Varenna & Bellagio

We woke up to rain and fog on Thursday morning. We had a big buffet breakfast at the 

hotel did so quick research on Lake Como, and stumbled upon a town called Varenna 

which was described as being heavenly. So we set out to find Varenna. We drove to 

Managgio and then drove the car onto the ferry for the fifteen minute ride across the 

lake. Once we docked in Varenna as if on cue the rain stopped and the fog started to 

clear. Varenna ia gorgeous little lake town which would be really nice to visit in the 

summer when it's alive.

The geography around Lake Como and Lugano is amazing it is as if the mountains

rise straight out of the lakes. There are great tunnels cut into the mountains so 

you can drive around the lake. It was a really perfect day that I would gladly repeat. 

We then drove down to Bellagio to explore.  We took another ferry back to Varenna 

to spend a little more time there before taking the ferry back to Managgio. 

We drove down the eastern shore of Lake Como to Como Nord for dinner in a little 

grotto restaurant which may have been our best meal of the trip so far.