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Como (8,7Km)Como — the postcard city

Como (8,7Km)Como, a city full of charm

Grandate (10Km)The Toy Horse Museum, Grandate, Como

Palazzolo Milanese (21,2Km)Fisogni Museum of the Petrol Station

Monza (22Km)Monza, the city of Queen Theodolinda

Tremezzo (23,9Km)Villa Carlotta Gardens, between Cadenabbia and Tremezzo

Cadenabbia (24,8Km)Konrad Adenauer Academy

Griante (25,4Km)San Martin Catholic Church at Griante Cadenabbia

Griante (25,4Km)Griante Cadenabbia, Lake Como

Varese (28,2Km)The feast of Saint Anthony

Roncola (29,4Km)Excursion to Monte Linzone from Roncola S. Bernardo

Monza, the city of Queen Theodolinda

Monza, Villa Reale

Queen Theodolinda, of German origin, was very important for the city of Monza.
Theodolinda was given his wife to the Lombard king Autari for political reasons as usual then.
The Queen was very beautiful as evidenced by the paintings in the Chapel and won the trust of the people. It was very much loved by the people of Monza that gifts chose as a summer residence. The pagan king converted to Christianity thanks to the influence of his believing wife and his son was baptized in Monza.
Also in Monza he had a church built, the current Cathedral. The place was chosen in a particular way: the Queen had promised to dedicate a church for St. John the Baptist but she did not know where. One day, riding with his escort along the Lambro River, he stopped to rest. She fell asleep and in the dream she saw a pigeon standing near her talking to her, saying, 'Way', here. She answered 'Etiam', yes, and so was defined the place to build the church. The two words together formed the first name of the city, namely Modoetia.
The Duomo is beautiful, but there is nothing left of the original construction. During the 13th and 14th centuries it was completely redone. The marble façade with white and green bands is very beautiful and richly decorated. The bell tower was built in the 16th century.
Inside is the Chapel of Theodolinda full of colorful frescoes that in 45 scenes tell the story and life of the famous queen.
In the altar of the chapel there is a display case containing the Iron Crown, a crown with a very special story that was brought by the queen but also by Napoleon.
Protected in its case, the ancient, precious crown sparkles in the light of lighting. It's really pretty and studded with precious stones. It was used for the coronation of the kings of Italy until the 19th century. It is said that the crown contains one of the nails of the crucifix of Christ. Therefore, the crown is also revered as a relic.

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Konrad Adenauer Academy

One of the most beautiful lakes of Europe, scenic landscapes of Lago di Como - Cadenabbia, Italy

Villa La Collina is the former summer residence of the first German chancellor Konrad Adenauers at Lake Como. The historic Villa and the modern Accademia Konrad Adenauer are located in one of his most beautiful and spectacular position overlooking the lake and the picturesque Bellagio. From 1959 to 1966 Konrad Adenauer spent his holidays in Villa La Collina 15 times in a row up to 8 weeks.

During these years Adenauer welcomed numerous important politicians and personalities of his time. Adenauer came to Lake Como by recommendation of his Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano, whose family had its roots here. In the spring of 1957 Adenauer visited for the first time Cadenabbia, where he also learned boccia. Since then, he came almost every spring and late summer there. First years he was in the Villa Rosa, then in the Villa Arminio. Already during his first stay Adenauer discovered the Villa La Collina, which - as the name says - on a hill above the village sits. Villa La Collina is located away from the transit traffic, protected from curious eyes, and offers a fantastic view over the lake. In 1958 Adenauer asked the mayor of Griante for mediation to rent the villa for his next holidays. The mayor took up the matter, and the owner of the Villa La Collina, a French noble family, agreed - the Villa was their summer home which was used only rarely. Two months before the arrival of Adenauer work began in the fall of 1959, around the Villa to make it habitable again. Inside the Villa was more or less no interior.

Local hotels helped with furniture and even the town hall provided a desk. The temporary atmosphere inside was in contrast to the noble position of the villa. However, visitors described the interior of the villa as pretty uncomfortable. But this didn’t bother Adenauer and the villa became his second homefor several years. The mere presence of Adenauer in Cadenabbia was a media event.

