Lake Como, how to get from Milan and what to see

Today it will be a route to get from Milan to Lake Como for 1 day.

1. First, we go to Milan Central Station (Milano Centrale)

2. Buy a ticket at the station or on the website of the Trenitalia railway https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html according to the route:

Milano Centrale - Varenna-Esino.

The train departs every hour from 7:20

On the way 1 hour

cost €7.4 OW

The last train from Varena to Milan is at 21:35

3. After arriving in Varena, we go on foot for 15 minutes to Villa Monastero. https://www.villamonastero.eu/en/home_en/
Gorgeous views of the lake and the city, tickets from 5 euros

4. Then from Varena we take the ferry to Bellagio.

The pier is about a 10-minute walk from the station.

We buy tickets on the website Navigation on Como lake ( https://www.navigazionelaghi.it/en/tickets-and-timetables-lake-como/ ) or on the spot at the box office.

Spending time in the most popular city of Lake Como.

5. Then we get on the ferry and go to the town of Lenno (20 minutes by ferry), this is where the most famous Villa del Balbianello is located.

6. Then we return to Varena and go by train to Milan.

💡 Lake Como has 73 museums, 11 medieval castles, 40 parks, many beaches - there is plenty to do for a week.

There are amusement parks for children:
Jungle Raider Park in Civenna, Margno and Albavilla,

Parco Avventura Piani d'Erna in Lecco
Lake Como Adventure Park in Menaggio.