personal tips about Como & around
grocery & wine shop
if you love wine & spirits here it's a great wine shop. Ask for Daniela to get the best bottle for yr personal taste.
Delizie Di Bacco - Enoteca
19 Via Brianteaif you love wine & spirits here it's a great wine shop. Ask for Daniela to get the best bottle for yr personal taste.
Ul Pan De Com
43 Via Milanobest bakery in town.
where to drink a glass of wine or buy a bottle of wine.
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Enoteca Da Gigi - Wine Bar - Bottiglieria Di Bizzotto Snc
48 Via Bernardino Luiniwhere to drink a glass of wine or buy a bottle of wine.
Main and bigger supermarket in town, only 200 mt. far from LOFT7.
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Esselunga di via Ambrosoli
Via Solone AmbrosoliMain and bigger supermarket in town, only 200 mt. far from LOFT7.
Casale Roccolo - Formaggio di capra biologico
getting around
Navigazione Lago di Como
18 Via Per Cernobbiomain pier for yr boat trip on the como lake
Como San Giovanni, main train station. Get here yr train to Milan, or to Lugano.
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Como - Stazione S.Giovanni station
Como San Giovanni, main train station. Get here yr train to Milan, or to Lugano.
Como - Stazione Autolinee station
Bus central station.
Como Borghi train station. get here yr train to Milan or to Malpensa airport.
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Como Borghi station
Como Borghi train station. get here yr train to Milan or to Malpensa airport.
visit Brunate and start from here different hicking tracks with amazing como lake views.
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Como-Brunate funicular
Funicolare Como-Brunatevisit Brunate and start from here different hicking tracks with amazing como lake views.
mixology
best cocktail bar in town, ask for Andrea, the bartender, in order to get your favorite cocktail.
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Fresco Cocktail Shop
23 Viale Leccobest cocktail bar in town, ask for Andrea, the bartender, in order to get your favorite cocktail.
Hemingway
Vineria Vitani
Mandarin Oriental, Lago di Como
69 Via E. CarontiThe CO MO bar.
Drop Café Lounge Bar
Lo Scalo
9 Frazione San Vitoil Sereno Hotel
10 Via TorrazzaThe Lobby bar
Villa Lario
27 Via Giacomo MatteottiLounge bar Villa Lario
Terrazza 241
Mandarin Oriental, Lago di Como
69 Via E. Carontithe CO MO bar
Pastificio Braglia
Best fresh pasta in town since many many years.
arts & culture
Lago di Como's aspiring silk makers still learn their trade in the 1970s-built Istituto Tecnico Industriale di Setificio textile technical school. It's also home to the Museo della Seta, which draws together the threads of the town's silk history. Early dyeing and printing equipment features amid displays that chart the entire fabric production process.
Explanations start with the humble silkworm and how it is raised (no longer the case in Italy, which these days imports raw silk mainly from China) through to the creation of bundles and reels of silk, and on to the dyeing and production of finished products.
www.museosetacomo.com
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Educational Silk Museum - Como
9 Via CastelnuovoLago di Como's aspiring silk makers still learn their trade in the 1970s-built Istituto Tecnico Industriale di Setificio textile technical school. It's also home to the Museo della Seta, which draws together the threads of the town's silk history. Early dyeing and printing equipment features amid displays that chart the entire fabric production process.
Explanations start with the humble silkworm and how it is raised (no longer the case in Italy, which these days imports raw silk mainly from China) through to the creation of bundles and reels of silk, and on to the dyeing and production of finished products.
www.museosetacomo.com
architecture. The Casa del Fascio of Como (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkaːza del ˈfaʃʃo]), also called the Palazzo Terragni, is a building located in Como, a work of Italian rationalist architect Giuseppe Terragni.
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Casa del Fascio
architecture. The Casa del Fascio of Como (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkaːza del ˈfaʃʃo]), also called the Palazzo Terragni, is a building located in Como, a work of Italian rationalist architect Giuseppe Terragni.
The Tempio Voltiano (Italian; Volta Temple in English) is a museum in Como, that is dedicated to Alessandro Volta, a prolific scientist and the inventor of the electrical battery. Volta was born in Como in 1745, held his first professorship there until 1779, and retired to Como in 1819.
The museum houses a varied mix of items related to his life and a rich display of scientific instruments showing his researches and experiments in the field of Physics, among which the first voltaic pile.
