Accompanied Holiday on Lake Como

December 31st, 2010 by No comments »
Primo Isola, Lake Como

Primo Isola, Lake Como

This package comes with the Villa Prima Isola and can be tailored to your requirements. (See more on Primo Isola)
For those who would like some personal attention from somebody who was born on the Lake but has all the skill sets to both educate and illuminate your stay. Danilo (see his life history below) will both accompany you and introduce you to those unseen and little known places. Such a well known character can open doors and reveal the inner workings of the Lake’s businesses and styles of relaxation.

For your consideration is a day in St Moritz, leave “Prima isola” at 7.30, be on the slopes for 9.30, ski the all day and get back around 7.00 pm. The following day you could go shopping together and also visit the very special places, the Lake doesn’t often advertise well, such as the olive oil groves, the smoked trout business etc. In the afternoon you can start to’ cook a dinner together usng local ingredients to local recipes (read more about Danilo below and you will see why he is such as good host and guide).

If you wish to visit Switzerland, across the border why not try an accompanied trip leaving in the morning at 9.30am and being escorted to this special town. You can then be shown the sights by a native speaker. With such a good network of contacts feel free to suggest your own ideas as well.

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Danilo was born on Lake Como. His early education was on the Lake and was followed by attending a school specialising in Hotel Management, in Bellagio. After receiving the Diploma, he moved to Folkestone, UK, to study English and Literature and also worked at the Hilton in Stratford upon Avon.
After 3 years he moved to Germany to study at the Goethe Institut in Rothenburg “Ob Der Tauber” and subsequently worked at the Mainz Hilton. A few years later he started to moved around the world working for the Hilton chain, every six months he moved to another continent and country.
At the age of 24 Danilo came back to Lake Como and started to work in the summer in local Hotels and in the winter in St Moritz. As the years progressed he became the food and beverage manager of the Grand Hotel Tremezzo. After 6 years at the hotel, Danilo took a year’s sabattical. It was at this point that he met Harold and this is how he came to be with HHH.
Danilo has a son of 12 years from his first wife and his heart now lies with Maite, a lovely Spanish lady. Spending lots of free time with Sebastian & with Maite, Danilo loves all kinds of sport, however his favourite hobby is cooking and traveling.

CONTACT: email or  website

Boat Hire

December 30th, 2010 by No comments »

Boat Hire on Lake Como can be one of the most exciting and pleasurable experiences you will enjoy.  With many places available to hire boats, location is essential and none is more central than the Menaggio marina. From here visitors can travel in both directions toward Como or toward Gravedona. Bellagio, Varenna and Villa Balbianello are only a few minutes way and are three of the most visited and photographed places.

Engine sizes for those people without an inland waterways license is restricted to 40hp, which is more than adequate to take a family around the lake at speed (if you wish) or to take in the village splendours from the Lakeside. There are a few hazards of course, some easily navigated, such as the ferries, but the watersports enthusiasts can sometimes be more of a problem. Windsurfers, swimmers and kite surfers do get priority, so be on the look out for them.

Make sure you have ID with you and be prepared to sign a few forms.

Boats can be hired from Happy Holiday Entertainment in Menaggio at a very reasonable cost. They can also organise a lot of other trips and training courses.

Boat Hire

Boat Hire Lake Como

Varenna Restaurants

December 30th, 2010 by No comments »

Varenna Restaurants

Varenna Restaurants

Many of the best restaurants, osterias, trattorias, pizzerias, cafès & bars in and around Varenna are just on your door step! All can be reached from the ferry with a few minutes walk. Check out the list below and visit their websites.

VECCHIA VARENNA

Via Scoscesa,10 – 23829 Varenna
Tel: +39 0341 830793 / www.vecchiavarenna.it

Lunch: 12.30 – 14.00 / Dinner: 19.30 – 21.30

RISTORANTE IL CAVATAPPI
Via XX Settembre – 23829 Varenna
Tel: +39 0341 815349 / www.ilcavatappiwine-food.it

Lunch: 12.30 – 14.30 / Dinner: 19.30 – 21.45
Notes: Booking in advance is highly recommended.

