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A mountain towers over a village in Lake Como, Italy during an atmospheric morning.
From Wiki: Lake Como is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. Lake Como has been a popular retreat for aristocrats and wealthy people since Roman times, and a very popular tourist attraction with many artistic and cultural gems. It has many villas and palaces. Currently, many celebrities have or had homes on the shores of Lake Como. Lake Como is widely regarded as being one of the most beautiful lakes in Italy.
The grandest of the hotels in Stresa, just beside the lakeside promenade, it was made internationally famous by Ernest Hemingway who set part of his novel "Farewell To Arms" in this hotel. Translated, it would be "the Grand Hotel of the Borromean Isles". www.borromees.com/en/l-albergo/150-anni-di-storia-e-tradi...
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We took a boat tour to see the peninsula around Sirmione. As we approached the Scaliger castle that the town is famous for, the driver put is foot down (so to speak) and cranked on some techno dance music. Trying to get a good shot of the castle while also capturing the sense of speed and the crashes of water flying past. The turn of pace and pounding techno certainly caught us off-guard but certainly made it one of the most memorable moments of the holiday for us!
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A beautiful small town on the eastern bank of Lake Garda, it has a quaint harbour with traditional townhouses fronting onto the water.
at the gates of the main / vehicular entrance to the Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees in Stresa. At the end of the vista is an elaborate garden folly.
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Street lamps light up a park pathway along the Lake Como shoreline.
From Wiki: Lake Como is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. Lake Como has been a popular retreat for aristocrats and wealthy people since Roman times, and a very popular tourist attraction with many artistic and cultural gems. It has many villas and palaces. Currently, many celebrities have or had homes on the shores of Lake Como. Lake Como is widely regarded as being one of the most beautiful lakes in Italy.
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This opening off the loggia of the palazzo on Isola Madre led us to the chapel and round pond of the garden. In this vista, part of Lake Maggiore and one of its surrounding mountains can be seen.
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Isola Pescatori or Fishermen's Island is the third Borromean island on Lake Maggiore after Isola Bella and Isola Madre. It is popular for a hotel-stay or meal and we went there for a nice lunch of risotto with fish after having visited Isola Madre.
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Lake Como (Lago di Como in Italian, also known as Lario, after the Latin name of the lake; Lach de Comm in Insubric; Latin: Larius Lacus) is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 square kilometres (56 sq mi), making it the third largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore. At over 400 metres (1,300 feet) deep, it is one of the deepest lakes in Europe, and the bottom of the lake is more than 200 metres (660 ft) below sea-level.
Lake Como has been a popular retreat for aristocrats and wealthy people since Roman times, and a very popular tourist attraction with many artistic and cultural gems. It has many villas and palaces (such as Villa Olmo, Villa Serbelloni, and Villa Carlotta). Many famous people have or have had homes on the shores of Lake Como, such as Matthew Bellamy, Madonna, George Clooney, Gianni Versace, Ronaldinho, Sylvester Stallone, Julian Lennon, Richard Branson, Ben Spies, and Pierina Legnani. Lake Como is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful lakes in Europe.
Etymology
The lake's name in Latin is Larius, Italianised as Lario, but this name is rarely used; it is usually called Lago di Como (literally "Lake of Como"). In guidebooks the lake may be variously described as "Lake Como", "Lake of Como", or "Como Lake." Its name comes from the town of Como, known to the Romans as Comum.
While the town of Como is referred to as "Como", the lake itself is never referred to solely by this name. (This is not true of another lake in Italy, Lake Garda, where "Garda" may refer to either a town on its shores, or the lake.)
The lake is shaped much like the character "Y". The northern branch begins at the town of Colico, while the towns of Como and Lecco sit at the ends of the southwestern and southeastern branches respectively. The small towns of Bellagio, Menaggio, and Varenna are situated at the intersection of the three branches of the lake: a triangular boat service operates between them.
Lake Como is fed in large part by the Adda River, which enters the lake near Colico and flows out at Lecco. This geological conformation makes the southwestern branch a dead end, and so Como, unlike Lecco, is often flooded.
The mountainous pre-alpine territory between the two southern arms of the lake—between Como, Bellagio, and Lecco—is known as the Larian Triangle, or Triangolo lariano. The source of the river Lambro is here. At the centre of the triangle, the town of Canzo is the seat of the Comunità montana del Triangolo Lariano, an association of the 31 municipalities that represent the 71,000 inhabitants of the area.
Weather
Lake Como weather is generally mild. It is known for its Mediterranean-like climate where tropical and sub-tropical plants can grow year-round.[citation needed] In the winter, the lake helps to maintain a higher temperature in the surrounding region. Average daily temperatures range from about 2 °C (36 °F) in January to 30 °C (86 °F) in July.[citation needed] Water temperatures can reach an average of 24 °C (75 °F) during the month of July. Snowfall is erratic and primarily affects the higher elevations. Rainfall is heaviest in May and lowest during the winter months.
Lakeside villas
The lake is well known for the attractive villas that have been built there since Roman times, when Pliny the Younger built the Comedia and the Tragedia resorts. Many villas on the lake shores have admirable gardens that benefit from the mild climate induced by the stabilising presence of 22.5 km³ of lake water and are fit to host tropical plants.
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