THE QUIET LAKESIDE PROMENADE IS CHARACTERIZED BY COFFEE TABLES IN THE SHADE OF YOUNG PALMS; HERE YOU CAN SPEND RELAXING MOMENTS INTERRUPTED ONLY BY THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WAVES AND IF YOU LOOK UP TO THE OPPOSITE SHORE AS FAR AS THE STEEP TOP OF THE "TRENTA PASSI" MOUNTAINS, YOU’LL SEEM TO WALK ON AIR. IN RIVA DI SOLTO, ANCIENT BUILDINGS OVERLOOKING THE LAKE CONCEAL BYGONE COURTYARDS. "PALAZZO POLINI", DATED BACK TO THE 16TH CENTURY, IS A FORMER MONASTERY THAT PRESERVES THE ORIGINAL PORTICOED YARD AND VALUABLE FRESCOES. ONCE, BEFORE THE MAIN ROAD HAD BEEN BUILT, THE LAKE WATER LAPPED THE EXISTING ENTRANCE WHICH IS SURMOUNTED BY A GENTILE COAT OF ARMS. NEARBY THERE’S THE IMPOSING BUILDING "PALAZZO MARTINONI" WITH A YARD WHICH IS VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD. AT THE NORTH END OF THE VILLAGE YOU CAN NOTICE A SQUAT TOWER WHICH BELONGED TO THE DEFENSIVE SYSTEM OF THE VILLAGE. FEW DOZENS OF METERS BACKWARDS, YOU’LL FIND THE 18TH CENTURY "PARROCCHIALE", A BAROQUE CHURCH DEVOTED TO ST. NICHOLAS. AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE VILLAGE THERE’S THE 16TH CENTURY CHURCH OF "SAN ROCCO" WITH ITS PRECIOUS FRESCOES. NEARBY THERE’S THE "TRENTA PASSI" CAMPING SITE: IT’S A RESORT BESIDE THE LAKE, THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR A HOLIDAY IN TOTAL FREEDOM AND ALWAYS IN TOUCH WITH NATURE.IN RIVA DI SOLTO YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SPEND A PLEASANT WEEK-END OF ART, HISTORY AND CUISINE, TASTING THE TRADITIONAL DISHES BASED ON LAKE FISH.THE TOURIST ROUTE IS NOT OVER! IT GOES ON AS FAR AS FONTENO: THE STEEP ROAD GOING UPHILL WILL OFFER YOU SCENIC VIEWS.AFTER FEW BENTS, ON YOUR LEFT YOU’LL SEE "BELLAVISTA" RESTAURANT WITH ITS OUTDOOR PANORAMIC VERANDA. IN ZORZINO, AMOUNG HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD OLIVE TREES THERE’S ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED HOTEL OF ISEO LAKE:MIRANDA HOTEL. GOING UPHILL FOR FEW KILOMETERS MORE, FOLLOWING THE ROAD SIGN TOWARDS FONTENO, YOU’LL TRAVEL ALONG A PANORAMIC ROAD WHERE YOU CAN’T HELP TAKING SOME SOUVENIR PHOTOS.