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Varenna - Lake Como

Varenna, Lake Como

Villa Cipressi, Varenna

Welcome to Varenna,
situated on Lecco’s shore between Mandello and Bellano, this ancient village overlooks the lake in the point where the three branches meet and for this reason Varenna is linked well to the major resorts on the opposite shore.

Varenna is built on a promontory near the mouth of the river Esino and it could have been a settlement dating back to the Iron Age. In the Middle Ages Varenna was involved in the conflicts between Como and Milan, and in 1169, it became a refuge for the inhabitants of the Isola Comacina when they escaped from the destruction of the island by hand of the Comaschi. Every year Varenna remembers this episode during the feast of San Giovanni with thousands of small lights floating on the Lake.

Varenna is a charming town, made of narrow alleys that descend to the lake, ancient houses and porches along the lake. What once was a village that lived on fishing and on the extraction of the popular black marble, today has become an important tourist congressional resort.

Varenna represents a good starting point to visit the main areas of the Lario, but also it’s worth visiting Fiumelatte. Perledo, Vezio and Esino Lario; from these places you can set out on trips to the mountain Grigne.

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