About comocompanion
I am an Englishman in Como, Northern Italy - definitely both a Euro and Italophile with an interest in modern history, walks in the hills and mountains, and food and wine. I favour 'slow' tourism alongside of 'slow' food.
Como’s Four Seasons: 2 – Feasting and Hibernation – the two parts to Como’s winter with the gradual stirrings of life as the natural cycle renews towards Spring. Continue reading →
Posted in Culture, Events, Folklore, Uncategorized
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Tagged Barni, Cantu, Canzo, Citta dei Balocchi, Folklore, Giubiana, Schignano, Varese
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Over recent years Como has sought to exceed itself in attracting visitors to its streets over Christmas defining itself as the ‘Citta dei Balocchi’ – a phrase that might roughly be translated as the city of fun and fantasy. The … Continue reading →
Italian society seems ready made for the ‘noir’ genre and Como is the ideal location for appreciating it since its stunning natural location will calm the spirits after the moral turbulence provoked by this annual ‘Noir in Festival’. Continue reading →
Clouds over Como: In remembrance of the cruelties, deprivations and deaths suffered by all sides during the Nazi occupation and subsequent insurrection at the end of the 2nd World War – when Como was at the centre of the maelstrom. Continue reading →
Posted in History, Politics, Uncategorized
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Tagged 52nd Garibaldini, Albergo Firenze, Capitano Neri, Claretta Petacci, Dante Gorreri, Gianna, Hotel Posta, Mussolini, Paolo Porta, partisans, Pietro, San Donnino
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October Gastronomica: A Flurry of Food Festivals. GastroLario, Rassegna Gastronomica Valle Intelvi and Rassegna Tremezzina Gastronomica – all intended to promote local cuisine and traditions of hospitality. Continue reading →
Posted in Culture, Events, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized
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Tagged gastronomy, local produce, missoltini, Pizzoccheri, Polenta, tremezzina, val d'intelvi, Valle Intelvi
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Weaving Art into Como’s Urban Fabric: Streetscape 7, the perfect excuse to walk around the town for an artistic treasure hunt. Continue reading →
Posted in Architecture, Art, Culture, Events, Places of interest, Uncategorized
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Tagged Chiostrino Artificiale, lariosaurus, Mr. Savethewall, pop art, Street art, Streetscape
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Como’s Historical Fabric and its Pot of Roman Gold – The recent find in Como of more than four hundred gold coins has drawn international attention to Como but history through the ages is in the very DNA of this city. Continue reading →
Posted in Architecture, Culture, History, People, Places of interest, Uncategorized
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Tagged Baradello, Barbarossa, coats of arms, Cortisella, Frigerio, nevere, novum comum, Roman coins, Romanesque, Romweg, San Giacomo, stemme, Teatro Cressoni
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Como’s Four Seasons: 1 – The Re-entry, Il Rientro, – a view of the seasonal social calendar on Lake Como. Continue reading →
Posted in Culture, Events, Folklore, Food, History, Lake, Uncategorized
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Tagged Baradello, Coldiretti, Cosmo e Damiano, Federico Barbarossa, Lucia, Lucie, Mendrisio, Music, Opera, Orticolario, Palio del Baradello, pumpkins, rientro, Sagra Gioventu, Sant'Abbondio, villa d'este, villa erba
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Murder on the Dance Floor- Italy’s Crime of the 20th Century on Lake Como; a high society crime of passion at the Hotel Villa D’Este in Cernobbio. Continue reading →
Posted in History, Lake, People, Places of interest, Uncategorized
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Tagged Bellentani, cernobbio, crime, high society, History, murder, villa d'este
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Walking the Greenway and the Antica Via Regina. From Griante to Colonno on part of a medieval super-highway. Continue reading →
Posted in Architecture, History, Itineraries, Lake, Places of interest, Uncategorized, Walks
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Tagged Cadenabbia, Cammini della Regina, church, churches, Colonno, Greenway, Griante, Lenno, olive trees, Ossuccio, Romanesque, Romweg, Villa La Collina, Walks
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