Como Trip Overview
Floating on the placid waters of Lake Como may be relaxing, but embracing a whole part of it with your sight, together with the beautiful town centre of Como and the Alps in front of you would be definitely astonishing.
This private tour will start with a pleasant walk in the streets of Como, reaching both the majestic Cathedral and the Rationalist masterpieces by Giuseppe Terragni. After a rich wine tasting in a cosy bar, matched by cold cuts and cheese, you will be lifted on a historical cableway, up to the charming small village of Brunate. Here, a handful of elegant liberty villas and a monumental lighthouse, dedicated to a major Italian inventor, stand in front of one of the most amazing landscapes you’ll ever see.
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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Como, Italy
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Como, Lombardia, Italy
Floating on the placid waters of Lake Como may be relaxing, but embracing a whole part of it with your sight, together with the beautiful town centre of Como and the Alps in front of you would be definitely astonishing.
This private tour will start with a pleasant walk in the streets of Como, reaching both the majestic Cathedral and the Rationalist masterpieces by Giuseppe Terragni. After a rich wine tasting in a cosy bar, matched by cold cuts and cheese, you will be lifted on a historical cableway, up to the charming small village of Brunate. Here, a handful of elegant liberty villas and a monumental lighthouse, dedicated to a major Italian inventor, stand in front of one of the most amazing landscapes you’ll ever see.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Monumento Ai Caduti, Viale Puecher, 22100, Como Italy
Designed by a master of Italian Rationalism, Giuseppe Terragni, this massive, 30 metres-high tower was inspired by some sketches by Futurist painter Antonio Sant’Elia, born in Como and killed during World War I. The monument was inaugurated in 1933, on November 4th.
Stop At: Cathedral of Como (Duomo), Piazza Duomo, 22100, Como Italy
The most important religious building of Como is also the third in Lombardia district for dimension, after the Duomo in Milan and the Charteuse in Pavia. The start of the construction is more or less the same for the three building, i.e. the end of 14th century. The cathedral took the place of the pristine church of Santa Maria Maggiore, which had become too small for the community needs.
The construction lasted more than 300 years, thus the visible styles are Gothic (facade), Renaissance (sides and apses), Baroque (dome).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Basilica di San Fedele, Via Vittorio Emanuele II 94, 22100, Como Italy
Itis the most ancient church in Como, probably used as a pagan temple since the Roman periodo. It is famous for its romanesque style sculptures.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Porta Torre, Via Cesare Cantu, 22100, Como Italy
It is one of the “gates” of the ancient boundery wall.
It’s an impressive exemple of civic tower belonging to the Middle Ages.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Brunate, Brunate, Lake Como, Lombardy
This small village may have existed since VI century B.C., but after the Roman settlemen it has been basically linked to the authority of Como. It is well known for is eclectic and liberty villas, leisure residences for wealthy families from Como and Milan, and for the “Volta” lighthouse, a 29 meters-high tower, built in 1927 to celebrate the 1st century since the decease of Alessandro Volta, the inventor of the first electric battery ever.
Duration: 2 hours
