VARENNA

Varenna (Varena in Como-Lecco dialect, phonetic pronunciation IPA: /vaˈrena/) is an Italian town of 783 inhabitants in the province of Lecco, in Lombardy. Located on the banks of the Lario, it faces the Bellagio to which it is connected by ferry.

BELLAGIO

Bellagio (Bellas in the dialect of Como, AFI: [belɑːs]) is an Italian municipality of 3 747 inhabitants in the province of Como in Lombardy. The municipality belongs to the mountain community of the Lariano Triangle. Renowned holiday resort, it is famous for its picturesque location right on the branch of Lake Como in its southern arms, with the Alps visible beyond the lake to the north.

MENAGGIO

Menaggio (Menas in the dialect of Como, AFI: [menɑːs]) is an Italian town of 3,084 inhabitants in the province of Como in Lombardy. The municipality is part of the Valli del Lario and Ceresio Mountain Community located on the western shore of Lake Como at the mouth of the homonymous valley.

It consists of a center and three fractions: Croce, Loveno and Nobiallo.

LECCO

Lecco is an Italian town of 48 562 inhabitants, capital of the homonymous province in Lombardy. Known for being the place where the writer Alessandro Manzoni set I promessi sposi, the city is located in one of the vertices of the Lariano Triangle.

BALBIANELLO

Villa del Balbianello is a historic building located in Lenno, on the shores of Lake Como. The villa is located on the tip of the Lavedo peninsula, a promontory that extends into the Lariano body of water and which took the name “Balbianello” from the building. The complex is owned by FAI.

VILLA CARLOTTA

Villa Carlotta is a villa located in the municipality of Tremezzina in the province of Como and located on the shores of Lake Como. The villa is famous both for the art collections kept inside, and for the vast botanical garden that surrounds it, part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani circuit.

COMO

Como is an Italian municipality of 83 320 inhabitants, the capital of the homonymous province in Lombardy.

A city at the center of the Lombardy of the lakes, Como attracts international tourism linked to the natural scenery, and is an industrial center based on the silk industry (typically a Como activity).

SAINT MORITZ

Sankt Moritz is a Swiss municipality of 5 067 inhabitants in the canton of Graubünden, in the Maloja region.

Renowned winter and summer tourism resort in the Alps, it has hosted numerous international sporting events, including two editions of the Winter Olympic Games.

LUGANO

Lugano is a Swiss municipality of 68 387 inhabitants in the canton of Ticino.

Ninth Swiss city by population, main cantonal urban center and Italian-speaking Switzerland. Lugano is also a popular tourist destination and has established itself worldwide as a leading international banking center, at the third highest level in Switzerland after Zurich and Geneva.