Our last stop on the Gary and Jill tour was Menaggio on Lake Como. We stayed three nights in the wonderful Hotel Garni Corona, right in the main piazza, overlooking the lake. The hotel was upscale, clean and comfortable, and offered a great breakfast.
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| Hotel Garni Corona... |
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| The lakefront piazza... |
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| The view from our room... |
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Our balcony...
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We had dinner two times at Osteria il Pozzo, just a few steps from the hotel...
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| Cool wine bottle wall... |
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| Delicious Prosciutto di Parma... |
Amazing views around Menaggio...the lake, the mountains, and the village...
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| One of many beautiful villas on the lake... |
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| Mountains and palm trees... |
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| Workers planting along the lake... |
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| Flags of several nations... |
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| Pedestrian street... |
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| Mountain stream and bridge... |
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| The lakefront promenade... |
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| One of many ferries on the lake... |
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The ferry dock in Menaggio...
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| Now that's the way to deliver gelato...! |
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| No place more peaceful than Menaggio...! |
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| Swans on the lake... |
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| Snow capped mountain in the distance... |
We took the ferry to Bellagio and Varenna, and eventually back to Menaggio...
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| Approaching Bellagio on the ferry... |
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| Docking at Bellagio... |
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| A car rolling off the ferry... |
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We saw this amazing Ape as we got off
the ferry in Bellagio... |
One of the main reasons to go to Bellagio was to see old friend and artist Agnes Masits, who paints original watercolors of the Lake Como area. Her shop is at Salita Monastero, 16. It was great to see her. Agnes is holding the painting that Gary and Jill bought...
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This is her shop...
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Agnes recommended La Dolce Vita restaurant in Bellagio for lunch. It was excellent, and Jill found a scooter in the restaurant...
One of the classic Salitas, or stairways, of Bellagio...
From Bellagio we took the ferry to Varrenna on the eastern shore of the lake. It has a beautiful shoreline view from the water...
We didn't spent much time in Varenna, just enough to walk from the dock into the old town and back to catch the next ferry back to Menaggio. But we did see the home where Mr. Giovanni Pirelli was born. He founded the Pirelli Rubber Co...
Back in Menaggio, Gary and Jill went beachcombing...
Than concludes our stay in Menaggio. It was wonderful! Gary and Jill will fly home tomorrow, Joe and Chris will go to Riva del Garda in the region of Trentino Alto Adige. That will be the last of fifteen places to stay on this ten week trip. It's been great!
Ciao from Menaggio on Lake Como!
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