Opening Times:
Tue. – Sun.: (April - September) h 10.00-12.00 / 15.00-18.00 rest of the year h 10.00-12.00 / 14.00-16.00
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Tempio Voltiano
1 Viale Guglielmo MarconiThe Tempio Voltiano (Italian; Volta Temple in English) is a museum in Como, that is dedicated to Alessandro Volta, a prolific scientist and the inventor of the electrical battery. Volta was born in Como in 1745, held his first professorship there until 1779, and retired to Como in 1819.
The museum houses a varied mix of items related to his life and a rich display of scientific instruments showing his researches and experiments in the field of Physics, among which the first voltaic pile.
Opening Times:
Tue. – Sun.: (April - September) h 10.00-12.00 / 15.00-18.00 rest of the year h 10.00-12.00 / 14.00-16.00
architecture.
Stately neoclassical building dating back to the end of 1700. It has an Italian garden at the front and an English park at the back with secular trees and woody plants. The Villa belongs to the City Council which uses it for conventions, events and art exhibitions. Visits are permitted to the ground floor, which is richly decorated with frescoes and stuccoes.
Opening Times:
Gardens: h 7.30-19.00 (Winter) - h 7.30-23.00 (Summer)
Villa: Mon. to Sat. h 9.00- 18.00 Opening times may change during exhibitions and events
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Villa Olmo
1 Via Simone Cantoniarchitecture.
Stately neoclassical building dating back to the end of 1700. It has an Italian garden at the front and an English park at the back with secular trees and woody plants. The Villa belongs to the City Council which uses it for conventions, events and art exhibitions. Visits are permitted to the ground floor, which is richly decorated with frescoes and stuccoes.
Opening Times:
Gardens: h 7.30-19.00 (Winter) - h 7.30-23.00 (Summer)
Villa: Mon. to Sat. h 9.00- 18.00 Opening times may change during exhibitions and events
temple, religious.
With three naves and three apses, this evocative basilica is often likened to a clover leaf. Parts of it date from the 6th century while the facade is the result of a 1914 revamp. The 16th-century rose window and 16th- and 17th-century frescoes enhance the appeal. The apses are centuries-old and feature some eye-catching sculpture on the right.
A craft and antiques market fills the piazza in front of the basilica on Saturdays.
Opening hours
8am-noon & 3.30-7pm
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Basilica di San Fedele
Piazza San Fedeletemple, religious.
With three naves and three apses, this evocative basilica is often likened to a clover leaf. Parts of it date from the 6th century while the facade is the result of a 1914 revamp. The 16th-century rose window and 16th- and 17th-century frescoes enhance the appeal. The apses are centuries-old and feature some eye-catching sculpture on the right.
A craft and antiques market fills the piazza in front of the basilica on Saturdays.
Opening hours
8am-noon & 3.30-7pm
temple, religious.
Although largely Gothic in style, elements of Romanesque, Renaissance and baroque can also be seen in Como's imposing, marble-clad duomo . The cathedral was built between the 14th and 18th centuries, and is crowned by a high octagonal dome.
Opening hours
7.30am-7.30pm Mon-Sat, to 9.30pm Sun
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Duomo og dómkirkja
Piazza del Duomotemple, religious.
Although largely Gothic in style, elements of Romanesque, Renaissance and baroque can also be seen in Como's imposing, marble-clad duomo . The cathedral was built between the 14th and 18th centuries, and is crowned by a high octagonal dome.
Opening hours
7.30am-7.30pm Mon-Sat, to 9.30pm Sun
temple, religious.
About 500m south of the city walls is the remarkable 11th-century Romanesque Basilica di Sant'Abbondio. Aside from its proud, high structure and impressive apse decorated with a beautiful geometric relief around the outside windows, the highlights are the extraordinary frescoes inside the apse.
Depicting scenes from the life of Christ, from the Annunciation to his burial, the frescoes were restored to their former glory in the 1990s. A university occupies what was once the cloister. To get a closer glimpse of the apse exterior, stroll into its grounds.
Opening hours
8am-6pm summer, to 4pm winter
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Basilica di Sant'Abbondio
35 Via Regina Teodolindatemple, religious.
About 500m south of the city walls is the remarkable 11th-century Romanesque Basilica di Sant'Abbondio. Aside from its proud, high structure and impressive apse decorated with a beautiful geometric relief around the outside windows, the highlights are the extraordinary frescoes inside the apse.
Depicting scenes from the life of Christ, from the Annunciation to his burial, the frescoes were restored to their former glory in the 1990s. A university occupies what was once the cloister. To get a closer glimpse of the apse exterior, stroll into its grounds.
