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A lakeside idyll: laid-back cycling and autumn hikes on Italy’s Lake Iseo

Smaller and less visited than Como and Garda, Lake Iseo harbours a gorgeous car-free island ideal for easy-going cycling and sightseeing Rust red and burnt…

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The Guardian reports: Smaller and less visited than Como and Garda, Lake Iseo harbours a gorgeous car-free island ideal for easy-going cycling and sightseeing Rust red and burnt sienna speckle the green mountain rising from Lake Iseo.

Golden autumn sunlight shimmers on the water. I arrive at the small port town of Peschiera Maraglio – where striped wooden boats jut from the…

This travel story centres on Italy. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Italy’s Lake Iseo, Garda and Lake Iseo.

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Location
Italy · Europe
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The Guardian
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Italy’s Lake Iseo, Garda, Lake Iseo, Lake Como
Section
Travel

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