Bellagio - Punta spartivento
From Punta Spartivento, at the northernmost end of Bellagio, you can admire breathtaking views of the two arms of lake Como and the Alpine foothills: a splendid intermingling of water and mountains.
Read moreBellano - Orrido di Bellano (natural gorge)
This is a natural gorge created by the Pioverna river that has cut out gigantic potholes and fascinating caverns over the centuries. Its dark ravines and the hollow rumble of gushing water have inspir...
Read moreChiavenna - Parco Paradiso e Museo archeologico (Botanical garden Paradiso and Archaeological Museum)
Botanical garden. The “Paradiso” is a luscious and extensive botanical garden which along with flora and fauna features some fascinating archaeological and historic phenomena and which affords som...
Read moreChiavenna - Riserva naturale Marmitte dei giganti (Marmitte dei Giganti nature reserve)
Today´s glaciers are just a modest reminder of those that periodically covered the alpine chain and all of Europa from 1 million years ago up until about 10 thousand years ago. The Park contains ma...
Read moreDascio - Sasso di Dascio (Stone of Dascio)
An impressive rocky buttress offering a splendid view of Pian di Spagna. The benches and the fountain undoubtedly invite you to take a short break; some explanatory panels help you to learn more about...
Read moreGrono - Golena del Pascolet (Floodplain of Pascolet)
A 25-hectare floodplain area created by demolishing the river banks built at the beginning of the 20th century on both sides of the Moesa; the floodplain has become a forest reserve, a hunting lodge a...
Read moreIl Naviglio di Paderno
The Paderno Naviglio was built to overcome the non-navigable stretch of the Adda River and obtain continuity of navigation to Lake Como. The construction of the Paderno Naviglio began at the end of th...
Read moreIl Naviglio Martesana
The Martesana Naviglio was built in 1443 in response to a request to build a canal to take water from the Adda River in order to provide irrigation and driving force for the mills. In the 15th century...
Read moreLa palude di Brivio (The marsh in Brivio)
After exiting the small lake of Olginate, the Adda River takes a winding course and forms a meander whose bend, facing west, marks the boundary of a marshy area called Isola della Torre and Isolone de...
Read moreLezzeno - Grotta dei Bulberi (o Grotta Azzurra)
The water-level entrance to the Bulberi grotto, also known as the Azure grotto, is near the cliffs of Sassi Grosgalli (a name of Celtic origin), that fall sheer to the lake on the western side of the ...
Read moreLezzeno - Ponte del diavolo (Devil's Bridge)
At the side of road SS 583 between Bellagio and Lezzeno, the 'Ponte del Diavolo' (Devil's Bridge) stretches across a gorge in the dolomitic limestone rock of mount Nuvolone. The mysterious and somb...
Read moreLostallo - Cascata Buffalora (Waterfall Buffalora)
The waterfall is visible on the right of the valley, near the restaurant of the same name and the cantonal road. When there is enough water, the Buffalora brook forms a foamy white cascade against a w...
Read moreLostallo - Piazza della Centena (square)
Once a field, located at the south entrance to the village, the general meeting, with elective and legislative functions (Centena) of the Comungrande (the combined communities of Mesolcina and Calanca...
Read moreLostallo - Selva castanile (Chestnut forest)
A terraced chestnut occupies the hilly area between the Church of St. George and the Aquate Chapel forest with dry stonewalls of medieval origin. Thanks to important interventions of recovery (care of...
Read moreLostallo - Zona golenale Rosera (Rosera floodplain)
An area of 20 hectares has been revitalised since 1995 by removing the embankment on the right bank and lowering the ground by extracting inert materials. This has created a natural, wild space at the...
Read moreNesso - Orrido di Nesso (Natural gorge)
The picturesque gorge, at the outlet of the Tuf and Nosè valleys, is fed by the mountain streams of the same names which meet here in a deafening, spectacular foaming mass, plunging between the bare ...
Read moreNesso - Punta della Cavagnola
Punta della Cavagnola, in the municipality of Nesso, is the point where the long, looming ridge of mount San Primo, the highest peak in the Larian Triangle, meets the lake. To the south-east of Punta ...
Read moreNovate Mezzola - Mòt di Béch
This is an inlet in the northern part of lake Mezzola, close to the little church of San fedele (also known as San Fedelino). There is a small beach with a landing-stage. From above there are splendid...
Read morePalanzo - Forra del Gaggio
A little bridge spans a small ravine created by the mountain stream. On the rock surface you can see the flint limestone that forms the mountains in this region.
Read moreParco Adda Nord
The park includes the coastal territories of the Adda River, along the stretch that crosses the high valley, downstream of Como Lake, including the lakes of Garlate and Olginate. In this stretch, the ...
Read morePoggio di Lanés
The location is impressive and offers a beautiful view of the villages of Roveredo and San Vittore and, on the opposite side, the view of the mountain ranges dominated by Pizzo di Claro, which separat...
Read moreSan Bernardino - Lago Doss (Doss lake)
A round lake in a wide valley less than 2 km south of the village; the adjacent area is included in the inventory of peat bogs of national importance. Bathing is permitted here in summer season. As a ...
Read moreSoazza - Selve castanili di Mont Grand (Chestnut woods of Mont Grand)
A round trip of about 2 hours starts from the village and takes you through these chestnut woods of considerable environmental and scenic importance. The area is home to several monumental chestnut tr...
Read moreSorico - Riserva naturale Pian di Spagna e Lago di Mezzola (Pian di Spagna and lake Mezzola Nature Reserve)
The 'Pian di Spagna' plain, a wetland of international importance, was primarily formed by extensive flooding of lake Mezzola. The landscape is dominated by reed thickets. There are also hardwood fo...
Read moreSuossa - Torbiera di Suossa (Suossa Peat Bog)
This peat bog, with a surface area of around 2.8 hectares, was created around 10,000 years ago by the silting up of a glacial basin. It is an extreme environment where animal and plant species have ad...
Read moreVarenna - Sorgenti del Fiumelatte (Fiumelatte Springs)
Mentioned as "Fiumelaccio" by Leonardo da Vinci in the Codex Atlanticus, with a length of just 250 metres from source to mouth, it is among the shortest rivers in Europe and the second shortest in I...
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