Lake Como Walking

Our trip begins in the Terminal 1 Arrivals Hall, area 'Arrivals B' at Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) at 1 pm. If your flight arrives into Terminal 2 you can catch a complimentary shuttle bus that runs around every 10 minutes to Terminal 1. If you would like a airport tr...

Long-associated with poets, artists, world leaders and, lately, film stars, Lake Como is undoubtedly the most beautiful of all the well-known Italian lakes. The Southern Alps - which are still snow-covered until May - surround the lake which is dotted with small harbo...

Our walk today is once again direct from our hotel and is a 7 kilometres/4.4 miles traverse from Gravedona to the village of Sorico, located on the north-west shore of Lake Como with an impressive church. We pass through the pretty town of Domaso and then slowly climb...

We take the bus south along the lake to Menaggio - a small town with a pretty piazza - from where it's a short ferry ride across to Bellagio on the eastern shore. From the ferry you can see the fabulous lake-side villas that have been host to royalty and world leaders...

Today has been left free so that you can explore parts of the area that interest you the most. Close to Menaggio is the impressive Villa Carlotta with stately rooms and manicured gardens that are well worth seeing. Como town can be reached by ferry or public bus in 90...

Today is a wonderful walk with outstanding views across the lake to Bellagio. We take the bus to Croce and head up a zig-zag path to the chapel of Madonna della Grazie di Paullo. Further up we reach a mountain pass with panoramic views of the lake. We then descend to ...

For our final walk, we take the 20-minute bus ride to Rezzonico which has flights of cobblestone steps, a beautiful harbour and a 13th century castle. It is one of the few lakeside villages to have maintained its original structure. From here we climb above the lake t...