Clinging to the rock overhanging, in one of the deepest points of the Verbano, the Hermitage is a monastic structure composed by the fusion of three chapels. Art and history are perfectly integrated in one of the most striking natural scenery, constituting a balcony that extends to the Borromeo Gulf, Stresa and the Borromean islands. Legend has it that it was Alberto da Besozzo who founded the hermitage in the 12th century, in honor of Saint Catherine of Egypt, whom he had invoked during a shipwreck on the Major.