Lake Como
Lake Como is in the provinces of Como and Lecco in Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is part of the Italian Lake District. It has been popular with visitors since the early 20th century for its combination of fresh air, water, mountains and good weather.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Como and Lecco.
Como
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Como is a city at the southern end of Lake Como in Lombardy, Northwest Italy. It has a population of 84,000. The border with Switzerland is at the northwestern end of the city.
Lecco
Lecco is a large town on the southeastern end of Lake Como in Lombardy, a region in Northwest Italy.
Esino Lario
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Esino Lario is a mountain village in the Esino valley, between Lake Como and Valsassina in the Province of Lecco, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Bellagio and Lierna.
Bellagio
Bellagio is a city in Lombardy, Italy, situated at the picturesque junction of the three legs of Lake Como. Many celebrities are known to pass through this small Italian town.
Lierna
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Lierna is a picturesque village on the east coast of Lake Como, occasionally dubbed "the Portofino of Como".
Varenna
Varenna is a fairly sedate, attractive lakeside village in the central part of Lake Como in the Lombardy region of Italy. Varenna is the fifth richest municipality in all of Italy for income paid by taxpayers.
Menaggio
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Menaggio is a town and comune in the province of Como, Lombardy, northern Italy, located on the western shore of Lake Como at the mouth of the river Senagra. Menaggio has three frazioni : Croce, Loveno and Nobiallo.
Colico
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Colico is a city in Lombardy. Located between the two Montecchios, at the border of the provinces of Lecco, Como and Sondrio, it's Lake Como's fifth largest town by population with 7,700 inhabitants.
Perledo
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Perledo is a village in a comune of the same name that goes from the shores of Lake Como up to the Grigna mountains in the Province of Lecco, in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Paderno d’Adda
Paderno d'Adda is a small village in the Lecco province of Lombardy, northern Italy, located on the southern edge of the Italian Prealps, south of the city of Lecco, and near the northeastern edge of Greater Milan.
Montevecchia
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Montevecchia is a small village in Lecco province, between Milan and the city of Lecco, in northern Italy.
Torno
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Torno, is a town in Lombardy, on the Italian-Swiss border. It sits at the southern end of Lake Como.Torno with its 1250 inhabitants slopes gently down along its headland that juts into the Lake of Como, some 7 kilometers from Como along the provincial road leading to Bellagio.
Rota d’Imagna
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Rota d'Imagna is a comune in the province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km northwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 857 and an area of 6.0 km2.
Inverigo
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Inverigo is a village in the Province of Como in Lombardy. It is on the border of the land of Brianza. Inverigo has a really beautiful castle, but now you can't visit because somebody bought it.
Nesso
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Nesso is a small village built on the lush and steep banks of Lake Como in the Lombardy region of Italy. It is about halfway between the towns of Como and Bellagio.
Moltrasio
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Located on the shores of Lake Como in Italy, the village of Montrasio was a favourite summer destination for such celebrities as Giovanni Versace and Winston Churchill.
Tremezzo
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Tremezzo is a village on Lake Como in Italy. It is on the western shore of the lake, just inside in the southwestern arm of the lake. Since May 2014 it has been part of the new municipality of Tremezzina, which also incorporates Lenno, Mezzegra and Ossuccio.
Isola Comacina
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The Comacina Island is the unique island of Lake Como, near Tremezzina. Sights include seven churches built by the ancient Byzantines, secluded corners and the open views.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Varenna–Esino–Perledo station and Castello di Vezio.
Varenna–Esino–Perledo station
Railway station
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Varenna–Esino–Perledo is a railway station at Perledo, on the Tirano–Lecco railway in Lombardy, in northern Italy. As the name implies, it also serves Esino Lario and Varenna.
Castello di Vezio
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Castello di Vezio is a castle located nearby Varenna and Perledo, northern Italy. Characterized in the main tower by square merlons, similar to Cly Castle in Aosta Valley, it commands the Lake Como.
Villa Monastero
Museum
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Villa Monastero is located in Varenna, Province of Lecco, on the shore of Lake Como. It includes a botanical garden, a museum, and a convention center, contains precious architecture, period furniture, works of art and a beautiful park that extends to Fiumelatte with paths overlooking the lake, tall cypresses and many species of exotic plants.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plesio and Mezzegra.
Plesio
Village
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Plesio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 kilometres north of Milan and about 30 kilometres northeast of Como.
