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Swimming in Lake Como 2024

Posted on April 28, 2024 by comocompanion

Many ask if it is safe to swim in Lake Como. Every year we publish the official data collected over the previous season and this year (2024) we can confidently state that the lake’s beaches are cleaner than ever. Continue reading →

Posted in Lake, Places of interest, Uncategorized | Tagged bacteria, beaches, Como, e-coli, italy, Lake Como, lidos, pollution, swimmability, travel, wild swimming | Leave a comment

Como and Henry’s ‘Turbulent Priest’

Posted on February 28, 2024 by comocompanion

Thomas a Becket was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by King Henry II of England in 1162 and then executed on his orders in 1170. His martyrdom and beatification gave birth to a cult celebrated across Europe including here in Como. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Culture, History, People, Places of interest, Uncategorized | Tagged Basilica, england, Henry II, History, Monreale, Palermo, relics, reliquary, San Giorgio, Sicily, Thomas Becket, travel | Leave a comment

Como to Auschwitz on Convoy 8

Posted on January 31, 2024 by comocompanion

Convoy 8 to Auschwitz. The story of a diverse group all arrested in Como over December 1943 but from different backgrounds forced on the same journey and to share the same fate due to their shared ethnicity. The enormity of where racism can lead us must surely never be forgotten. Continue reading →

Posted in crime, History, Uncategorized | Tagged Auschwitz, Brunate, Convoy, Fossoli, History, holocaust, jews, Memorial Day, Olgiate, Questura, RSI, Shoah, SS, world-war-ii | 6 Comments

Lake Como in Fiction

Posted on January 21, 2024 by comocompanion

Some suggested holiday reading with Lake Como used as the backdrop for holiday romance, crime and historical drama – how is our lake depicted? Continue reading →

Posted in crime, Culture, History, Lake, Uncategorized | Tagged book-review, book-reviews, books, Como, fiction, holiday reading, Lake Como, landscape, novels, writing | 7 Comments

Twenty English Artists on Lake Como

Posted on November 11, 2023 by comocompanion

Twenty English Artists on Lake Como is the name of the exhibition running from the 13th to 17th November in London featuring all of the output from the art project set up to raise funds for the preservation of the Anglican Church in Cadenabbia. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Culture, Events, Lake, People, Uncategorized | Tagged Anglican Church, Cadenabbia, Gurr Johns, Museo del Paessaggio | 3 Comments

Como’s Hidden Gems – The Sala Recchi

Posted on October 16, 2023 by comocompanion

The Sala Recchi with its painted ceiling is undoubtedly one of the many hidden gems that are only occasionally revealed to the public. Thanks to FAI, there was the opportunity to visit it this autumn and to have the symbolism of the fresco explained. Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art, Places of interest, Uncategorized | Tagged Art, baroque, Como, FAI, Frescoes, Palazzo Lambertenghi, Recchi, roman gods, Sala Recchi, Trompe l'oeil | Leave a comment

Lake Como’s British Enclave, the Anglican Church and Landscape Art

Posted on August 11, 2023 by comocompanion

An exhibition of original works by some of the most prestigious contemporary English figurative artists will open on August 19th in Tremezzo. The works will later be sold to raise funds for Cadenabbia’s Anglican Church. Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art, Culture, Events, Lake, Places of interest, Uncategorized | Tagged Alice Boggis-Rolfe, Anglican Church, Brentano, Cadenabbia, Griante, Heathcote Long, JMW Turner, Lake Como, mosaics, Murchison, Museo del Paesaggio, restoration, Saint George's Venice, sgraffito, Tremezzo, Villa Collina, Villa Mainona, Villa Norella | Leave a comment

Como Municipality’s Heraldic Confusion

Posted on July 25, 2023 by comocompanion

Como’s city council has sought to clarify a case of heraldic confusion. The new mayor has decided to clarify what must have been the most insignificant of the many issues facing the new administration, – its coat of arms. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, History, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged banner, Barbarossa, coat of arms, Como, Ghibellines, gonfalone, Guelphs, History, logo, mayor, Palazzo Cernezzi, sindaco, stemma | Leave a comment

Shopping In and Around Como

Posted on June 24, 2023 by comocompanion

Shopping – a)Meandering around the boutiques of Como’s ‘centro storico’
or b) A trip to the heart of Italian fashion design in Milan or c) A day out at Serravalle Designer Outlet. Take your pick. Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, People, Places of interest, Shopping, silk, Uncategorized | Tagged Ally, boutiques, Como, Designer Outlets, Foxtown, Gavi, Golden Triangle, LeDolciTerre, milan, Serravalle, Shopping, silk, ThinkSerravalle | Leave a comment

Como’s Manifesto for Wellbeing

Posted on April 10, 2023 by comocompanion

No doubt a short break in Como will do wonders for your wellbeing, but the major outcome of the recent World Happiness Summit held over three days in the Teatro Sociale might just result in a more long lasting effect – with global impact. The World Happiness Summit (WOHASU for short) staged its fifth year anniversary event outside of Miami for the first time. Running from Friday March 24th it filled the auditorium and galleries of the Teatro Sociale for three days. Continue reading →