Lake Como Sights
Italy

Urio village, a typical west coast lake view seen from the Como ferry.

As the Como ferry heads up the long, narrow lake there are sights on both sides but the bugcrew chose to sit/stand on the left side at the front, and in retrospect we felt that this was the right choice with more interesting villages and villas well lit by the morning sun. The right side, east, was of course in shadow.

Don't forget to apply plenty of sunscreen, the journey to the main tourist holiday resort of Bellagio, with stops to pick up/drop off passengers, takes at least two hours.

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One of many "iWantthat1" Como villas, not owned by Sr. Georgio Clooney.

More diminuitive but still desirable Como lakeside homes (but too small for GC).

Swimming was surprisingly popular in Lake Como.

The bugcrew would not hesitate to swim in a Swiss lake, but knowing how inefficient and dilapidated Italian infrastructure is, we would think twice about diving into this bug-infested (and that's not a good thing!) lake.

Our favourite Lago di Como island villa not owned by Georgio Clooney.

And yet another magnificent Como mansion not yet possessed by the great Georgio. Villa Balbianello was built in 1787 and is now a museum of exploration.

Looking east across the lake towards the Italian Alps in the late afternoon.
The white mansion is Villa Meltzi in Bellagio.

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