Lake Como Holiday - 50 Things to Do

1. Explore the historic buildings in Como's compact old24. Play a round of golf at the Menaggio and
townCadenabbia or Villa D'Este club
2. Visit the Temple of Volta and see the first Voltaic25. Hire equipment for sailing, wind and kitesurfing,
Pile (battery)waterskiing and wakeboarding
3. Enjoy nature's slideshow from the deck of a ferry26. Take sailing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, waterskiing
boator wakeboarding lessons
4. Let Como's funicular railway take you up 50027. Explore picturesque lakeside towns like Menaggio,
metres - funiculi, funiculaagh!Bellagio and Varenna
5. Fly over the Lake in a seaplane and land on the28. Hire mountain bikes and ride trails or downhill
water for a swim if you like29. Hire a motorboat, jetski or canoe
6. Visit the silk museum (Como produces almost all of30. Visit the interior and gardens of the Villa Carlotta
Europe's silk)31. Enjoy a meal or a drink in the large lakeside
7. Buy designer silk ties and scarves from discountpiazzas in Cernobbio or Colico
outlets32. Visit the Abbey at Piona
8. Make a day trip to Milan for the cathedral,33. Watch a display of falconry in a castle above
shopping, art, opera or footballVarenna
9. Book three months in advance for fifteen minutes34. Visit Bellagio for boutique craft shops in steep
in front of Leonardo's Last Suppernarrow alleyways
10. Visit the historic centre of Bergamo, home of35. Visit beautifully decorated churches in Dongo,
DonizettiGravedona and Domaso
11. Visit the resistance museum in Dongo where36. Take a day trip to St Moritz, including an exciting
Mussolini was captured by patriotsride on the 'Glacier Express'
12. See the spot in Mezzegra, where Mussolini and his37. Read an international newspaper at a pavement
mistress were executedcafe in Menaggio's lakeside piazza
13. Hire a boat and go fishing or see George38. Take the C10 bus form Argegno to Menaggio for
Clooney's villa from the Lakea 'narrow circuit' thrill ride
14. Get married and honeymoon in the most romantic39. Walk to San Martino church, perched halfway up
of surroundingsthe mountain side at Cadenabbia
15. Take the C20 bus from Como to Argegno for a40. Have second thoughts about the walk and stay in
high level thrill ridethe pub at the foot of the mountain
16. Sunbathe and swim at a Lido or sandy beach41. Go rock climbing or 'canyoning'
17. Adapt to local culture and take a break from 142. Make a tandem parachute jump or paraglide with
pm to 3 pman expert
18. Get a room with a view and go sightseeing by43. Ride horses or learn how to ride if you can't
opening the blinds44. Visit Villaggio Crespi, near Bergamo, a monument
19. Be hauled up 800 metres in a cable car nearto philanthropic eccentricity.
Argegno45. Stroll along the two mile lakeside walk between
20. Visit nearby Lugano for smart shopping and theDongo and Gravedona
world's most beautiful toilet46. Visit the Orrido water feature in Bellano
21. Climb past thirteen shrines to the Abbey and47. Play crazy golf at Menaggio
Trattoria above Ossucio48. Combine a holiday at Lake Como with the Grand
22. Eat at a prestigious restaurant on the lake's onlyPrix at Monza
island - Isola Comacina49. Work your way round an obstacle course in the
23. Take a guided tour of the much filmed Villa deltrees
Balbianello50.