Lago d'Orta Itinerary
Nature and the weather can be unpredictable, so your flexibility is important. This itinerary provides an example of the types of swims we would complete, the itinerary will be based on the weather conditions and your ability. Transfers from Ljubljana airport are included in your trip price to ensure we can make the most of this short break.
Lago d’Orta Itinerary
Arrival
Once everyone has arrived, our guides will host a welcome at the L’Approdo Hotel and carry out the mandatory safety briefing. At the briefing we will discuss the itinerary for the weekend – please bring along details of your travel insurance. If there is sufficient time we will have a short acclimatisation swim in the lake before dinner.
Lake swim
After breakfast we set off from the hotel and swim around the edge of the lake, following the beautiful bay formed by the headland. Your guides will do some stroke filming today – optional, but highly recommended – which we’ll use for video analysis to help you understand and improve your technique. There’s free time between swims to relax, explore and grab some lunch at your leisure. In the afternoon we head further south along the lake for a slightly longer swim.
St Julius Island
Today we swim across to the picturesque St Julius Island, swimming past the Basilica di San Giulio and finally exiting the water via some stone steps, and drying off before lunch in a restaurant on St Julius Island, much deserved after all that swimming! You’ll have time for a quick look around the lanes before we are back in the water swimming from our lunch spot on St Julius Island, round the back of the island and across back towards our hotel to complete the day’s adventures.
