Do you like cars? Well what about the idea of cars in a stunning location? Last year some guests rented the apartment and mentioned that one thing they’d be doing, while staying on Lake Como, would be attending the Concorso d’Eleganza. This event, started in 1929 and revived in the 1990s brings together wonderful classic [...]
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Concorso d’Eleganza May 2011 – Villa d’Este, Lake Como
Posted in Festivals, Lake Como Things To Do, tagged classic cars, concept cars, Concorso d'Eleganza, concorso d'eleganza accomodation, Lake Como, Villa d'Este on February 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
More Christmas and New Year dates for Como
Posted in Festivals, Lake Como Things To Do, tagged Christmas, Como, Italy, La Befana, santa claus on December 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you want to take part in some of the very Italian Christmas celebrations, get yourself to Piazza Duomo in Como on the 24th of December at 1600. Here you will see Santa Claus (Babbo Natale) arrive with presents for the children. I’ve also mentioned La Befana. If you want to see her arrive (usually [...]
Winter around Lake Como
Posted in Festivals, Food and Drink, Lake Como Things To Do, tagged ballet, capodanno, Christmas, Italy, La Befana, Lake Como, moto guzzi, natale, Nesso, new year, opera, silk, silk museum, things to do, winter on December 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some people ask us, ‘what can you do around Lake Como in the Winter?’ thinking that it’s just a Summer resort. Well, we came across this website link yesterday which pulls together lots of information about events around Lake Como over Christmas and New Year. There are Christmas markets, an dinner cruise on the lake [...]
The Festival of San Lorenzo in Nesso
Posted in Festivals, Food and Drink, Lake Como Things To Do, tagged feragosto, Festival of San Lorenzo, fireworks, lakecomo, Nesso, sagra on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The beginning of August is a great time to be in Nesso. The village is humming with visitors and there are the celebrations for the village saint, San Lorenzo. We were there last year and went to the village Sagra, which is on the Friday and Saturday evenings The village is all decorated with ribbons [...]
La Befana
Posted in Festivals, tagged Christmas, Como, Festa della Befana, Italian Festivals, La Befana, La Befana Festival, Winter on Lake Como on January 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
There are lots of local festivals around the Lake Como area, some local and some national. January 6th saw about 5,000 people gathered in Piazza Duomo, in Como for the festival of La Befana. La Befana is the Christmas witch who brings presents to the children. The story is that when the 3 Wise Men [...]
