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Old Oct 18th, 2005 | 05:14 PM
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Do you know if the Como station has 'left luggage'?

Or, would you know how I could find out?
It's Italy, by the way.
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Old Oct 18th, 2005 | 06:53 PM
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Elaine, by another post I see you're staying at Villa d'Este. Ask their concierge.
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Old Oct 19th, 2005 | 12:37 AM
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If you're talking about Como San Giovani (sp? anyway, it's the Como station that handles the trains from Milan to Switzerland), the answer is yes. The left luggage is run by whoever is working the little bar *inside* the train station. The cost is about 3 or 3.5 euro per piece. Just go up to the bartender, tell him/her you'd like to leave your luggage and he/she will take it from there.
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Old Oct 19th, 2005 | 05:45 AM
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I didn't realize that Como had more than one train station, but I looked up the train service from Venice to Como, and San Giovanni is the Como station that the trains from Venice use.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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Old Oct 19th, 2005 | 05:46 AM
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so sorry, one more question.
Is the S.G. Como train station in the center of town? Walkable to shops and sights?
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Old Oct 19th, 2005 | 06:29 AM
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It's up on a hill; you can walk to a center square near the ferry docks in about 15-20 minutes or so (depending on your pace), take a bus or a taxi. I don't know the town of Como itself all that well, so I basically wandered down to the square by the ferries then took a taxi back. (The Duomo was closed for some reason the day I was there). Along the way, I passed a store selling some beautiful quilted silk jackets made in Como by Frey.
http://www.frey.it/ita/indice.html
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Old Oct 19th, 2005 | 09:21 AM
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The station is convenient to the central city sites/sights.
The duomo is closed for at least two hours at lunchtime. When we were there, not even a priest could gain admittance during that period!
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Old Oct 19th, 2005 | 09:40 AM
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BTilke, thanks for the mention of the shop, I'll look for it. Also, good info about the left luggage. You know, I emailed to trenitalia, and they said they couldn't answer my question about facilities at that station, they don't have that info. So, you know more than trenitalia.


Howard, I'll make a note about the Duomo.
Any other suggestions or websites for the town of Como are welcome.
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