BELLAGIO
Oct 2010
What a lovely town Bellagio is . Built on the slopes of the lake . We reached
the town by ferry from Varenna . Bellagio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located on Lake Como. It has long been famous for its setting at the intersection of the three branches of the Y-shaped lake, which is also known as Lario.
Bellagio is situated at the tip of the peninsula separating the lake's two southern arms, with the Alps visible across the lake to the north.
Bellagio is situated upon the extreme cape of the region that divides the Lake Como in two bifurcations. The tourist centre occupies the extreme part of the promontory, while the numerous districts are disseminated both along the lake shores and upon the slopes of the hills. The great Pleistocene glaciations with their imposing flows coming from the Valtellina and Valchiavenna modelled the actual landscape of the Lake Como: for at least four times the glaciers went as far as the Brianza to the South.
From the ancient glacial blanket only the highest tops emerged, one of them was mount St. Primo, which obliged the glaciers to divide themselves into two arms. A luxuriance of trees and flowers is favoured by a mild and sweet climate. The medium temperature during winter is never below 6-7 C°, while during summer it is around 25-30 C°, mitigated during the afternoon by the characteristic breva, the gentle breeze of the Lake Como.
Train Multiple options:
- take a train from Milan to Como (two lines, operated respectively by Trenitalia and LeNord)
- take a train from Milan to Varenna (operated by Trenitalia)
- take a train from Milan to Lecco (operated by Trenitalia)
- take a train from Milan to Asso (operated by LeNord; nearest train station supplied town)
For more information on trains, see Trenitalia or LeNord (in Italian)
Hydrofoil
A hydrofoil runs from Como to Bellagio, making stops at the other towns on Lake Como along the way. A ferry also runs from Varenna to Bellagio. For more information, visit Gestione Governativa Navigazione Laghi.
Road
Bellagio is accessible by narrow and windy roads from Como and Lecco. It is much safer to drive from Como up to Cadenabbia and use the reasonably priced car ferry for the quick trip across to Bellagio. The road from Como up the eastern side of the left leg of the lake is very narrow and windy.Public buses run daily from Como to Bellagio. An alternative could be to follow the four lane road on tern shore of the right leg of the lake, travel to Varenna and get on the ferry to Bellagio. 
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