Where exactly is JRC Ispra ?
A. You can find the town of Ispra on any suitably-large-scale map of Lago Maggiore (larger than 1:400,000). If you only have a 1:1,250,000 map, it is roughly half-way between Laveno and Sesto Calende on the SE shore of the lake. The most detailed map is Kompass 1:50,000 Carta Turistica: “Lago Maggiore, Lago Varese” (ISBN 3-87051-097-8) which shows even single-track roads, footpaths and incidates which roads are blocked by JRC site gates. Nearly as detailed but more reliable is the Swiss Tessin Tichino 1:120,000 (Kümmerly+Frey) which goes as far south as Borgomanero and Sesto Calende). You will get a map of the JRC site in the yellow information booklet – but no indication of where the site is in relation to the town or surrounding villages. The site map also only labels a tiny number of the buildings. The site stretches from Ispra railway station most of the way to Cadrezzate and halfway to Brebbia. Sketch maps showing supermarkets etc. are available only on a couple of personal home p
