I wasn't sure what to expect from this trip, especially being somewhat of an actual holiday and not a safari! My husband and a few business colleagues had organised some business/strategy meetings in the mornings with the afternoons free to sightsee etc.
The area of
Lake Como turned out to be pretty spectacular on the scenery front, a little reminiscent of the Rockies. Our
hotel (Hotel Belvedere) was in a fantastic position with views out over Pescallo on Lake Lecco and a view north up Lake Como.
The weather was lovely for the first three days but then turned to some rain during the day with thunderstorms in the evenings. One night we had the worst storm. We were sitting in a restaurant when the mother of all bangs shattered the air followed by an absolutely torrential downpour. The unfortunate people who were sitting outside under the canopy ended up with a river running over their feet. Needless to say we took our time and ordered more Grappa!
My daughter and I enjoyed some time down at Pescallo harbour. She liked to throw rocks in the water whilst I photographed the boats. Pescallo is a very pretty little village with a lovely restaurant called
La Pergola where we had our farewell dinner.
Other nice villas to visit include
Villa Monastero at Varenna,
Villa Balbianello (Star Wars and 007 movies were filmed here). On one of the more dreary days we took a boat down as far as
Cernobbio just to have a look at all the pretty little villages along the lake side. Unfortunately we didn't see George Clooney or Brad Pitt, must've been the day we heard they visited
Menaggio. Oh well.
There is a lot to see in a week and it is definitely worth a trip back to explore more.
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