Looking for a special place on Lake Como, Italy? Then you should definitely visit Erbonne, a small town with old stone houses and only a few inhabitants. The city, which can be reached via a wooden bridge, is close to the border between the Intelvi valley in Italy and Switzerland. The wash house or the smuggling museum remind of the past. Lunch in the 'Osteria del valico' is the perfect way to learn more about Erbonne. The tavern. offers the excellent typical dishes of the valley, but there are also other things to see. The place keeps old photos and objects from the past, including the furniture found by the owner. The 'Osteria del valico' is on the way to Erbonne from Casasco, San Fedele Intelvi. Erbonne, as proof of its peculiarity, inspired the writer Maria Corti, who depicts the magical place as follows:
"Even at night you can see the invisible presence of the Generoso mountain ... the healthy, fresh air is a thousand meters above sea level and when the sun goes down, the last western light meets the eastern darkness on the walls of the farmsteads".