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Lecco

Sentiero del Viandante

Visit duration
3 h – 7 h
Booking
Not required
Area
Lecco Branch
A walker on the Sentiero del Viandante, high above the lake.Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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A walker on the Sentiero del Viandante, high above the lake.

Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Why go

The Sentiero del Viandante is a walking route along the lake's eastern shore, through paved mule tracks, villages and cultivated terraces.

It joins paths of different periods once used to reach the Valtellina and the Alpine passes. Some stretches were improved in the Napoleonic era; the road lost importance in the nineteenth century and was restored for walking in 1992. Between Lecco and Colico several stages connect with railway stations, allowing a walk in one direction and a train back. The Vie del Viandante route also includes the link between Colico and Sorico.

  • Hillside walking above the lake, along footpaths and mule tracks.
  • Several stages between Lecco and Colico allow a return by train to the starting point.
  • It passes through hamlets, Romanesque churches and terraces still under cultivation.

Highlights

  • The Varenna–Bellano stage
  • The section above Lierna
  • The churches of San Giorgio and San Martino

Getting there

  • From any station on the Lecco–Colico line: Abbadia, Mandello, Lierna, Varenna, Bellano, Dervio, Colico.
The arched stone bridge over the Vezio gorge, beside an old stone building with flowers at the windows, among woods and rock.Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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LeccoLiernaSentiero del Viandante

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