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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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Lecco Branch

Lierna

The pale pebble beach of Riva Bianca and a station on the Milan–Lecco–Sondrio–Tirano line.

Lierna is a village on the eastern shore of the Lecco branch, between Mandello and Varenna. Below the Castello hamlet lies Riva Bianca, a crescent of pale pebbles, and the village has a station on the Milan–Lecco–Sondrio–Tirano line: you can get there without a car.

Ideal for
Swimming, families, days in the water
Time needed
Half a day or a full day
Best reached by
Milan–Lecco–Sondrio–Tirano train, Lierna stop
What to see
The Castello hamlet behind the beach
Lecco Branch

Malgrate

The shore facing Lecco: from here the city sits with the Resegone behind it.

Malgrate stands on the shore opposite Lecco, with views of the town and the Resegone together. It is about half an hour on foot from Lecco's centre, across the Kennedy bridge or via the fourteenth-century Azzone Visconti bridge.

Ideal for
Seeing Lecco from outside
Time needed
An hour's walk; an evening if you stay for dinner
Best reached by
Half an hour on foot from Lecco, over the Kennedy or the Azzone Visconti bridge
What to see
The promenade at sunset, looking back at Lecco

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