Como
Como is a city and commune in Lombardy, Italy.
Como is a city and commune in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Faro Voltiano
- 02Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
- 03Basilica di Sant'Abbondio
A Romanesque basilica built in 11th century; inside some 13th-century frescos.
- 04Tempio Voltiano
- 05War Memorial
- 06Museo Archeologico Paolo Giovio
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Things to do
Walk along the waterfront. Como has a pleasant walkway along the water. It passes by the Tempio Voltiano, the World War I memorial, and several beautiful villas. The path is also pleasantly dotted with gellaterias - you can walk as far as the Villa Olmo to the west and the Fontana di Villa Geno to the east quite easily, which on a sunny day would give great views over the lake. Bicycle ride.
- 01Centro Sportivo Casate
- 02Piscina Sinigaglia
Viale Sinigaglia, 2, fax: +39 031 3380515, piscinasinigaglia@csusrl.it.
- 03Lido Villa Olmo
Lido on the edge of Lake Como just next to Villa Olmo - gives travellers the chance to swim in the lake, which is very tempting on hot summer days.
- 04Como 1907
"I Lariani" were promoted in 2024 and now play soccer in Serie A, the top tier.
- 05Fly
Via Masia 44, fax: +39 031 570333, info@aeroclubcomo.com.
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Where to eat
You will be spoiled for choice when eating out on Lake Como. From small pizzerias to top-end expensive restaurants, you can be sure to find a place that suits your budget and taste. Fish predominates in the restaurants on Lake Como, as you might expect. You will also find polenta – a golden-yellow Italian cornmeal made from ground maize.
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Getting to Como
- Airports
- Milan Malpensa (MXP), 34 km · Milano Linate (LIN), 44 km · Il Caravaggio (BGY), 51 km
- Segrate (MI) → Como39 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · €5–7
- Orio al Serio (BG) → Como50 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · €8–11
- Caselle Torinese (TO) → Como132 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · €17–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Como
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Como. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe urbani lines run from the centre of Como to Cernobbio, the Swiss border, the villages to the south of Como, and from the top of the funicular into Brunate.
- Get aroundBeing on the edge of a large lake, taking a boat/ferry can be an easy way of getting around.
- Go nextOssuccio Bellagio – take a day trip by ferry across the lake to visit the gardens of Villa Melzi and Villa Serbelloni Tremezzina – a town directly to the west across the lake, home to Villa del Balbianello and Villa Carlotta Varenna – a village on the eastern lakeshore to the north, home to Villa Monastero Varese just half an hour by car, a hillside and cozy city with a stunning "Sacro Monte", a devotional complex listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003 Milan the capital of the Lombardy region, is a short distance away by train from Como S.
- Go nextBrianza the area between Como and Milan, full of little lakes and 16th, 17th-, and 18th-century villas Brunate; climbing to high altitude via the funicular you can easily reach this village from which you can see an incredible view of the lake and nearby Switzerland.
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If you know how people move in Como – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Como
Como is 40 km from Milan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.