OSTERIA QUATRO PASS
Via XX Settembre, 20 – Varenna
Tel: +39 0341 815091 / www.quatropass.it

Lunch: 12.30 – 14.30 / Dinner: 19.30 – 21.30

RISTORANTE LA VISTA – HOTEL MILANO
Via XX Settembre, 35 – 23829 Varenna
Tel: 0341 830298 / www.varenna.net
Closed at Noon / Dinner: 19.30 – 22.00

The restaurant is closed on Tues & Sun

Notes: Located in the heart of the old ancient village of Varenna, the restaurant offers a panoramic view of the lake. Our cuisine is light with Mediterranean flavors. The terrace is the ideal place to have a romantic dinner and spend your cocktail hours in style. Reservations recommended.

VARENNA MON AMOUR - NEW!
Contrada Scoscesa, 7 – Varenna
Tel: +39 0341 814016 / www.varennamonamour.it

Closed on Tuesday’s.

RISTORANTE ISOLA NUOVA 1169
Via del Prato, 6 – Varenna
Tel: +39 0341 830125 / www.nuovaisola1169.it

Lunch: 12.30 – 14.00 / Dinner: 19.30 – 21.00

RISTORANTE IL CAMINETTO
Viale Progresso, 4 – 23828 Perledo (LC)
Tel: +39 0341 815225 / 815217
Email: info@ilcaminettoonline.com
www.ilcaminettoonline.com

Lunch: 12.30 – 14.30 / Dinner: 19.30 – 22.00
Notes: Top quality cuisine & courteous service. Transport to the restaurant, free of charge. You can also take a cookery lesson with Chef Moreno at ‘Il Caminetto’ (Tel: +39 0341 815225). Cost €34 per person in July. Within the walls of this family-run traditional Italian restaurant, you’ll learn how to make pasta the authentic way: your own hands and a rolling pin will be your utensils to make what is the pride and joy of Italian cuisine.

VICTORIA GRILL
Piazza San Giorgio, 1 – 23829 Varenna
Tel: 0341 815111 / www.royalvictoria.com

Lunch: 12.30-14.00 / Dinner: 19.30-22.00

Notes: The ideal place for lunch or dinner in cheerful environment, excellent cuisine, efficient and courteous service. The Grill’s Pizza is not to be missed!

27 MQ BAR & CAFÉ

Piazza San Giorgio, 5 / Tel: +39 0341 815365www.27metriquadri.it/varenna.swf

Notes: Marco and Daniele welcome you with delicious breakfasts, sandwiches, cocktails, rich aperitifs, and lots more. Enjoy some special moments in the charming atmosphere of Piazza San Giorgio.

AL BARILOTT BAR, CAFETERIA & INTERNET CAFÉ

Via IV Novembre, 6 – 23829 Varenna
Tel: +39 0341 815045 / www.albarilott.com

Notes: Fabrizio and Claudia welcome you at the Bar Al Barilott. Coffee shop, Enoteca with wine tasting, snack bar with sandwiches and piadine.

Borgovino Wine Bar & Restaurant
Via XX Settembre, 12, 23829 Varenna, Italy
Tel: +393387654926

This information has kindly been borrowed from the  www.casavarenna.com website and more information may be found here on Varenna, with photographs and more detailed information.  Alternatively www.discovervarenna.com also have more information.

Argegno Apartments

December 18th, 2010 by No comments »

This month we are highlighting a new complex in Argegno, on the western shore of Lake Como.

Each Residence Eden Apartment has been furnished & finished to the highest standard, exceeding many other lakeside apartments. With all the facilities you would expect from a modern home, the apartments have modern kitchens & bathrooms, panoramic views from the balconies and a lake facing pool to enjoy on those sunny days when not exploring, we can recommend these apartments as good choice of position and comfort.

Residence Eden Argegno

Residence Eden Argegno

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New Book – An Italian Home

December 18th, 2010 by No comments »

An Italian Home
“Settling Beside Lake Como” by Paul Wright.

