We spent the day getting on and off the ferry at stops along Lake Como. It was a very nice way to spend the day. We left on the first ferry at 10:30 and arrived back in Argegno at 5:50. We visited Bellagio, Varenna, and Menaggio. Bellagio is probably the most popular city on Lake Como and it was lovely. After hearing so much about it, I think we might have been expecting more. It was the most polished of the places we visited and it had lovely shops. Prices seemed a bit higher than some of our other stops over the past couple of months and it was pretty crowded. We enjoyed our visit and moved on to Varenna. This was probably our favorite stop today. It's a pretty town with lots of flowers and character. 

We had lunch in Varenna and we each enjoyed pasta while overlooking the harbor. A side note about restrooms. We needed to duck under a chain they set up to keep out non-customers from using the restrooms. The restrooms offered squatty potties, which means they do not have toilet seats. We have encountered a few of these in our travels and in case you are wondering, I am not a fan. I would much rather pay a euro and have a seat. Aside from that, we really liked Varenna.

Our next stop was Menaggio. We might have missed something, but it didn't appear that there was much to see here aside from the lovely harbor. It seemed to be a regular city not much of a tourist sight. 

The highlight of the day were the ferry rides. We looked into doing a private boat tour which would have been an hour or two on a fancy boat. That would have been nice and we would have been told who lived in some of the beautiful villas, but we don't really care about that type of thing. For a fraction of the cost we were able to enjoy hours soaking in the beautiful scenery and stopping at the different cities we have heard about. 







                                            Airplane taking off from the water

                                        This might be the villa that a 007 movie was filmed.










                                        Bellagio Church, it was very shiny as you might expect



                                                    Varenna






                                                        lunch spot












                                            and there is even a water fountain at Bellagio








 


                                                our hotel-nothing fancy, but we like it

Comments

  1. Mary DegelmanOctober 23, 2024 at 5:08 AM

    It looks like choosing to go on your own let you go at your own pace and appreciate the towns. The skies in today's pictures, and especially the clouds, added to the beauty of them.

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  2. JanineOctober 24, 2024 at 9:32 AM

    Such a beautiful area! And more shopping I see 😁

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