Walking Tours in italy

Lake Como Rambling

This new tour has all the necessary hallmarks to become a Breakaway Adventures Classic - Alpine Italy in a beautiful Lakeland setting.  Lake Como is a gorgeous blue watery ribbon carved between the adjacent mountains, for a length of 29mi/46 km, during the last ice age by powerful glaciers. It has an average depth of 154 m but at its deepest dives to 410 m.  It branches into two legs at a junction between the attractive villages of Bellagio, Varenna and Menaggio on opposing lake shoress. At the end of the western limb of the lake is the attractive city of Como, which is the starting point of this tour. The area was no secret to the Romans who once built villas along its length, and many of the wealthy came to retire by the lake. Many of these villas have admirable gardens which benefit from the mild climate induced by the stabilizing presence of 14 mi of lake water and are able to include tropical as well as temperate plants. With the advent of resort type tourism from Victorian times, hotels were built for wealthy European and American tourists who promenaded around the lakeshore and into the surrounding hills to take the air. You too can discover the attractions and beauty of the area with the selection of walks, ferry crossings and the variety of hotel locations.

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