In the summer of 2011 a narrative, non-fiction book of his entitled “An Italian Home” will be published by Earlswood Press. It is about his and his wife’s experiences of settling into Italian culture. It includes dozens of many humorous anecdotes about living in Italy and particularly on Lake Como. It will be for sale on Amazon, e-books and in retail shops in the UK at £7.99

An Italian Home

An Italian Home

Paul Wright is also a professional artist who has been painting watercolours of Lake Como and its villages for twenty-years. After he arrived from England he lived and worked from his studio base in Moltrasio on the west-side of the lake for the first thirteen-years and then he moved ten kilometers further along the lake road to the pretty, medieval village of Argegno where he opened an art studio overlooking the lake. He sells mainly to overseas visitors to his studio or he exports his paintings by registered post and his prices are moderate.

If required he will forward attachments of his recent works via his e-mail address info@wrightart.com

Paul’s is also a muralist and a paint effect specialist of some renown with a client list that includes some very famous celebrities. He is also a painter of furniture using the Trompe l’Oeil technique that is unique and it has to be seen to be believed. Before he came to Italy he worked in London Theatres, BBC TV and films for television as a set designer and scenic artist.

To view his art career CV please look www.wrightart.com

The following is a sample of Paul’s work more of which  may be found on his website.

Moltrasio watercolour painting

Moltrasio watercolour painting

This painting is available for purchase, EU150 excluding P&P.

More Lake Como Videos

November 11th, 2010 by No comments »

Weather on Lake Como

November 8th, 2010 by No comments »

WEATHER SNAPSHOT

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Buy Wines from the Cantina Follie in time for Christmas

November 7th, 2010 by No comments »

One of our favourite places to enjoy wine in a great location is Cantina Follie in Tremezzo. With rave reviews on “Trip Advisor” and loved by locals, we always recommend a visit. Now Joost and Deborah have opened an on-line wine store.  Joost’s knowledge of wine is extraordinary and you can be assured that the bottles you buy are well worth it!

Our readership is soaring and based on this Joost has offered a 5% discount on all wines ordered up until 12th December 2010 from our members. After this date delivery cannot be guaranteed before Christmas!!

If you would like to take advantage of the discount you will need to email Joost, using the contact form and add the reference: “LCN” standing for lake Como Newsletter. Let him know you will be ordering and he will apply your discount (the site will allow this automatically next year, but this year just email a notification).

CONTACT CANTINA FOLLIE  HERE AND SECURE YOUR DISCOUNT (& YOUR WINE!)

We will be ordering our favourites….don’t miss out by being too late!

PLEASE NOTE: This offer only relates to wine shipped within the EU.

5% Discount on some excellent wines

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Double Balcony – Vaulted Ceilings

November 7th, 2010 by No comments »


Price: Negotiable – Resale – No VAT – Excellent Letting

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General Information

Ref.: LC AP6

Type: 3 rooms

Category: apartment

Energy classification: -

Price: Price on Aplication

Size

Property: 105 Mq

Private Garden: – Mq

Shared Garden: – Mq

Swimming pool: 48 Mq

Disposition

Floor: -

Total Floors: 2

Bedrooms: 2

Bathrooms: 2

Location

Country: Italia

Regione: Lombardia

Town: Varenna


Main distances

Lake: 0.2 km

Train Station: 2 km

Boat: 2.5 km

Ski Resort: 68 km

Distance from Airport

Milano Malpensa: 123 km

Milano Linate: 91 km

Bergamo (Orio al Serio): 78 km

Lugano (Agno): 41 km

Property with Stunning Views

November 7th, 2010 by No comments »

Properties of the Month for November.

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General Information

Ref.: LC RZ10

Availability: 3

Type: 3 rooms

Category: apartment

From EUR 398.000,00

Size

Property: 85 Mq

Private Garden: / Mq

Shared Garden: 50 Mq

Swimming pool: 100 Mq

Disposition

Floor:

Bedrooms: 2

Bathrooms: 1

Energy classification: -

Main distaces

Lake: 0.2 km

Train Station: 2 km

Boat: 2.5 km

Nearest Ski Resort: 68 km

Distaces from Airports

Milano Malpensa: 123 km

Milano Linate: 91 km

Bergamo (Orio al Serio): 78 km

Lugano (Agno): 41 km

Location

Country: Italia

Regione: Lombardia

Town: Varenna

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