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Information about towns and villages around Lake Como

The map shows only the most popular places for tourists – mostly located in the central area and on the western side of the western branch. They are all small townships with populations ranging only from a few hundred to a few thouand. Menaggio, Varenna and Bellagio are regarded as ‘must see’.
The four towns at the [...]

San Siro is not the Milan football stadium relocated but rather a change of name for the place formerly known as Santa Maria Rezzonico.
Whilst it has a ‘centre’ with shops and restaurants, it’s probably best regarded as a sort of suburb of Menaggio, with all that means in terms of the closeness of the attractions [...]

Mezzegra is a very small place but very interesting for a particular reason – it was where Mussolini was executed.
Mussolini began his last journey on 25 April 1945, travelling from Milan to Como with his mistress, Claretta Petacci. The next day, they reached Menaggio. On the 27th they were approaching Dongo when they were [...]

The ‘Tremezzina Riviera’ is a short stretch of the western shore of the mid-lake region, running north from Lenno through Tremezzo to just past Cadenabbia-Griante. It’s basically a row of grand lakeside hotels, two noble villas and a prestigious golf club. It’s sometimes known as the ‘Azalean Riviera’ because of the azaleas that bloom, alongside [...]

For most visitors to Lake Como, Tremezzo is a short stretch of lakeside that’s primarily a place for visitors to stay – a base from which it’s very easy to explore the mid-lake (Menaggio, Bellagio and Varenna); the Alto Lario (northern end), and Como. Its tourist activities date back to the time of the nineteenth [...]

Cadenabbia – Griante is one ‘town’. Cadenabbia is the part that fronts onto the lakeside, while Griante is the area about fifty metres up in the hills behind it. Both are principally places to live or stay in, rather than places to visit – accommodation rather than sightseeing.
The main difference between them is that Cadenabbia [...]

Ossuccio is just south of Lenno and diagonally opposite Isola Comacina. The lakefront at Ossuccio is distinguished by two unusual bell towers – the Moorish tower of the church of S. Maria Maddalena ad Ospedaletto and the ‘sail shaped’ tower of S.Giacomo. It’s also the location of the handsome Villa Balbiano.
Ossucio is also the [...]

Between Argegno and Lenno lies the only island in the lake – Isola Comacina – a small piece of land, uninhabited apart from a restaurant: ‘Locanda dell Isola Comacina’.
Sala Comacina is that part of the shoreline that directly faces the island
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Taken as a whole, Lenno is possibly the most under-rated of the villages along the Tremezzina stretch of the western branch of the lake. We’ve valued it more for its supermarket, which are few and far between at Lake Como, than for any other attractions. Ironically, however, the adjacent Villa del Balbianello is probably the [...]

Lecco is the most southerly commune on the eastern branch of the lake. With a population of nearly fifty thousand, it’s second only to Como in size.
But despite the fact that the East side of the lake has a railway line and expressway it is not as popular as the West side and therefore Lecco [...]