Walking Holiday in Italy - Lake Como

Situated in Northern Italy’s Lombardy region, close to the Swiss border and just an hour from Milan is perhaps the most spectacular of the three major lakes. Known for its dramatic scenery, Lake Como has enchanted artists and travellers for centuries with its magnificent landscape. 

Set against the foothills of the Alps and hemmed in on both sides by giant, luxuriant hillsides, there is hardly a place in Europe that evokes such images of beauty, glamour and tranquillity than Lake Como. Shaped like an upside-down Y and measuring around 160km in wavy shoreline, Lake Como is dotted with charming, picturesque villages.

The walking in Lake Como and its neighbouring areas offer the traveller the chance to enjoy a real sense of discovery and witness some truly spectacular scenery. Walks are often along ancient trails which run along the lake or take you up through wooded hills with their rural settlements, or to the scenic heights of the mountains around Lake Como. 

The Walking

Our routes have been selected to provide varied walking around the central area of Lake Como. They vary from short and/or easy to considerably longer and challenging walks, with two well up in the mountains. There is little flat land in this area, so even our easier walks include ascents and descents that will raise the pulse rate! Some of the routes involve quite long and steep terrain. Only two of our routes involve any scrambling (nothing too difficult) and sections which are somewhat vertiginous and so require a head for heights.

The routes mostly follow tracks or paths and sometimes use roads, both rural and urban. The latter range from the busy, touristy lakeside towns (with many grand villas and gardens) to remote, ancient hamlets, some with no road access at all, at least not roads as we tend to think of them these days! The tracks are often old mule trails (mulattiera), sometimes cobbled, and a couple of our walks follow a Roman road, the Antica Strada Regina or Via Regina, which connected to territory north of the Alps.

Self-Guided

You can walk entirely at your own pace and we provide extensive walking notes giving distances, route directions, ascents, descents and walking times. 

Walk Grading 

A selection of easy, moderate and challenging walks that you can choose from. 

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Lake Como

Included			Not Included
ü	7 night’s accommodation		û	Dinner, Lunches & drinks with meals
ü	7 breakfasts		û	Bus journey from Como to hotel (payable locally)
ü	Return journey rail tickets from Milan Malpensa airport to Como		û	Travel Insurance (required)
ü	Baggage transfers between hotels (1 bag per person @20kg)
ü	Route notes & walking map

Optional Extras

Ø  Direct transfer available from Milan airport to hotel at a supplement.

Ø  ‘With flights’ includes typical flight prices* between London Gatwick and Milan Malpensa airport. Flights are also available from many local airports (exact price for your dates available on request).

Ø  Train travel from London St Pancras is available. Second class return tickets are typically £309 or first class tickets are available with a typical additional supplement of £140 (exact prices for your dates are available on request)

All prices valid for 2023

Prices are per person in GBP / UK £ and are based on a shared twin/double standard room.

Hotel Du Lac ***

Dates	With Flights	Without Flights	Extra Night	Single Supplement*
01 Apr – 17 Apr	970	810	99	75
13 Apr – 13 Oct	1030	870	105	80
14 Oct – 20 Oct	970	810	99	75

Room supplements per person per night (Hotel Du Lac)*
Double/Twin with Lake View & Balcony: £7 All year  
Hotel Albergo Lenno ****

Dates	With Flights	Without Flights	Extra Night	Single Supplement*
10 Mar – 27 Mar 16 Oct – 29 Dec	787	627	83	34
28 Mar – 28 Apr 25 Sep – 15 Oct	907	747	100	40
01 May – 30 Jun 11 Sep – 24 Sep	1145	985	134	74
01 Jul – 10 Sep	1265	1105	151	91

 
Room Supplements per person per night (Hotel Albergo Lenno)

Double/Twin with Side Lake View: All seasons = £6

Double/Twin Front Lake View: Low season = £9, Mid, High + Very High Season = £12

Double/Twin with Side Lake View & Balcony: Low season = £12, Mid, High + Very High Season = £17

Double/Twin with Front Lake View & Balcony: Low season = £17, Mid, High + Very High Season = £23

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Hotel Du Lac - 3 Star

Hotel Albergo Lenno - 4 Star

Availability Information

The walking is available from mid-March to mid-October but the best time to visit Lake Como is May, June and September. Summer is also good however the temperatures do rise in the months of July and August.

Please note our best to go information is generally referring to the walking which may fall in the early or late season in some places. This may mean that not all tourist facilities will be open at the time you visit.

When to book your walking holiday in Italy - Italy - Italian Lakes - Walking at Lake Como

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