Arrived to Lago di Como on the 6th day of the tour.

Stayed at Silvio's in Bellagio and made a ferry trip to Menaggio and Varenna. Beautiful places!

Good night!

ps. my other trips to Lake Como can be found here.

Lazy day in Bellagio

View of Lake Como
from room 32
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After all that running & walking,

Sunday was a peaceful day for relaxing

in Bellagio
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Streets of belaggio downtown
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Local cheese shop
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Lots of shops & fine boutiques

selling Tod's, Missoni...
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Had lunch in downtown
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Tortelloni filled with cheese in pesto sauce
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Delicious piece of fruit cake
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Rest of the day enjoyed the great view

from the balcony of room 32,

reading a book, eating crisps...
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Sunday seemed to be a boating day!

Lots of boats at the lake

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Silvio's

Saturday dinner at Silvio’s
- wanted to eat there once more as it was so good last time

- and this time was no disappointment either!

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As a starter chose local mozzarella type of cheese

called burratina

with a portion of sun dried tomato, potato & zucchini

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Main course was - surprise, surprise:

grilled lavarello

& 1 sardine - a local speciality.

Very good strong taste

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And sorbetto ended the great dinner

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Como Lake Iron Man - Triathlon

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Throughout the walk saw people participating

the Thriathlon competition.

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Cycling

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Running
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That must be unbelievably hard:

cycling 180km, running 42km & swimming app. 4km

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Still half way to run!

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Not sure if the Italian won

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- but everyone was congratulating him,

also the TV.

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Hiking in Bellagio

Saturday walk

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Bellagio has an area that extends from app. 200m at sea level

to reach the peak of Monte San Primo at 1.680m

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Bellagio is divided into 22 small hamlets

that are all extremely characteristic .

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Walked up to Vergonese,

then up and down through Mulini del Perlo,

Visgnola, Regatola, Villa Giulia, Oliveiro…

These are all hamlets of Bellagio

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Saw many green houses
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No idea what is the name of this plant
with flowers and fruit at the same time
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Lunch in Pescallo at La Pergola

Entrance to La Pergola
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View of the lake Como

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As a starter had caprese
- too much mozzarella, heavy one

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As a main course had a local dish:

fried pesce persico (perch filets)

with rise & curry sauce!
- very good!

Don’t know how they had made the rice so tasty!

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Boats in Pescallo
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The cobble stoned paths went up & down

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Pink house & pink flowers

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Continued to walk to the downtown,

had an stracciatella ice cream

and sat down for a moment at Punta Spartivento

- the end of the peninsula

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Punta Spartivento
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Someone's villa in the end of the peninsula
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Didn't choose the easiest way back to the hotel...

Again took a small path up & down, steep steps etc.

- not easy but very pretty

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The path went through a farm

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Room 32

As booking a room with Elena’s help in Cinque Terre area,

found out it was really hard to get any kind accommodation there.

Finally managed to get a room in Santa Margarita near Portofino,

but only starting on Monday.

So had to booked 2 more nights

at Borgo le Terrazzo

- actually it was a good idea:

the hotel Borgo le terrazzo is beautiful

and there are so much to see on Como Lake.

No wonder George Clooney have bought a villa there!

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Couldn’t keep the same room (room 9)

with a beautiful view over the lake.

Changed it to room 32 - wow!

That was pure luxury!

Absolutely one of the best rooms ever!

Gorgeous view of the lake, huge balcony with sun beds,

tastefully decorated.

Loved it!