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Lake Como – Como Harbour loop from Como Nord Lago
00:31
1.97km
10m
Hiking
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: July 13, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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152 m
Fountain at Palace Hotel, Como
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184 m
Lakeside promenade
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452 m
Lake Como promenade and Piazza Cavour
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536 m
Lake Como
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Lake Como, with a depth of no less than 410 meters, is one of the deepest lakes in Europe. During the Ice Age, the basin was carved out so deeply by glaciers that the lake bed lies more than 200 meters below sea level.
In antiquity and the Middle Ages, the lake was a crucial, but dangerous, transport route. Archaeologists still regularly find Roman amphorae and shipwrecks on the bottom, which were used at the time to illegally smuggle goods and silk past customs posts.
Isola Comacina, the only island in the lake, was completely destroyed in 1169 after a bloody war. The bishop of Como pronounced a curse: anyone who built or ate there would die a horrible death. Only in 1947 was the "curse" ritually broken by a restaurant owner, whose restaurant still operates successfully today.
Does a secret Nazi treasure lie in the waters of Lake Como? Shortly before his arrest in 1945, Benito Mussolini tried to flee to Switzerland with a column of German army vehicles. According to legend, the "Treasure of Dongo" – millions in gold, jewels, and government money – was thrown into Lake Como at the time and has never been fully recovered.
Finally, the world-famous physicist Alessandro Volta, inventor of the electric battery (volt), was born and raised in Como. The iconic neoclassical temple Tempio Voltiano on the shore in Como was built specifically to protect his earliest scientific instruments.
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587 m
Como Harbour
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837 m
Broletto of Como
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896 m
Como Cathedral (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta)
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1.12 km
Beautiful Alleys
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1.97 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
704 m
579 m
363 m
228 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
1.60 km
259 m
< 100 m
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