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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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Como

The city of silk and rationalist architecture, with the lake reaching right into the centre.

Como is a walled city of Roman origin, where silk has been woven and printed since the late eighteenth century. Its historic centre preserves the grid plan of the Roman town.

Ideal for
Arrivals, architecture, rainy days
Time needed
Half a day for the centre, a full day with Brunate
Best reached by
Train from Milan (40 min), the A9 motorway, boat
What to see
The funicular up to Brunate at sunset
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Blevio

The first village on the eastern shore after Como: seven hamlets on the slope linked by the Strada Regia, and the villas where Giuditta Pasta and Maria Taglioni lived.

Blevio rises from the shore, at two hundred metres, to 1140 metres on the slopes of Monte Boletto, and is made up of seven old hamlets the village calls “the seven towns”: Capovico, Cazzanore, Girola, Meggianico, Mezzovico, Sopravilla and Sorto. The earliest written record is from 1084; between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries its position made it a place for summer stays, and its villas were home to Giuditta Pasta, Alessandro Manzoni, Adelaide Ristori and the dancer Maria Taglioni.

Ideal for
Villas seen from the lake, the Strada Regia, a village minutes from Como
Time needed
A couple of hours by the water; half a day with the Strada Regia
Best reached by
C130 bus from Como in a few minutes; boat on the Como–Colico line
What to see
The shoreline villas seen from the boat

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