Hiking from Menaggio Lake Como Italy

by Joan Carroll

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Hiking from Menaggio Lake Como Italy

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Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

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The bullet points describing the hike north from Menaggio along the west coast of Lake Como Italy mentioned a ‘steep climb from Nobialo to Sasso Rancio’. However, the narrative describing the waypoints of the hike only says ‘…from here begins the steps leading to the slopes of Sasso Rancio…’. How bad could that be? Turns out the bullet points were spot on and as I stopped at this overlook of the towns of Nobialo (closer) and Menaggio (farther), I thought ‘I do NOT want to go back the same way I came!’ so I mentally recalibrated my hike to make a one-way hike to another town farther north and a bus for the return trip. But that is another story. At this point I just enjoyed the beautiful lakeside scenery. Nobialo is a typical fishing village, with narrow streets and stairways sloping down to the lake. Menaggio is a larger town and more popular as a tourist destination and is a favored recreational resort in the summer months. Historically this area was originally settled during the Bronze Age by the Gauls, but subsequently conquered by the Romans who established a defensive fort and colony where Menaggio now sits. The town was linked by a major Roman highway, the Via Regina, to other parts of the Empire over the Alps and the Southern territories. Its other notable history is as part of the escape route and eventually capture and execution of Mussolini toward the end of World War II.

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