Dozens of journalists, German and Italian were waiting outside the villa to get pictures of a relaxed, vacationing Chancellor and pick up crisp quotes. Adenauer loved the landscape, the mild climate, the easy friendliness of the locals and the rich flora.

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Griante Cadenabbia, Lake Como

Villa Maria, monumental residence built in neo Renaissance style between 1889 and 1892 by the engineer Giacomo Mantegazza, Griante, Como Lake Italy.

A fragrant blend of art, relaxation and culture. Contemplation reigns here. A green and blue strip of water and lush vegetation in the shape of a forked tongue, Lake Como looks south towards the industrial heart of Northern Italy and Milan, its financial capital, and north to the almost always snow-capped peaks of the Swiss Alps of the Engadin in the Grisons Canton.

The area around the lake offers excellent tourist hospitality, especially in the central part known as “Tremezzina” or the “Riviera of the Azaleas” for the multicoloured blossoms that burst into flower at the beginning of spring.. Together with Cernobbio and Bellagio, it is in Griante Cadenabbia , one of the queens of the lake and a prestigious international tourist destination with its excellent hotels and the more familiar, intimate and exclusive residences scattered throughout the area, that beautiful geometric plantings forming elegant gardens and inspiring hymns to contemplation can be found.
Cadenabbia lies on the shore opposite Bellagio. Visited in the past by famous personalities such as Giuseppe Verdi and Konrad Adenauer, the German Chancellor, who regularly holidayed here at Villa La Collina , in the far off 19th century, Griante Cadenabbia also charmed the American writer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who wrote: Cadenabbia I ask myself, Is this a dream? Will it all vanish into air? Is there a land of such supreme And perfect beauty anywhere?
Today, tourists from all over the world, Australians, Americans, North Europeans, Russians, Swiss and Canadians, and even some from the Arab Emirates, animate its lakeside, wander through the ancient village and climb up to the Sanctuary of San Martino perched high above. All on a voyage of discovery of an area made enchanting by colourful gardens, spectacular parks and sumptuous historic villas, full of the harmonious sounds of nature interrupted only by solemn, enveloping silence.

The beauty of the landscape has been preserved with complete respect for the environment. This is at the heart of its attraction. From Griante we start out on an imaginary tour to discover Villa Carlotta , Villa La Collina , United States Democratic Senator (currently Secretary of State ) from Massachussets John Kerry's Villa Maresi, Villa Melzi in Bellagio and Villa del Balbianello in Lenno, owned by the FAI, the Italian National Trust.

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The feast of Saint Anthony

Saint Anthony's fire

That of St. Anthony is primarily, a religious feast that unfolds over two days of celebration. The celebrations will be held as usual in the Church which stands in Piazza della Motta, dedicated to St. Anthony as "the Sant'Antoni purscell" hermit and abbot, patron of animals and "marriageable girls. The program, liturgy and celebration, expected on Saturday 16 January with a blessing of votive candles and the burning of S. Antonio in the presence of city authorities. And for Sunday, January 17th, which is the day of the Feast of St. Anthony, a Solemn Mass presided by the Cardinal. At its conclusion, traditional blessing of animals, with a launch of balloons with notes written by children.

The feast of St. Anthony is also made, for example, from sandwiches with salami of the urchins of Motta, the organizers of the festival, which this year will be next to the church of St. Anthony Motta (among other things recently restored) for all two days of the festival, "with the most delicious sandwich that there is" a political price. But it is also one of the most requested and popular markets of the winter, open throughout the weekend: where we always make four steps, we discover new and curiosity eat pancakes.

And this year, among other things, Via Carrobbio, one that directly accesses the bonfire from Piazza Monte Grappa, will be "invaded" by high-quality products, manufactured and sold directly by producers in Varese or selected by the producer and producers of cheese and cold cuts of goat and cow and honey, as well as preserves and sweets in addition to rice and Novara snails, fruit and vegetables from Alessandria, salami and cheese from Brescia, mushrooms and truffles from Cassano d'Adda, Tuscan wines and olive Molise, all in direct production. To prepare special meals for the road versions will think "outside" of King Charles, the bar Rossofuoco, the pizzeria and cuisine.

