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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Winter: SNOW!
1:52 PM | 
Dana Kaplan,
Stresa Sights
Piazza Cadorna after being cleared, from the same spot as our other summer/winter photos.
A bunch of photos from Stresa, as it digs itself out from the recent snows. Just after writing, in my recent post about Lago Maggiore, about the relatively warm Mediterranean microclimate here, Stresa, and much of Italy really, have fallen under the effect of a massive Arctic weather front. While not as severe as in other areas, this much snow and temperatures this cold are very unusual here in the center of town. This is a very ghost-town-looking Stresa indeed:
The entrance to the Grand Hotel des iles Borromees.
One of the deserted villas, looking even more desolate than usual.
The Regina Palace Hotel.
The view from Someraro, over Stresa.
From a window above Caffe Torino, the gelato and gift shops are closed up; the bread shop is open.
Looking the other way from that window, the other side of Piazza Cadorna, toward the lake.
So where is everyone?! Maybe they're up on Mt. Mottarone. This photo, taken from the webcam this afternoon, shows a clear, bright day and great conditions. Many of the ski resorts in the region are promoting low-cost tickets and other specials, taking advantage of what is, for them anyway, finally GOOD weather.
And I imagine that many people are just staying home, like my young friends here, enjoying what is hopefully the first and last snow of this season.
That's today's weather update from the frozen pearl of Lago Maggiore! Stay tuned... I hope to be reporting from a sunny and warmer Stresa very soon.
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3 comments:
Dana, you said a bread shop is open. Anything else open in town? A pizza shop or local pub perhaps? What hotels?
Thanks!
R&D
Amazing photos. A different view of Stresa for all of us we have a summer view.
Every time we see so beautiful pictures we are counting down the days we return.
Ilias
Athens, Greece
R&D: Basically most that was already staying open in the winter has managed to remain open during the snow. Buscion, the pizza place, Caffe Torino, and many of my other favorite places remain open. As for hotels, they are few during the winter, but Meeting, Saini, Mon Toc and Borromees are now open.
Ilias: I know you like the snow and Alps... you must come in the winter next time!
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