Villa Olmo Como

... trouble finding the hostel, which is just hard when you are carrying so much stuff.  But turns out it is tucked in behind the Villa Olmo just off the street at it's rear.  The walk along the lake is really pretty though.  The hostel is a ...

... The weather was so nice that the Como Aero Club had small planes taking off on the lake every half hour.  Being Italy though, this couldn't last for long. No sooner had everyone returned from holidays that a general strike was called for ...

... ! We beat a hasty retreat after one glass. Just ouside Como we visited an art exhibition of Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich at the Villa Olmo another beautiful palace worth visiting for the building if not the Art, which I did enjoy anyway. Was glad we ...

... and path tour of Cinque Terra. This place is well renowned for its very old villages that have survived years of the cliffs of italy. It was a very nice place andwe got to tour the five villages that day. Afterwards turned into a long ass day. We left ...

... from australia on the first ferry and bumped in to them on my last ferry. Highlights would have to have been Villa Olmo at Como which was a stunning cream coloured villa with ridiculously over the top interiors (gold everything!) and villa Carlotta at ...

... Roman times, and a very popular tourist attraction with many artistic and cultural gems. It has many villas and palaces (such as Villa Olmo, Villa Serbelloni, and Villa Carlotta). Many celebrities have or had homes on the shores of Lake Como, such as ...

... was absolutely beautiful though. I feel the pictures i took did not do the town justice. I love the small towns here in Italy. They have very small streets chock full of beautiful stores and cafes. Bellagio is VERY small so it really only took about 30 ...