Cruising on Lake Como, Italy
If you look at Lake Como on a map, it is shaped like an upside-down Y. The shores are dotted with tiny hamlets, pristine villages, ornate villas, ancient churches, streams and forests, all embraced by the rugged foothills of the Alps. Protected by the mountains, the climate is subtropical with palm trees interspersed between Mediterranean pines and lush tropical flowers gracing the shoreline. The true beauty of the lake cannot be fully appreciated from the road. You have to see…