As the summer season fades into fall, tourists go home and Lake Como s authentic charms come into focus, with cultural attractions and the scenic natural environment taking center stage. A vacation there isn t cheap, but the low season offers discounted hotel rates.
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Long an exclusive destination, this delightful waterside city offers the best of Italian style, accommodation and indulgent days on the water, all surrounded by stunning mountain scenery. Alessandra Piubello picks the best places to eat and drink.
Planted area 100ha
Climate Pre-alpine, with lacustrine influences
To truly understand the local saying, ‘the lake should be seen from the lake’, meander through its least explored corners towards the only island, Comacina (where spectacular firework displays mark the feast of San Giovanni in late June); or hop over to the ‘pearl of the lake’, Bellagio, on the tip of the promontory where the lake splits into two legs.