Mezzegra
Village
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Mezzegra is a former comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy. Since 21 January 2014 it is part of the comune of Tremezzina.
Cadenabbia
Neighborhood
Cadenabbia is a small community in Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Como, on the west shore of Lake Como. The community is part of the comune of Griante, between the communities of Menaggio and Tremezzo.
Lake Como
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Lombardy, Italy
- Also known as: “Lago di Como”, “Lake of Como”, and “Lario”
- Category: glacial lake
- Location: Griante, Province of Como, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Lake Como” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Liqeni i Komos”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Λίμνη ἡ Λάριος”
- Arabic: “بحيرة كومو”
- Armenian: “Կոմո”
- Azerbaijani: “Komo gölü”
- Azerbaijani: “Komo”
- Basque: “Comoko aintzira”
- Belarusian: “Возера Кома”
- Belarusian: “Кома”
- Bengali: “কোমো হ্রদ”
- Breton: “Lenn Como”
- Bulgarian: “Лаго ди Комо”
- Burmese: “ကိုမိုရေကန်”
- Catalan: “llac de Como”
- Catalan: “Llac de Como”
- Catalan: “llach de Comm”
- Chinese: “科莫湖”
- Chuvash: “Комо”
- Croatian: “Como”
- Czech: “Como”
- Czech: “Comské jezero”
- Czech: “Jezero Como”
- Czech: “Komské jezero”
- Czech: “Lago di Como”
- Danish: “Comosøen”
- Dutch: “Comomeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيرة كومو”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره كومو (بحيره)”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Como”
- Estonian: “Como järv”
- Finnish: “Comojärvi”
- French: “lac de Côme”
- French: “Lac de Côme”
- French: “Lario”
- Galician: “Lago Como”
- Georgian: “კომო”
- Georgian: “კომოს ტბა”
- German: “Comer See”
- German: “Comersee”
- German: “Comosee”
- German: “Lago di Como”
- German: “Larius Lacus”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Κόμο”
- Hebrew: “אגם קומו”
- Hungarian: “Comói-tó”
- Hungarian: “Lago di Como”
- Icelandic: “Como-vatn”
- Indonesian: “Danau Como”
- Irish: “Loch Como”
- Italian: “lago di Como”
- Italian: “Lago di Como”
- Italian: “Lario”
- Japanese: “コモ湖”
- Korean: “코모호”
- Latin: “Larius lacus”
- Latin: “Larius”
- Latvian: “Komo ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Komo ežeras”
- Lombard: “Lagh de Com”
- Low German: “Comomeer”
- Luxembourgish: “Comer Séi”
- Luxembourgish: “Lago di Como”
- Macedonian: “Комо”
- Macedonian: “Комско езеро”
- Malay: “Tasik Como”
- Mingrelian: “კომო”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Comosjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Comosjøen”
- Norwegian: “Comosjøen”
- Panjabi: “ਕੋਮੋ ਝੀਲ”
- Persian: “دریاچه کومو”
- Piemontese: “Lagh ëd Còm”
- Polish: “Como”
- Polish: “Jezioro Como”
- Polish: “Lago di Como”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Como”
- Romanian: “Lacul Como”
- Romansh: “Lai da Com”
- Russian: “Комо”
- Russian: “Комское озеро”
- Russian: “Лаго-ди-Комо”
- Russian: “Ларийское озеро”
- Russian: “Ларио (озеро)”
- Scots: “Lake Como”
- Scots: “Loch Como”
- Serbian: “Језеро Комо”
- Serbian: “Комо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Como”
- Slovak: “Comské jazero”
- Slovenian: “Comsko jezero”
- Slovenian: “jezero Como”
- Slovenian: “Komsko jezero”
- Slovenian: “Lago di Como”
- Slovenian: “Lario”
- Spanish: “Lago de Como”
- Swahili: “Ziwa la Como”
- Swedish: “Comosjön”
- Swiss German: “Comer See”
- Swiss German: “Comersee”
- Swiss German: “Lagh de Còmm”
- Swiss German: “Lago di Como”
- Swiss German: “Lario”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบโกโม”
- Tosk Albanian: “Comersee”
- Turkish: “Como Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Комо”
- Urdu: “جھیل کومو”
- Venetian: “Łago de Como”
- Vietnamese: “Como”
- Vietnamese: “hồ Como”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Como”
- Welsh: “Llyn Como”
- Western Frisian: “Comomar”
- Western Panjabi: “جھیل کومو”
- Wu Chinese: “科莫湖”
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