So when I learned that one of my new favorite sparklers, Franciacorta, is made in the eastern portion of Italy’s exalted Lake District, I resolved to work a stopover into a family trip I already ...

Franciacorta—a name that refers to the territory, the production method and the vino—is a small bucolic wine region whose sloping hills overlook the shores of Lake Iseo.

Casoncelli. Getty 3.For the wining and dining. The Franciacorta sparkling wine region flanks the southern and eastern shores of Lake Iseo, and runs from the Oglio River nearly to Brescia.

Day One After arriving at Lake Iseo Hotel in the late afternoon, I had a chance to check out my room and quickly freshen up and change into my ‘fit for the evening activities. To start the four-day ...

Ristorante San Martino San Martino boasts the best pizza in Iseo, plus excellent seafood and a great wine list. Inside, the vibe is warm and welcoming, but the place to be is outside on the ...

An aerial view of the installation 'The Floating Piers' by Bulgarian-born artist Christo Vladimirov Yavachev known as Christo, on the Lake Iseo, northern Italy, Saturday, June 18, 2016.

People stroll atop The Floating Piers, a 2-mile-long temporary installation by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, erected on Lake Iseo last summer. AFP/Getty Images/AFP The square in the town of Iseo.

Boat trip and culinary trips to better enjoy the peace of this beautiful landscape Don’t frget that in the southern part of Lake Iseo, the hillside greenery of Franciacorta spreads over the ...

Lake Iseo, in Italy, will provide a stunning backdrop to the Iseo-Franciacorta ITU Paratriathlon World Cup this weekend. A 750m lap of Lake Iseo is the swim course for the third World Cup event of the ...