Varenna

Fishing Village Lake of como, Italy

Lying on the eastern shore of Lake Como, Varenna is a suggestive fishing village, to be visited slowly, romantically strolling along the lakefront, to admire the reflections of the water and the facades of the colorful houses. The parish church of San Giorgio, whose façade is enriched by a large fresco depicting San Cristoforo, is a basilica with three naves, consecrated in 1313. The most precious work it contains is the "Deposition of the Cross" in colored stone. From the church of San Giorgio, continuing along via IV Novembre, you will see Villa Isimbrandi or dei Cipressi, now a hotel, with its garden and terraces where plants of rare beauty live. A little further on you will find Villa Monastero, once a place of spiritual retreat for the Cistercian nuns of Santa Maria Maddalena, which preserves important sculptures among which the Clemenza di Tito stands out, the last unfinished work of Giovan Battista Comolli in one of the most beautiful botanical gardens on the lake of Como.