Lake Como

Lake Como is located approximately 31 miles from Milan, between the Provinces of Como and Lecco, and it is the third-largest Italian lake, after Garda and Maggiore. It is also the deepest, at 1,345 feet.

The Lake (one of Lombardy's several incomparable lakes) is of a characteristic upside-down Y-form. The town of Como is situated on its southwestern arm, Lecco on the southeastern arm, and Colico on that northern.

From the Lake's shores, one can enjoy multiple, fascinating views: suggestive borgoes, splendid villas and lush gardens await visitors in search of a little charm and relaxation, or a little culture and contact with nature.

In Como, tiny city from which the Lake's name evidently derives, merits a visit particularly for its Educational Silk Museum, where visitors can learn about the area's traditional textiles production.

Breathtaking villas, one after the other, encircle the lake, a resort destination of the nobles of Lombardy since the 16th Century.

Como is also considered the land of Italian artistic and architectonic rationalism; thus one will find exemplars of modern European architecture - the Novocomum, the Giuliani Frigerio House, the Monument of the Fallen, and the former Casa del Fascio - all the work of Italian architect Giuseppe Terragni.