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From Como to Colico, from Bellagio between the two branches to Lecco: the 45 villages and towns of the Lario, what to see, how long you need and how to get there.

A lit chapel on a ridge above the middle of the lake, the branch receding between snowy mountains.Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Centro Lago

Bellagio

On the point that splits the lake in two, with staircases instead of streets.

Bellagio sits exactly where the two branches part, and it owes its villas and gardens to that position. Behind the arcades, six stepped lanes climb steeply from the shore, with stone walls and workshops, and twenty minutes on foot brings you to Pescallo, a tiny harbour on the other side of the point, on the Lecco branch.

Ideal for
A first visit, car-free trips, villas and gardens
Time needed
A full day; 2–3 nights as a base
Best reached by
Ferry from Varenna and Menaggio (15 min), bus from Como
What to see
Punta Spartivento, where the lake divides
Centro Lago

Cremia

Sixteen hamlets from the lake up the mountainside, on the western shore of the upper lake: on the shore San Vito, with a slightly leaning little Romanesque tower beside the tall domed one, on the Vignola plateau the parish church and the town hall, and higher up the stone huts.

Cremia is a comune of the upper lake, on the western shore, and its territory takes in most of the eastern slope of Monte Bregagno: sixteen hamlets, from the shore at Prato and San Vito up to the mountain pastures. It is a village of ancient origins, made up of small hamlets linked by old mule tracks.

Ideal for
A Romanesque church on the shore, a swim at San Vito, paths along the hillside between the hamlets
Time needed
An hour between San Vito and Vignola; half a day on foot between the hamlets
Best reached by
C110 bus from Menaggio in about ten minutes; no boat calls at Cremia
What to see
San Vito's little Romanesque tower, beside the domed one

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