cycling spots at Lake Como?

chatlow

Booking holiday at Lake Como soon. Starting a Varenna but need to find somewhere else for another 3 nights. Be nice to find a place which offers some good road cycling routes, perhaps around the mountains? Any suggestions?

harry-s

Not long back from there, and I can confirm it's ridiculously beautiful.

We stayed in Como, and it was fairly lively there with a few good bars and restaurants. Ride wise, our rides took us through Menaggio and Bellagio, both are good start points for climbs into the mountains. There's a regular (about every 30/40 mins) ferry from near Menaggio to Bellagio.

Highlights were the climb to the cable car station at Pigra from Argegno, and the climb up the Ghisallo to the chapel and museum.

ugo.santalucia

Bellagio is the place to be, in every sense, cycling and not

chatlow

thanks for the ideas. Looking at some in Bellagio but have booked a nice place in Tremezzina as a backup too. Were there many places offering 'decent' road bike rental?

watfordduck

http://www.bicisport2000.com/

Hired a Bianchi for my fortnight there last year. Great service, friendly.

gingermagician

Passo Agueglio comes straight out of Varenna - brilliant climb (17.3km @ c.5%)

If you can get yourself to Morbegno, the Passo San Marco (26km @ c.7%) is as good a climb as you'll ride anywhere. Mercifully free of motorbikes (and cars) when I rode it, there's a great cycle path that'll get you pretty close to the base from the top end of the lake.

Other than that, the usual highlights from the Bellagio area; Colma da Asso, with a diversion up the Muro Di Sormano, then down and back up the Colma da Nesso.

Such a great place to ride, flies under the radar compared to much of Italy.

MennoG

GingerMagician wrote:

If you can get yourself to Morbegno, the Passo San Marco (26km @ c.7%) is as good a climb as you'll ride anywhere. Mercifully free of motorbikes (and cars) when I rode it, there's a great cycle path that'll get you pretty close to the base from the top end of the lake.

Seems like a great climb but too big for a loop, same way back?

homers_double

Depends how big a ride you want really, there are plenty of hills to be had fairly local as the lakes surrounded by "hills" but in the local area don't expect Alps terrain.

https://www.strava.com/activities/689310310