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Excursion to Monte Linzone from Roncola S. Bernardo

Mount Linzone

Excursion as easy as profitable, especially from a panoramic aspect. The coastal of Monte Linzone is in fact the first significant elevation of the Orobic prealps, with its sweet and verdant summit dome overlooking the underlying Bergamo plain, a thousand meters lower. The trip is feasible almost all year round, except in the case of heavy snowfalls, however rare now.

From the town of Roncola San Bernardo, one of the most famous tourist resorts in the province (20 kilometers from Bergamo, altitude 858 meters), you start to follow the steep paved road that leads to the cemetery. Continue straight, until beyond the end of the road, entering a comfortable signposted path. Having come out of the woods, and passed a wavy lawn with a large cabin, the most strenuous stretch of the trip begins: a wide but steep rocky and gravel channel, which requires a minimum of caution. At its end, you reach the spectacular ridge of the mountain, where the view opens onto the Imagna Valley below and the entire Orobie chain in the background.

Now bending to the left, continue along the easy and undulating summit ridge, until you reach the wide grassy dome of the summit, on which is placed a large iron cross: Monte Linzone, altitude 1392 meters, 1.30 hours from the start. The return takes place along the route followed uphill, and takes about an hour.

The panorama is of those who are not easily forgotten, and it is rightly famous: the Val San Martino, which sinks for a thousand meters below us, the entire Po Valley, closed by the nuanced chain of the Apennines; on the opposite side the Imagna Valley lying at our feet, with the Orobie chain in the background, in a succession as far as the eye can see valleys and peaks.
By completing the excursion in the months of May and June, it will also be possible to admire in all its beauty the flowering of daffodils: a bloom so extraordinary to the point that, until the 1960s, on these meadows took place the traditional as indispensable “narcisata”, a sort of race for those who collected the biggest and most beautiful decks. According to chronicles of the time, on May 1, 1960, something like twenty thousand people counted on the meadows of Roncola San Bernardo! If we think that, at the time, the access road was not yet paved — it would have been only three years later, in 1963 — we can understand how popular this real “party of spring.”

Data sheet
Travel time: 2.30 hours Starting altitude: m. 858 Difference

in height: m. 534
Difficulty: T — Tourist
Recommended period: All year round, in the absence of snow
Region: Lombardy
Province: < /strong > Bergamo
Valle/area: hill

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La Torre Albergo Residence Ristorante

Centro Valle Intelvi (21 Km) - Via Roma, 53

e-mail www +3931830345

Located in the delightful frame of the Valle Intelvi, between the two lakes, Albergo La Torre offers a quiet stay. Special care was taken to make the environment cosy: from the restaurant with its original late-19th-century fire place, to the refined and warm atmosphere of the café, to the restaurant and café-dedicated porch opening into the garden, with its secular trees and the new swimming-pool with solarium, which create a happy corner for your diversion and relaxation. The strategic hotel location in Val d’Intelvi allows to quickly reach the two lakes, Switzerland, Milan and the Brianza area, so that our guests can rely on a wide range of leisure activities ranging from cultural tourism to shopping, from naturalistic trips to all kinds of water and mountain sports. Albergo La Torre has been conceived as a second house, where you can feel at yourself surrounded by all necessary comforts. The management as a family business – warm and discrete – always carried out in a passionate way, falls within the typical features of La Torre Hotel and Restaurant. You are welcome

Hotel Europa

Porlezza (29 Km) - Lungolago Matteotti, 19

e-mail www +3934461142

The hotel is located at the lake in a quiet and panoramic position. It has a private parking, garage, solarium, garden, restaurant with terrace with a view of the lake, safe, bar, TV room, lift to every floor, banqueting hall and meeting room, Every room has a private bathroom, television, satellite, telephone. Private landing place, boat place, Ideal for young people and families

