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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.usms.org/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Open Water lakes in Italy?</title><link>https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/open-water-training-and-technique/25384/open-water-lakes-in-italy</link><description>Who can recommend some great lakes to swim in Italy? We will be in Tuscany and Venice this summer. Thank you! :)</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Open Water lakes in Italy?</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/270234?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 08:14:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:4c341793-95aa-4fc4-b599-97643d7a90b1</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>you can swimm here

&lt;a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_di_Bracciano"&gt;it.wikipedia.org/.../Lago_di_Bracciano&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.traverlonga.altervista.org/menu.html"&gt;www.traverlonga.altervista.org/menu.html&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Isola"&gt;it.wikipedia.org/.../Monte_Isola&lt;/a&gt;

all are nice lakes not too big and with clean water. The first lake is the closest to Tuscany the other 2 are in the north. The third you can make a nice tour around the monte isola island.
I July in tuscany there are a several OWS races in the see, you can also do one.

ciao
massimo from Italy&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Open Water lakes in Italy?</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/270187?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:55:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:141ed428-415f-4248-8972-b3b8e3c71a28</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Lake Como looks to be about 25 miles from Sorico to Malgrate... the east finger would be a bit longer.

Garda is a bit closer to Venice.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>