The main feauture of the Lake Maggiore is a mix of cultures and people: the Walser peoples, for instance, coming from the nearby Switzerland, have settled in the Anzasca Valley as well as in the Formazza Valley.

These traditions are celebrated all year through folkore feasts dedicated to religious festivities, local costumes and food.

Among them, the San Bernardo Fair in Macugnaga, the Raduno degli Spazzacamini (chimney sweep day) in Santa Maria Maggiore, the wine and food festival Festa della Beata Panacea in Ghemme and last but not least, the Underwater Nativity Scene in Laveno Mombello.