By plane
The nearest airport is Milan Malpensa, about 1 hour and 30 minutes by car.Bus services connect with Milan and local bus goes to Gallarate Station.
Airports in the area are:
Milan Malpensa Malpensa Airport, 1h30 by car
Milan Linate Linate Airport, 2h by car
Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport, 2h10 by car
Turin, 2h20 by car
Zurich, 2h50 by car
By ship
Ferries on Lake Maggiore go to all major towns on the lake and some smaller ones.
By train
There is no train station at Cannobio, the closest are in Locarno, Switzerland, and Verbania-Pallanza. It is possible to take the bus from these to Cannobio.
Locarno, connections with Bellinzona and the rest of Switzerland. [www.sbb.ch]
Verbania-Pallanza, connections with Milan, Italy, and Bern, Switzerland. [www.trenitalia.it]
By bus
VCO public transport connects Cannobio to Brissago, Switzerland, Verbania and other towns in the region. (http://www.ti.ch/dt/dstm/...) provides bus services from Locarno to Brissago at the Italian border.
From Locarno:
Take the bus to Brissago, where you'll be able to change to an Italian bus.
From Verbania:
At the Verbania-Pallanza train station take the bus to Verbania-Intra on the Omegna-Verbania line.
In Verbania take the bus to Brissago CH.
From Stresa:
Take the bus to Verbania-Intra.
By car
From Locarno: Take the 13 to the border, which becomes SS34 once in Italy.
From Milan Highways/Autostrada:
Take the A8/E62 towards Gallarate, take the direction A26 Genova, Gravellona Toce.
Take the A8dir/E62, direction Genova, Gravellona Toce
Take the A26/E62, direction Gravellona Toce
Exit at Gravellona Toce and take the SS34 towards Verbania/Intra
After Verbania/Intra keep going on SS34 along the lake to Cannobio