The back story
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Area guide
Como: the back story
The walled town and its cathedral, the silk museum, the opera house, the funicular to Brunate and the seaplanes on the lake.
Area guide · Lake Como
Como: Our Favourites
The walled town and its cathedral, the silk museum, the opera house, the funicular to Brunate and Kitchen’s MICHELIN star.
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What to see and do
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From 1396
Como Cathedral
The marble cathedral of Como, begun in 1396, in the heart of the walled town.
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Since 1894
The Como–Brunate funicular
The funicular that has climbed from the Como lakefront to the village of Brunate since 1894.
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On the first basin
Villa Olmo
The neoclassical villa on the Como shore, with its park; parts of the park are closed during restoration works.
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Como silk
Museo della Seta
The silk museum of Como: the whole process, from the silkworm to hand printing and fashion collections.
Via Castelnuovo 9, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
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Since 1813
Teatro Sociale di Como
Como’s opera house of 1813, with its summer festival in the Arena.
Via Bellini 3, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
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From the lake at Como
Como Seaplanes
Sightseeing flights by seaplane from the lake at Como, run with the Aero Club Como, where seaplanes have flown since 1913.
Viale Massenzio Masia 44, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
Where to eat
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One MICHELIN Star
Kitchen
On the lakeshore road from Como to Cernobbio. One MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide.
Via per Cernobbio 41/a, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
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One MICHELIN Star
Il Cantuccio
Modern cooking in the hills between Como and Erba. One MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide.
Via Dante 32, 22031 AlbavillaExplore View on map
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In the MICHELIN Guide
Comi 107
Contemporary cooking in the Borgo Vico, Como.
Via Borgo Vico 107, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
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Hotel restaurant
Ristorante Raimondi
The restaurant of Hotel Villa Flori, with a garden on the lake.
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From Milan to the Piazza Volta
Martesana Como
The Como shop of the Milanese pastry house Martesana, on the Piazza Volta.
Piazza Alessandro Volta 16, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
Shopping
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Since 1958
Castiglioni
A Como food family since 1958: the enoteca in town and a wine bar in Cernobbio.
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The story of Como silk
The Museo della Seta
Learn the story before you buy: the silk museum of Como.
Where to stay
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Facing the cathedral
DBH Duomo Boutique Hotel
A boutique hotel in restored clerical buildings facing Como’s cathedral.
Via Maestri Comacini 2, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
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A 15th-century palazzo
Palazzo Albricci Peregrini
An “urban luxury house” in a 15th-century palazzo inside Como’s medieval walls.
Via Giuseppe Rovelli 28, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
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A 19th-century villa
Hotel Villa Flori
A 19th-century villa on the lakeshore road from Como to Cernobbio, with the Ristorante Raimondi.
Via Cernobbio 12, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
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