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Varenna Essentials

The best of Varenna fits into one unhurried day. Walk the lakeside path from the ferry pier to the main square, with its two medieval churches. Visit the long lakeside gardens of Villa Monastero, then climb to Vezio Castle for the view over the centre of the lake. A short walk south leads to the spring of the Fiumelatte, one of Italy's shortest rivers.

Varenna Essentials — Mapa

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Villa Monastero

A former convent turned lakeside villa, with a house museum and a long botanical garden of exotic plants along the shore.

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Vezio Castle

A medieval castle on the hill above the village, with a tower, gardens, falconry displays and wide views over the centre of the lake.

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Chiesa parrocchiale di San Giorgio

Varenna's Gothic parish church on the main square, with a large painted Saint Christopher on the facade and medieval frescoes inside.

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Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista

A small Romanesque church on the main square, probably from the 11th century, with remains of medieval frescoes.

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Piazza San Giorgio

The main square of the village, framed by its churches and old houses, just above the lakefront.

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Passerella degli innamorati

A lakeside walkway built out over the water, linking the ferry pier with the old village.

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Sorgente di Fiumelatte

The spring of a very short seasonal river that rushes, white with foam, down to the lake from spring to autumn.

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Museo ornitologico Luigi Scanagatta

A small natural history museum with a collection of birds from the Lake Como area.

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