Argegno

Argegno–Pigra Cable Car

Visit duration: 30 min – 2 h
Booking: Not required
Area: First Basin

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Pietro Berra · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Why go

The Argegno–Pigra cable car is a public transport link between Argegno, on the lakeshore, and the village of Pigra, at 860 metres.

It opened in 1971. It is a jig-back cableway: two cabins carrying 12 people each, with no attendant on board, run along a line about 1.2 kilometres long and climb 650 metres in six minutes, on a gradient that reaches 95 per cent in places. On the way up you look down on the first basin of the lake. The valley station is about a hundred metres from the Argegno landing stage and close to the C110 bus stop. It is run by ATM, the Milan transport company, which reopened it on 9 August 2024 after a period of closure. Paths lead from Pigra into the Val d'Intelvi.

An aerial view over the first basin in six minutes.
Paths lead from Pigra into the Val d'Intelvi and down to the Greenway.

Highlights

The Pigra viewing terrace
The walk down to Colonno

Getting there

Lower station at Argegno, next to the bridge; C110 bus from Como.

Accessibility

The cable car is accessible to wheelchair users. The municipality of Pigra provides a shuttle between the lower and upper stations for passengers with disabilities or reduced mobility, booked through the Croce Rossa di Centro Valle.