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Bellagio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located on Lake Como. It has long been famous for its setting at the intersection of the three branches of the Y-shaped lake, which is also known as Lario. Bellagio is situated at the tip of the peninsula separating the lake's two southern arms, with the Alps visible across the lake to the north.

Plane

The airports nearest to Bellagio are:

• Malpensa International Airport (MXP) in Milan
• Linate Airport (LIN) in Milan
• Orio al Serio International Airport (BGY) in Bergamo

Train

Multiple options:

• take a train from Milan to Como
• take a train from Milan to Varenna
• take a train from Milan to Lecco

For more information on trains, see Trenitalia.

Hydrofoil

A hydrofoil runs from Como to Bellagio, making stops at the other towns on Lake Como along the way. A ferry also runs from Varenna to Bellagio. For more information, visit Gestione Governativa Navigazione Laghi.

Road

Bellagio is accessible by narrow and windy roads from Como and Lecco. Public buses run daily from Como to Bellagio. An alternative could be to follow the four lane road on the eastern shore of the lake, arrive to Varenna and get on the ferry to Bellagio.

Literary references

A visit to Bellagio served as the occasion for American poet Amy Clampitt's long poem Rain at Bellagio. The poem runs to ten pages in her Collected Poems. An excerpt reads:

Out on the lake a white traghetto, moving

almost without pause from one shore to the other,

a punctual amphibious spider, skeins

into one zigzag the descending

clatter from the campaniles of Bellagio,

of Varenna and Cadenabbia, as though reining

the fragments of experience into one process —

External links

• Comune di Bellagio official website
• Bellagio's Association of Tourism and Economic Operators
• History of Bellagio
• Gestione Governativa Navigazione Laghi for information on the hydrofoil