Campervan rental in Varese

It is a calmer base than Milan for a campervan, and it is still an Italian town: assume a restricted centre and walk it. The drives are the small lakes, the road toward Porto Ceresio and Lake Lugano’s Italian arm, and the border crossings into Ticino, which are close enough to do by mistake if you are not paying attention.

This is pre-Alpine country, green and steep in places, with villa gates and narrow approaches. It is not the high-pass world of the Aosta valley, and it is not the Po plain’s easy width. A night here suits a traveller who wants the lakes without Malpensa’s highway energy and without Como’s most congested shore.