LAKE COMO GOLF HOTEL

Carimate (7 Km) - Piazza Spallino 2

e-mail www +3931//782281

POSTA DESIGN HOTEL

Como (9 Km) - Via Garibaldi 2

e-mail www +39312769011

Hotel Cruise

Montano Lucino (10 Km) - Via Carducci

e-mail www +3931478301

Hotel Orso Bruno

Carate Urio (12 Km) - Regina Vecchia, 45

e-mail www +3931400136

HOTEL NATIONAL

Zelbio (14 Km) - Piazza Rimembranze 1

e-mail www +3931917931

Locanda Sant' Anna

Argegno (19 Km) - Via Per Schignano

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Grand Hotel Tremezzo

Tremezzina (23 Km) - Via Regina 8

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Grand Hotel Cadenabbia

Griante (24 Km) - Via Regina 1

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Hotel Bellagio

Bellagio (24 Km) - Salita Grandi

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Hotel Sonenga

Menaggio (27 Km) - Poletti, 30

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Art and culture

Torre Beretta

Costa Masnaga (7 Km)

The Beretta Tower was initially part of a castle. The tower was built in the 11th century, and it was a fortified building that had the function of guarding the entire surrounding area. At the beginning of the twentieth century, only a few ruins remained, above which a second villa was built in eclectic aulic style, called Villa Beretta.

Torre Camisasca

Costa Masnaga (7 Km)

The Camisasca Tower was built between the 12th and 13th centuries. In the fifteenth century the tower passed to the court and remained its property until 1517, because it later passed to the monastery of Lambrugo. The building has a rectangular structure with a square base, 12 meters high with small windows. In 2005, the tower underwent restoration interventions and currently cultural events are organized in its interior.

Ecomuseo dell'Avifauna Lombarda

Arosio (3 Km)

The Ecomuseum, located in Arosio, presents an institute for ornithological research. In its environments there are more than 350 specimens, mainly birds in the process of embalming. It is, in fact, an observatory that studies the migratory movements of birds, located in a very special place: a wooded area, very verdant. It is the perfect place for those who are interested in natural environments.

Food and wine

Borgo S.Michele Vini D.O.C. Di Paradiso E Montani S.N.C.

Castelmarte (9 Km)

Grillo

Capiago Intimiano (3 Km)

Sport and fun

Golf Villa d'Este

Montorfano (4 Km)

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Alzate Brianza

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Albavilla

Albavilla (3 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Albese Con Cassano

Albese (3 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Alserio

Alserio (2 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Anzano Del Parco

Anzano del Parco (1 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Arosio

Arosio (6 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Brenna

Brenna (3 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Briosco

Briosco (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Capiago Intimiano

Capiago Intimiano (4 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Carugo

Carugo (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Castelmarte

Castelmarte (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Costa Masnaga

Costa Masnaga (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Cucciago

Cucciago (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Erba

Erba (6 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Figino Serenza

Figino Serenza (8 Km)

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Inverigo (5 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Lambrugo

Lambrugo (5 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Lipomo

Lipomo (5 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Longone Al Segrino

Longone al Segrino (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Lurago D'erba

Lurago d'Erba (4 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Merone

Merone (5 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Monguzzo

Monguzzo (4 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Montorfano

Montorfano (3 Km)

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Nibionno (7 Km)

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Orsenigo (1 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Ponte Lambro

Ponte Lambro (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Rogeno

Rogeno (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Senna Comasco

Senna Comasco (6 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Tavernerio

Tavernerio (5 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Veduggio Con Colzano

Veduggio Con Colzano (8 Km)

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Visit Alzate Brianza - Tourism and travel tips for your vacation or weekend.

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Como (8,7Km)Como — the postcard city

Como (8,7Km)Como, a city full of charm

Grandate (10Km)The Toy Horse Museum, Grandate, Como

Palazzolo Milanese (21,2Km)Fisogni Museum of the Petrol Station

Monza (22Km)Monza, the city of Queen Theodolinda

Tremezzo (23,9Km)Villa Carlotta Gardens, between Cadenabbia and Tremezzo

Cadenabbia (24,8Km)Konrad Adenauer Academy

Griante (25,4Km)San Martin Catholic Church at Griante Cadenabbia

Griante (25,4Km)Griante Cadenabbia, Lake Como

Varese (28,2Km)The feast of Saint Anthony

Roncola (29,4Km)Excursion to Monte Linzone from Roncola S. Bernardo

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