Mel&Daniel guide around the lake

Lezzeno: Bar Calvasino : frazione calvasino 5, 22025 lezzeno Located on the right side of the principal street going to Bellagio. Here you can buy the tickets for the bus. Bar la Cope: frazione cendraro lago 37, 22025 Lezzeno Located in the end of Lezzeno, is a great place where you can have breakfast or eat pizza, sandwich and piadina at lunch. Bar Tita: frazione Villa 1 , 22025 Lezzeno It is located just next to the restaurant “da Abate”. Here you can buy the tickets for the bus. Great italian breakfast. In Lezzeno there are some little markets: Here you can find the principal things you need. The nearest shop is next to Bar Calvasino and the name is Antico prestino, there is one other just next to “ristorante Helvetia” the both on the main road, on the left side of the principal street this last, on the right the first, going in the direction of Bellagio. The other little shop is near “ bar La Cope”. In Nesso : there a lot of bars: in the centre of the village, near the football ground and the school there is bar sport , quite busy in the summer but very comfortable and has also ice cream. This bar is the normal centre of various parties which are usual in the summer, parties normally made in the parking or in the gym next to the bar. ( via pietro Binda, 2 , 22020 Nesso como) Other bar is la cooperativa, just 100 meters after the school , here you can find also 2 little markets where you can buy the most you need for your stay, in this bar is also possible to buy ticket for the bus. Others bar on the principal road are Insolito posto and Lol ,the first is near Restaurant Tre rose and the second just over the famous “Orrido di nesso”, the nesso waterfall, here they have good ice cream. ( piazza Castello, Nesso 22020 Como) In Nesso there is a grocery between the church and the restaurant Tre rose, Alimentari da Tano and one just over the fall in Nesso. If you need to buy more things, you can go to Bellagio or Como. Here are somes: Sigma: via volta 15 , 22021 Bellagio Mon-Sat 7:00/12:30 - 15:30/19:30 Sunday 7:00/12:30 (Thursday closed) Bennet : via Asiago 2, 22100 Como (Tavernola) Mon-Thurs 9:00/20:30 Friday 9:00/22:00 Saturday 8:30/20:30 Sunday 9:00/20:00 Esselunga: via Carloni 24, 22100 Como Mon-Sat 7:30/22:00 Sunday 9:00/20:00 Migross: via volta 40, 22021 Bellagio Tue-Sat 8:30/12:30 - 15:30/19:30 Sunday 8:30/12:30 Monday closed Carrefour: via fratelli recchi 18, 22100 Como Open 24h

Lezzeno is located between Nesso and Bellagio (~10km) and is far around 20km from Como. To arrive there is also possible with the pubblic transport: by bus c30 (page 2 the timetable) or by taxi; Taxi contacts: +39 3477446454 - lezzenotaxi@gmail.com +39 3464729973 - taxi Nesso +39 031261515 - radio taxi Como Naturally is also possible to move by water, Lezzeno, Nesso and Careno have a pier from where is possible to reach Como, Bellagio, Menaggio, Colico and the most famous villages on the lake. is not possible to take a ferry but only boat (battello) or fast boat (aliscafo), so if you want to take a ferry (traghetto) with the car is possible in Bellagio (Follow the link with the timetables). The pier of Lezzeno is in the middle of the village just under the principal church of S.S Quirico e Giulitta. In Nesso is just under the Restaurant Tre rose, there is a street with the indications so is very simple to reach. WWW.comoeilsuolago.it/navigazioneorari.htm Or WWW.navigazionelaghi.it/ita/c_orari.asp (in this website you can find also the price) In lezzeno and Nesso is possible to rent a boat with driver or not. Contacts: Cantieri Mostes, via Calvasino 24, 22025 Lezzeno, Como +39 031914621 +39 3664181167 (Chaplin) Airon marine, via Fornace 78, 22025 Lezzeno, Como +39 031914878 - WWW.Aironmarine.it Lake by boat, via Eugenio Vitali 28, 22021 Bellagio, Como +39 3282920019 Taxi boat como Lake, via alle rive, 19 22020 Faggeto lario, como +39 031309844 Taxi boat service , via melzi d’eril, porto di Loppia, 22021 Bellagio, como +39 031950201 In Como is possible to catch the train to Milano and Lugano, there are two train stations, one is national (stazione San Giovanni) and the other is regional (stazione Como lago). Out of