Distances · 11 starting cities

The lake measured in minutes, from your home.

Eleven starting cities, sixteen arrivals around the lake. Every time is computed with OSRM on OpenStreetMap roads, without traffic, on 6 October 2026: an honest order of magnitude, not a promise.

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All times, place by place · Milan

Gozzano67 minreference
Bolzano Novarese69 minreference
Vacciago72 minreference
San Maurizio d'Opaglio72 minreference
Legro73 minreference
Ameno74 minreference
Orta San Giulio75 minreference
Pettenasco75 minreference
Miasino75 minreference
Armeno77 minreference
Pella77 minreference
Madonna del Sasso81 minreference
Omegna82 minreference
Ronco82 minreference
Nonio83 minreference
Quarna Sopra1 h 36 minreference

Drive times: starting cities in columns, places in rows
Place	Milan	Malpensa	Linate	Novara	Turin	Lugano	Zurich	Basel	Bern	Geneva	Munich
Gozzano	67 min	46 min	75 min	42 min	88 min	74 min	3 h 43 min	4 h 16 min	4 h 20 min	3 h 46 min	5 h 57 min
Bolzano Novarese	69 min	48 min	77 min	44 min	1 h 31 min	76 min	3 h 46 min	4 h 19 min	4 h 19 min	3 h 48 min	6 h 00 min
Vacciago	72 min	51 min	80 min	47 min	1 h 34 min	79 min	3 h 49 min	4 h 22 min	4 h 21 min	3 h 52 min	6 h 03 min
San Maurizio d'Opaglio	72 min	51 min	80 min	47 min	1 h 34 min	79 min	3 h 49 min	4 h 22 min	4 h 20 min	3 h 51 min	6 h 03 min
Legro	73 min	53 min	81 min	49 min	1 h 35 min	80 min	3 h 50 min	4 h 23 min	4 h 18 min	3 h 53 min	6 h 04 min
Ameno	74 min	54 min	82 min	50 min	1 h 36 min	81 min	3 h 51 min	4 h 24 min	4 h 22 min	3 h 54 min	6 h 05 min
Orta San Giulio	75 min	54 min	83 min	50 min	1 h 37 min	82 min	3 h 52 min	4 h 25 min	4 h 20 min	3 h 55 min	6 h 06 min
Pettenasco	75 min	54 min	83 min	50 min	1 h 36 min	82 min	3 h 52 min	4 h 24 min	4 h 15 min	3 h 54 min	6 h 05 min
Miasino	75 min	54 min	83 min	50 min	1 h 37 min	82 min	3 h 52 min	4 h 25 min	4 h 19 min	3 h 55 min	6 h 06 min
Armeno	77 min	57 min	86 min	53 min	1 h 39 min	85 min	3 h 54 min	4 h 27 min	4 h 15 min	3 h 57 min	6 h 08 min
Pella	77 min	57 min	86 min	53 min	1 h 39 min	85 min	3 h 54 min	4 h 27 min	4 h 21 min	3 h 57 min	6 h 08 min
Madonna del Sasso	81 min	61 min	89 min	57 min	1 h 43 min	88 min	3 h 58 min	4 h 31 min	4 h 24 min	4 h 01 min	6 h 12 min
Omegna	82 min	62 min	1 h 31 min	63 min	1 h 48 min	89 min	3 h 50 min	4 h 23 min	4 h 04 min	4 h 06 min	6 h 04 min
Ronco	82 min	61 min	1 h 30 min	57 min	1 h 43 min	89 min	3 h 58 min	4 h 31 min	4 h 25 min	4 h 01 min	6 h 12 min
Nonio	83 min	62 min	1 h 31 min	58 min	1 h 44 min	1 h 30 min	3 h 55 min	4 h 28 min	4 h 09 min	4 h 02 min	6 h 09 min
Quarna Sopra	1 h 36 min	75 min	1 h 44 min	75 min	2 h 01 min	1 h 43 min	4 h 03 min	4 h 36 min	4 h 17 min	4 h 19 min	6 h 17 min

OSRM without traffic, measured on 6 October 2026. Queues, roadworks, tolls and Swiss border checks are not included: in summer and at weekends real times are longer.

Compared

Orta is not the nearest lake to Milan. It is as near as Lake Maggiore.

The same measure for all: OSRM without traffic from the same square and the same terminal, to the centre of the lakeside town.

Lake	From Piazza del Duomo	From Malpensa T1
Lago di Como: Como, Piazza del Duomo	51 min · 52 km	51 min · 51 km
Lago Maggiore: Stresa, Piazza Marconi	73 min · 92 km	52 min · 52 km
Lago d'Orta: Orta San Giulio, Piazza Motta	75 min · 87 km	54 min · 47 km
Lago di Como: Bellagio	82 min · 72 km	87 min · 82 km
Lago di Garda: Sirmione, Piazza Carducci	1 h 41 min · 130 km	2 h 03 min · 175 km

Como and Bellagio on Lake Como, Stresa on Lake Maggiore, Sirmione on Lake Garda. OSRM, 6 October 2026.

The lake measured in minutes, from your home.

Orta is not the nearest lake to Milan. It is as near as Lake Maggiore.

Where we stand · October 2026