Lake Como or Stresa as day trip from Milan
Jul 6th, 2012, 09:02 PM
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Lake Como or Stresa as day trip from Milan
Hi from Italy! I am nearing the end of almost two weeks in Italy (and Slovenia) and have four days (three full days) in Milan. I plan day trips to Bergamo and Parma on two of those and was thinking of Pavia for the other, but I am kind of 'day-tripped' out at this point and I want a relaxing day. After Milan I am going on up to Belgium and Holland where the forecast is for 60s and rain so my last day in Italy I'd like sun and a nice boat ride.
So which would you suggest? I have actually been to both lakes before but at Stresa we didn't get to the islands, and Como I didn't go north of Varena. Suggestions for ease of getting there and pleasant way to spend a few hours. Thanks
So which would you suggest? I have actually been to both lakes before but at Stresa we didn't get to the islands, and Como I didn't go north of Varena. Suggestions for ease of getting there and pleasant way to spend a few hours. Thanks
Jul 6th, 2012, 11:07 PM
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I have never (as far as I can remember, anyway) been to Lake Como.
I was in Stresa for a few days last week. It's a small and very touristy place. The weather was very good, with temperatures between 25 and 35 Celsius.
Going between Stresa and Milan by train is easy. You need to look carefully at the timetables, though. The EC trains are faster but cost twice as much. The R (regional) trains seem to have two different versions. Some of them take over two hours, others only slightly over one hour. I paid 15,50 Euro for the EC train to Milan and 7,40 Euro for the R train back to Stresa on a Tuesday.
I was in Stresa for a few days last week. It's a small and very touristy place. The weather was very good, with temperatures between 25 and 35 Celsius.
Going between Stresa and Milan by train is easy. You need to look carefully at the timetables, though. The EC trains are faster but cost twice as much. The R (regional) trains seem to have two different versions. Some of them take over two hours, others only slightly over one hour. I paid 15,50 Euro for the EC train to Milan and 7,40 Euro for the R train back to Stresa on a Tuesday.
Jul 7th, 2012, 06:26 AM
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The funicular was ok. Unfortunately, the glass is not entirely clean, so any pictures you take from inside are likely to have odd spots in them.
The chair lift scared me. I've done some skiing, years ago, and thought I could handle the chair lift. Well, going up was scary enough. The thing you pull down to have in front of you kept trying to go back up again. Maybe it would have been better if someone else had been sitting beside me, helping to hold it down.
I asked one of the men working at the top of the chair lift if there was a way to walk down. Yes, I know about the Alpyland thing, but that scared me even worse than the chair lift (and I hate rollercoasters). He told me it would take ca 10 minutes and pointed to the path. The time estimate was probably correct, I stopped to rest my feet about halfway, but the upper half of that path is not fun to walk on. Maybe it would have felt better with proper hiking boots, but all the small stones really hurt my feet.
The chair lift scared me. I've done some skiing, years ago, and thought I could handle the chair lift. Well, going up was scary enough. The thing you pull down to have in front of you kept trying to go back up again. Maybe it would have been better if someone else had been sitting beside me, helping to hold it down.
I asked one of the men working at the top of the chair lift if there was a way to walk down. Yes, I know about the Alpyland thing, but that scared me even worse than the chair lift (and I hate rollercoasters). He told me it would take ca 10 minutes and pointed to the path. The time estimate was probably correct, I stopped to rest my feet about halfway, but the upper half of that path is not fun to walk on. Maybe it would have felt better with proper hiking boots, but all the small stones really hurt my feet.
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