Alpine Botanical Garden is spread over an area of ​​4 hectares at an altitude of 800 meters above the town of Stresa in the Italian region of Piedmont on the west shore of Lake Maggiore. It is accessible by cable car in Lido di Karchaa - Alpino - Mottarone. In the warmer months the garden specializing in alpine flora, is open daily.

The Botanical Garden was founded in 1934, the year Idzhinio Ambroziani and Giuseppe Rossi in place, which offers breathtaking views of the lake lying down, the Borromean islands of the archipelago and the surrounding mountains - the Alps Lepontine, Dizgratsiya Monte, Monte Lenone, Green and etc. Partially visible from here, and the territory of the national park "Val Grande". At the time of its opening, it was one of the first alpine botanical gardens of Italy. Until the end of the fascist regime, he was called "Dux". Today, in the Alpine Botanical Garden there are about a thousand species of plants, mostly typical of the Alps and foothills. But there are also species imported from China, Japan and the Caucasus. Here you can see different kinds of wormwood, bells, cornflowers, carnations, geraniums and campion. There are also white maple, birch, cane, broom, beech, ash, buckthorn, juniper, loosestrife and other plants.

Near the Alpine botanical garden cafe and a gift shop. A cable car can climb even higher to the top of Mount Mottarone (1491 meters). This mountain is a grassy slope separates the Lago Maggiore and Orta. From the top you can admire the panorama of the Ligurian Apennines, Alpes-Maritimes, and even see the Monte Rosa mountain range. A real "gem" of this panorama are seven lakes - Lago Maggiore, Orta, Mergozzo, Byandronno, Varese, Monate and Comabbio. In winter Mottarone becomes the main local ski resort.