Arona

Photogenic small town on the shore of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, Arona has a café and restaurant scene that punches well above its size, along with an unusual concentration of churches. The surrounding area includes the Parco naturale dei Lagoni di Mercurago, a prehistoric pile-dwelling site added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2011, and the Alps are visible across the water.

• Population12,970
• Nearest water0.8 km
• Nearest mountain11.5 km
• UNESCO within 50 km12