both stations there are bus c30 stops. If you need a airport shuttle from Malpensa, you can ask us and we organize for you for 100€. Your bus stop is: Pescaù - bivio Bagnana if you stay in Lezzeno, nesso if your house is in Nesso and Careno for the guests of Careno. The price for the ticket to Como and bellagio is normally from 2 to 3,50€ for person. Things to do and place to visit on the lake... Naturally we suggest you to visit the centre of Bellagio with a lot of shops, bar, restaurants and the beauty of this ancient village wich is like a “Venice” of the lake. One of the greatest and singoular place is “la Punta” , wich is the central point of the lake where is possible to have a wonderful view of the two other sides of the lake of Como. In Bellagio there are also two fantastic and famous villas: Villa Serbelloni and Villa Melzi Other magnificent villas on the lake are: Villa Carlotta in Tremezzo (wich is possible to reach by boat) Villa d'Este in Cernobbio Villa Olmo in Como Cernobbio and Lecco are also a good villages to visit with the long lake and more shops and restaurants. In Como you can enjoy the new long lake where you can find “Tempio Voltiano” and arrive until the ancient centre where there is the beautiful Duomo, shops, bar and restaurant. Good places to visit for the nature and the view are: Brunate and Pigra. The both are achievable by cable railway (funicular) The first from Como in five minutes and the seconds from the village of Argegno (between Menaggio and Como) The only island in the lake is “Isola Comacina”, it is a place of great charme where history, nature, art and archeology intertwine in this small fragment of almost uninhabitet land. From Bellagio is possible to take the boat to the island. In the area is possible to go trekking and walk through the wood and the mountain, suggestive can be the “strada regia”, it was the ancient road, now is a pathway between the villages and the wood. It is of 35km, from Brunate to the end of Lezzeno. You can divide the excursion in two stages: one from Brunate to Pognana and the second until the end of Lezzeno. The second stage of the Strada Regia is more demanding, full of gorges and slopes, and develops on mule tracks in local stone, crossing the villages of Nesso and Lezzeno up to the arrival at the Ponte del Diavolo. From Pognana Lario on the SS583 take the Via dei Monti di Careno, then after a panoramic stretch uphill descend towards Nesso where a visit to the Orrido is required: a deep and picturesque natural gorge, located at the mouth of the Tuf valleys and Nosè, where the homonymous torrents are united in a single thunderous mass of water that falls between the rocks, dividing the village and forming a beautiful cascading waterfall. The difference in height from the beginning of the waterfall to the waters of Lake Como is approx. 200 meters. The show can be admired from the SS583 "Lariana", or down to the lake with the characteristic steps, of over 340 steps, flanked by houses, an ancient Romanesque bridge (Ponte della Civera) that connects the two sides of the waterway . HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! From the parking area near the Orrido, go up to the Church of S. Maria di Nesso, where a long half-coast route begins that will lead you to the territory of Lezzeno, crossing the towns of Carvagnana, Sormazzana and Calvasino, where the church is located of Sant'Antonio di Lezzeno. Back on the SS583, after covering it for about 500 meters, take the dirt road again up to the church of the Beata Vergine dei Ceppi di Lezzeno in Casate; from here continue on the beautiful scenic descent to the State Road, where you take a long half-mile stretch of about 2 km, with breathtaking views of Lake Como and Villa Balbianello di Lenno on the opposite bank, which ends with a steep dive at the parking lot in Ponte del Diavolo in the town of Bellagio, point of arrival of the track. You need around 6h. Other excursions are to monte: Colmenacco, Nuvolone, San Primo...in some periods of the year “Baita la Morena” organize some excursions with breakfast and lunch included. You can speak with us if you are interested. HolidaysOnTheLake Daniel & Melissa