Tagged: lago di como

This might win the medal for my favorite day in Italy.  Ever. It was the first week of... Read more →

Last year I took an early morning train from Bergamo to Varenna, a small village on Lake... Read more →

Varenna is seriously a picture postcard come to life.  Granted, I was there just before... Read more →

  Imagine having your own, personal funicolare up to your house!  At least, I think... Read more →

As I hefted my luggage out of the train station in Varenna and pulled out my handy-dandy... Read more →

Leaving Castle Vezio, I wanted to find the "other" path I had read about leading back... Read more →

When you enter the path to Castle Vezio the first thing you encounter is this "horned"... Read more →

My first day in a new place I always seek out the highest point for a lay of the land.... Read more →

The third day I was in Varenna (Lake Como) I decided to visit the other towns on the... Read more →

I took a quick hike up the mountain behind Varenna (Lago di Como) with an American... Read more →