I don't know how to express this feeling when you see the lake Como for the very first time.
snow-covered Rhaetian Alps, Lago di Como (also known as Lago Lario) is the most spectacular of the lakes. Shaped like an upside-down letter Y, measuring 120km all up, its squiggly shoreline is scattered with villages, including exquisite Bellagio, in the centre of the inverted V on the lake’s southern shore. Where the southern and western shores converge is the lake’s main town, Como. Lecco, the the other large town on the lake, sits where the southern shore meets the lesser-explored eastern shore.
Lombard kings once took refuge from invaders on Isola Comacina, the sole island in this beguiling 146-sq-km body of water.
My homeland is an island in Greece so I am used to costal zones and beach houses but I could never imagine this state of the art. First of all, the whole area is like a painting. The harmony between the colors of the houses, the leafs, the mountais that touch the sky.. The clouds hug the highest point of the lake and giving 50 shades of grey and blue.
Unfortunatelly I stayed only for two hours due to the bad weather. But that was enough to fall in love with Como and give the promise to go back as soon as possible.
Walking around the lake on the boardwalk made by beautiful stones and romantic railings, you meet traditional houses, ducks, flowers and trees. The architecture is simply amazing. The old structure of these houses is like a fairytale with those underground parkings for boats with private stairs that lead directly at the interior.
At the end of the road dominates an old castle. It looks like a summer house of a Kingdom.
Gliders and helicopters offer a unique experience to those who want to fly over the cold waters of the lake.
snow-covered Rhaetian Alps, Lago di Como (also known as Lago Lario) is the most spectacular of the lakes. Shaped like an upside-down letter Y, measuring 120km all up, its squiggly shoreline is scattered with villages, including exquisite Bellagio, in the centre of the inverted V on the lake’s southern shore. Where the southern and western shores converge is the lake’s main town, Como. Lecco, the the other large town on the lake, sits where the southern shore meets the lesser-explored eastern shore.
Lombard kings once took refuge from invaders on Isola Comacina, the sole island in this beguiling 146-sq-km body of water.
My homeland is an island in Greece so I am used to costal zones and beach houses but I could never imagine this state of the art. First of all, the whole area is like a painting. The harmony between the colors of the houses, the leafs, the mountais that touch the sky.. The clouds hug the highest point of the lake and giving 50 shades of grey and blue.
Unfortunatelly I stayed only for two hours due to the bad weather. But that was enough to fall in love with Como and give the promise to go back as soon as possible.
At the end of the road dominates an old castle. It looks like a summer house of a Kingdom.
Gliders and helicopters offer a unique experience to those who want to fly over the cold waters of the lake.
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