MYSTERIES & LEGENDS
Stories of Lake Como
Curiosities, history and local legends of the Lario — the stories our captains tell on board.
VILLA PLINIANA · TORNO
Villa Pliniana: the spring, Leonardo and the ghost
An intermittent spring described by Pliny and studied by Leonardo, and a villa said to be haunted.
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ISOLA COMACINA · A BOOK
The island and the Holy Grail
“L’isola e il santo graal sul Lario”: the legends linking Lake Como’s only island to the Grail.
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NAMES & MEMORIES
When Como was called Cristopoli
A little-known name for the city of Como, between history and local tradition.
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FIUMELATTE · VARENNA
Fiumelatte, the river that appears and disappears
One of the shortest rivers in Italy, white as milk and only flowing part of the year.
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