a small island in Lago Maggiore in northern Italy. Isola Superiore Pescatori is the island I’m talking about. I like the name. Upper fishermen’s island.

And just in case you think you might be too isolated, let me tell you that the island is near Stresa, a tourist city with lots of stuff to buy. You can hop a boat that takes you all the way to Switzerland. And you’re near Milan’s Malpensa airport, so getting there isn’t much of a hassle.

If you rent a little cottage on the cute little island you see over there to the left, you’ll save lots of vacation money over staying at a hotel.

Pescatori - Sopra, the upper apartment, and Pescatori - Terra, the ground floor apartment, can be had for just over 300 Euros in the off season.

There are even restaurants on the little island.

I personally prefer Lago Maggiore to the more popular Lago di Como. The countryside is piu bella, and if you like to see fine automobiles, just take a seat at a bar along the main coastal road near Stresa and watch the rich industrialists roll in from Milano on a Friday night in their Ferraris and Lamborghinis. Now there’s a sight.