Opening hours
8am-6pm summer, to 4pm winter
architecture.
The polychromatic Broletto, or medieval town hall, sits right beside Como's towering duomo . Unusually, it butts right up against the cathedral and is very much overwhelmed by it – the Broletto was built in 1215, but shortened in 1477 to make room for enlargements to the cathedral (a singular defeat for lay power).
Il Broletto
38 Via Vittorio Emanuele IIarchitecture.
The polychromatic Broletto, or medieval town hall, sits right beside Como's towering duomo . Unusually, it butts right up against the cathedral and is very much overwhelmed by it – the Broletto was built in 1215, but shortened in 1477 to make room for enlargements to the cathedral (a singular defeat for lay power).
Pinacoteca Civica di Como
84 Via Armando DiazSightseeing
walks.
One of Como's most charming walks is the lakeside stroll west from Piazza Cavour. also known as Passeggiata Lino Gelpi, leads past the Monumento ai Caduti , a 1931 memorial to Italy's WWI dead and a classic example of Fascist-era architecture. Next you'll pass a series of mansions and villas, including Villa Saporiti and Villa Gallia , both now owned by the provincial government and closed to the public, before arriving at the garden-ringed Villa Olmo .
start from piazza Cavour war monument, end at villa Olmo. (1,5 km - 15 min.)
start from LOFT7, end at villa Geno ( 3,4 km - 35 min.)
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Passeggiata Villa Olmo
Passeggiata Lino Gelpiwalks.
One of Como's most charming walks is the lakeside stroll west from Piazza Cavour. also known as Passeggiata Lino Gelpi, leads past the Monumento ai Caduti , a 1931 memorial to Italy's WWI dead and a classic example of Fascist-era architecture. Next you'll pass a series of mansions and villas, including Villa Saporiti and Villa Gallia , both now owned by the provincial government and closed to the public, before arriving at the garden-ringed Villa Olmo .
start from piazza Cavour war monument, end at villa Olmo. (1,5 km - 15 min.)
start from LOFT7, end at villa Geno ( 3,4 km - 35 min.)
walks.
Here you can have a nice lake promenade or jogging.
start from piazza Matteotti, end at villa Geno. (1,1 km - 15 min.)
start from LOFT7, end at villa Geno ( 2,8 km - 30 min.)
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Villa Geno
12 Viale Genowalks.
Here you can have a nice lake promenade or jogging.
start from piazza Matteotti, end at villa Geno. (1,1 km - 15 min.)
start from LOFT7, end at villa Geno ( 2,8 km - 30 min.)
pastry & ice cream
Pasticceria Dolciamo
104 Via Borgo VicoProbably the best pastry in town.
An historical bar and pastry shop in town. Their ice cream and pastry are legend in town. Milo, the owner, is one of the most funny and gentle bartender in town. Only 500 mt. far from LOFT7.
Gelateria Luisita
15 Via Luigi DottesioAn historical bar and pastry shop in town. Their ice cream and pastry are legend in town. Milo, the owner, is one of the most funny and gentle bartender in town. Only 500 mt. far from LOFT7.
Gelateria Guidi
17 Via Domenico FontanaOne of my favourite ice cream in town. Try it, and let me know.
Gelateria Rossetti Como
One of my favourite ice cream in town. Try it, and let me know.
Pasticceria Poletti
34 Via ReginaIl Pane di Sandro
Go for breakfast. Less than one km. far from LOFT7.
casual dining
Figli dei fiori
34 Via Borgo VicoThai food, natural wine, creft beer, together with a touch of Italian design. Less than one km. far from LOFT7.
CAFÉ THAI Como
16 Via ValleggioThai food, natural wine, creft beer, together with a touch of Italian design. Less than one km. far from LOFT7.
Osteria del Gallo
16 Via VitaniVegami
Best vegan in town. Ask for Diana.
Da Morris - Vineria e Cucina
Casa Aquadulza
3 Via Giuseppe MazziniDispensa 63
Osteria Il Governo 1801
18 Località RozzoGo here for pizza. Since 40 years the best real Italian pizza in town. Ask for Gaetano to order your pizza. Only few meter far from LOFT7.
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Pizzeria da Benito
29 Via BrianteaGo here for pizza. Since 40 years the best real Italian pizza in town. Ask for Gaetano to order your pizza. Only few meter far from LOFT7.