How To Spend A Day in Como? Visit North Italy in 2021: Lake Como in 4K | How To Spend A Day in Como guide to cheap locations, bargain places and main attractions! Only to be pictured with wine, excellent food and a slow paced lifestyle.
We have a local expert tour on how to spend a day in Como, best places to visit in Como and many tips by the best Italian Local Experts !
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This travel guide is brought to you by a real local!
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Well guide you through:
INTRODUCTION: 1) Lake Como, the town of Bellagio and Secret
spots with zero tourists!
2) Famous Villa del Balbianello where James Bond and Star Wars was filmed
3) Milan with its signature Galleria, the main square piazza Duomo, the Sforzesco Castle,
Free entrance to private rooftops and Italian pre-dinner aperitivo.
4) Top cheap LOCAL eateries with no tourists.
5) 4 must visit architecture masterpieces all close to each other
6) Bolzano and Merano city on the border with Austria with fun train rides over the mountain
ridge.
7) Angara town on the Maggiore Lake.
Going to touristic places, following beaten paths is boring!
We don’t like boring stuff !
We take you to secret places that nobody knows!
Enough with the pay this and pay that!
For cheap car rental, accommodation and best time to visit, maps and more, please skip to the end of the video.
We recommend starting straight off the bat with Lake Como!
Not sure if you know but Lake Como is where George Clooney had his summer residence since 2002, where many James Bond Casino Royale and Star Wars scenes were shot!
Lake Como is the third-largest lake in Italy. At over 400 meters deep, it’s one of the deepest lakes in Europe. The bottom of the lake is more than 200 meters below sea level!!
Lake Como has been a popular retreat for aristocrats and wealthy people since Roman times, and a very popular tourist attraction. It has many villas and palaces where many famous people currently live. One place we absolutely recommend going to is the Villa del Balbianello in the Lenno town:
This Villa used to be an ancient monastery from the 12th century. The history behind this Villa is insane, it hosted important writers and protected politicians. During the Red brigade assassinations, the underlying tunnels of the villa were used as safe escape passages.
Why is this Villa so famous?
This scene from James Bond Casino Royale was filmed here in Villa del Balbianello. And this scene from Star Wars the attack of the clones was filmed right here!
Beautiful!
Let’s sight see this place together. If you’re not interested, skip this video for 1 minute. Total price for visiting this villa is 20 euros. If you only want to visit the garden then its only 10 euros. if you’re an instagram maniac, this is where you have to take pictures In the area surrounding Lake Como there are several farms which produce goods such as honey, olive oil, cheese, milk, eggs and salamis. Visitors can typically visit the farm itself in person to make their purchases.
In 2014, The Huffington Post called it the most beautiful lake in the world for its microclimate and environment. Lake Como has a Y shape and is popular for its landscapes, wildlife, and spas. It is a venue for sailing, windsurfing, and kite surfing. This place is just outstanding for its beautiful architecture and nature, wonderful example of symbiosis and mutual respect between men and environment. If you have time, before going to Bellagio which is our next stop, do some trekking here
at Lake Como Greenway.
You can follow the path up to the above hills and stop at several monasteries or restaurants. You’ll find many small little farmers selling their home made products. Try this place: alpe di lenno !
We recommend reaching the San Benedetto Monastery. Its 8.2 km however it’s well worth it!
The place is extremely rewarding. To reach Bellagio you can either drive there or take your car on the ferry from here: Cadenabbia ferry terminal. Bellagio is a town within Lake Como. If you’ve enjoyed the views so far, believe us it’s about to get way better. Bellagio has always been famous for its location upon a tip of land that divides Lake Como in two. Since the town is located on a steep hill, as you walk up the alleys and you turn towards the lake, you’ll witness the best postcard view ever. It is unique during daytime, night time but mostly during sunset.
It’s just incredibly romantic. Our top favorites are walking through the town and:
1) Taking this signature picture of Bellagio once you reach the top of this alley. This is the place we recommend for that perfect picture.
2) Taking a coffee at Bar Sport in the main square next to the San Giacomo Church: grab yourself an Italian espresso ask for café lungo, don’t add any milk or sugar and have it by the tables outside.
Relax and enjoy the quietness!
Alternatively take an Aperol Spritz if the weather is hot!
3) We recommend antichi sapori Bistrot. This place has pizza for 7 euros. That a bargain!
4) Walk to The punta spartivento Observation Deck and witness the dramatic views and relaxing tranquility this beautiful lake offers. Be Italian and smoke a cigar!
We recommend antico toscano.
If you’re a fan of instagram, this is a good spot.
Trust us!
5) Visit our secret spot for the best sunset ever to be seen. And its zero tourists guaranteed!
We’ve never witnessed such a beautiful sunset cause it’s a double sunset, one above the mountain range and one reflected in the lake. It’s truly majestic and humbling. Go to via valassina and turn up to the hill. Walk up the stone paved alley till you reach farmer fields. To your right you’ll find a field with olive trees going down a steep hill towards the lake.
Take your wine and food here and enjoy the best pic nice of your life!
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Before you leave Bellagio, you must try:
The traditional dish Torch. Eaten with a wooden spoon, it is made of polenta (in English boiled cornmeal) mixed with butter and cheese, accompanied with dried fish from the lake, cold stuffed chicken or home-made salami. Since there’s so much content to fit in one single episode, we’ll be doing a 4 episode travel guide.
You can find all of our episodes in the link here, in the upper right corner. Every episode is curated to maximize your time and travel efforts. You may modify our itinerary as much as you like but it might not be as efficient. Our Top priority is FIRST, to save you money, SECOND, get you to live the place like a local and THIRD, to enjoy the most without compromises!
Best period for this holiday is in June or September. You need about 7 full days to do it all and you’ll need to rent a car. Without it you’ll be traveling by bus or train and it cost you more money and time. So DONT!
If you want to rent a car, we recommend economycarrentals.com or rentalcarsdiscount.net . We’re not paid to say this. It’s just super cheap and we want you to save money just like we did!
We paid 70 Euros for 10 DAYS!
Check this receipt if you don’t believe us That 7 euros per day!
Just make sure you read the fine print 100%. Once you have a car, add the locations we visit on this travel guide to Google maps and download the offline map. To add the locations from this episode make sure you go to the video description below and click on the map link we have provided under MAP LOCATIONS.
Either print the map or save each location on your phone by tapping each red marker on on the map
scrolling down and tap view in Google maps then tap on the place name and finally tap save. Once you’ve saved each and every location on the map, open Google maps and tap the option tab with the three lines on the upper left corner.
Tap on offline maps. Tap on select your own map. Drag to the area you want to save until it covers the area we visit on this episode. Zoom in or out depending on how much of the map you want to save and once ready, tap download. Once you visit this specific area you’ll be able to get car navigation without internet connection!
Usually it’s very accurate and makes travelling smooth and easy. Cool tip huh?!
This is only the first out of 4 episodes to this travel guide!
I’m from Italy!
There’s no way I’m letting you out of my country without doing cool cheap things. And I promise you, never get ripped off !
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