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Recent Posts
- Como to Montorfano for Wild Swimming August 20, 2017
- Myth and Reality: Lake Monsters and Political Scandal August 13, 2017
- Intrepid Exploration: Brienno to Laglio on the Via Regina August 9, 2017
- Como Silk – Memoirs of a Textile Designer July 28, 2017
- Mr. Savethewall – Como’s Spray-Can Artistic Campaigner July 24, 2017
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Como to Montorfano for Wild Swimming
My motive for visiting Lake Montorfano was to swim in its beautiful, clean, super-tranquil water since nothing feels better than swimming in the wild! And it’s even better if the swim is at your destination after an hour’s walk through … Continue reading
Posted in Itineraries, Lake, Places of interest, Uncategorized, Walks
Tagged Como, lakes, Montorfano, nature, swimming, Walks, wildswim
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Myth and Reality: Lake Monsters and Political Scandal
A piece of real ‘fake news’ turned up the other day in the local newspapers – a sighting of a prehistoric monster in the grounds of the long defunct textile factory, Ticosa, on the edge of Como’s historical centre. Regular … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Lake, People, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged Lake Como, lake monsters, lariosauro, lariosaurus, Lierna, Mr. Savethewall, myth, Ticosa, Varenna
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Intrepid Exploration: Brienno to Laglio on the Via Regina
This walk is a further step out on the ancient Via Regina on the west side of Lake Como. Readers may wish to combine this walk with the stretch from Laglio to Moltrasio described elsewhere on the blog. But beware, … Continue reading
Posted in Itineraries, Lake, Places of interest, Uncategorized, Walks
Tagged brienno, Como, germanello, Laglio, Lake Como, terracing, Torriggia, Via Regina, Walks
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Mr. Savethewall – Como’s Spray-Can Artistic Campaigner
If walking the streets of Como for any time, you will become aware of a local artist known as Mr. Savethewall. His two shopfronts, the immediate appeal of some of his iconic images such as Mr. Frogman and his intriguing … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Lake, People, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, campaigns, Como, Culture, lakefront, paratie, Pinocchio, pop art, rivogliamo nostro lago, savethewall, Street art, Streetscape, Ticosa
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From Laglio to Moltrasio
This is an easy, relaxing walk traversing those communities which grew alongside the ancient Roman way called the Via Regina. We are on the west side of Lake Como south of Argegno in the area marked by luxury villas on … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Itineraries, Lake, Places of interest, Restaurants, Uncategorized, Walks
Tagged Carate Urio, Cooperativa Moltrasino, Italianlakes, Laglio, lakecomo, Moltrasio, Santa Marta, Via Regina
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Flying High Over Como
Lake Como is rightly renowned for its beauty but it is also well known internationally (albeit within a specialised community) for a service operating on the lake itself. For it hosts the only seaplane pilot training school in Europe at … Continue reading
Posted in Lake, People, Sport, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged aero club, Como, Dublin, idrovolante, lakecomo, Molina, pilot training, ppl, seaplanes
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Canottieri Lario – Making a Media Storm
If rowing was as popular as football then Como would be at the top of Seria A! Positioned third in national rankings last year, Como’s Canottieri Lario is on a roll making its own media storm. But let’s step back … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Lake, People, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged canottieri lario, Lake Como, rowing, sinigaglia, Sport
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Elegance at Villa D’Este
Today is the start of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. This is an annual gathering of vintage cars and motorbikes along with their owners and admirers. In most previous years this event has mainly taken place within the grounds of … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Gardens, History, Lake, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged auctions, bugatti, cars, concorso d'eleganza, luxury, villa d'este, villa erba, vintage cars
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Liberating the Lakefront – Como Recovers Its Greatest Asset
For residents and tourists alike, Como’s greatest asset must be its magnificent lakefront with its views north to Cernobbio, Moltrasio, Torno and to the summit of Mount Bisbino – so why has access to a large tract of it been … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Lake, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Amici di Como, Como, Lake Como, lakeside, lungolago, paratie, Politics, scandal
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Strada Regia – From Torno to Pognana
This post has now been moved to Recreation, Walks, Strada Regia – From Torno to Pognana
Posted in Architecture, Culture, History, Itineraries, Lake, Places of interest, Uncategorized, Walks
Tagged alpetti, Alpisti, Como, Faggetto Lario, lagodicomo, Lake, lakecomo, lario, Lemna, Molina, mountain, Palanzo, Pognana, San Rocco, Strada Regia, Torno, wlaks
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