Our Neighbourhood
Our neighbourhood, centred around via monti and the San Giuliano Church, is a cosy little quarter on the eastern side of Como Centre, with lovely people and atmosphere. In our neighbourhood, you have:
Bar San Giuliano
This neighbourhood café on via monti is a real local hub. We meet our friends here for morning coffees , working lunches, and evening Aperitivos in the square in front of the church. The couple who run it are very friendly and try to use the best local ingredients for everything they make. Lunchtime they prepare different main courses daily, and they also have a menu with wide range of Panini, Piadina (Local flat bread) and fresh Salads if you fancy lunch out. They are closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Delicatessen
Go down the steps from the house on via Bertacchi to take you to via Monti, once you join via Monti you will find the Deli it on your left beside the Dry Cleaners. They have a lovely deli counter, bread, milk and every day they prepare some local dishes to bring home. Great place to buy antipasti etc.
Bread & Coffee
Olly Bar is the best local bread shop in Como and it also has a small café. It is just 5 mins walk from our home, down via Musa then along via zezio to the corner. It is on the corner of Via Zezio and Via Tommaso Grossi. They also sell fresh milk, cheese and hams etc, it’s a great place to pick up supplies for Breakfast or a picnic lunch. The selection of bread and Fresh Foccacia is legendary and thier enoumous breakfast brioche are the best!
Café Margherita
This is a lovely neighbourhood café, a great place to relax with a big mug of Café Latte or an espresso and a slice of their homemade cake, read the paper, soak up the local chatter. They also serve very reasonably priced simple lunches and dinners dishes and local wines. Very handy if you want a simple meal on your first night.
Fresh Produce Market
Como has a wonderful covered market “Mercato Coperto” that sells a great selection of Fresh fruit and vegetables as well as locally produced cheeses, meats and fish and breads. Via Sirtori Giuseppe, 1, Como. Opening times - Tuesday 8-13 - Thursday 8-13 - Saturday 8-19
Yoga Studio
Lake Como Wellness - A lovely small boutique yoga studio on via monti, run by an international team of yoga and dance instructors. Most lessons are taught in english. Why not enjoy a lesson to help relax on your holidays ?
Train Station
Como has two main train stations, Como Nord Laghi 10mins walk, which is on eastern side of Como, and has commuter services run to Milan Cadorna.
Como San Giovanni on the western side of Como has high speed services(35mins) to Milan Centrale and also to Switzerland.
Funiculare Como-Brunate
This is a beautiful scenic way to travel up to Brunate, the lovely mountain top village above Como. Brunate has views across to Switzerland and Monte Rosa and the perfect place to watch the sunset over the mountains from the “Hotel Bella Vista” with an Aperol Spritz! Brunate is also a great place to begin many hikes to Torno, Monte Bolletto, or to the CAI 1 trail all the way to Bellagio. There is also a train through the forest that begins right outside our front door, perfect for a climb up to brunate or a short cut home walking down from brunate.
Ferry
The main ticket office for ferries “Como Navigazione Laghi” sells tickets for all the ferry services on the lake. The ticket office is located just off Piazza Cavour 12mins walk from the house. There are regular ferry services to Cernobbio, Torno and Moltrasio, High speed service to Bellaggio and tickets for special dinner cruises etc. Online Ferry Timetables and Tickets
We highly recommend purchasing your tickets online as the queues in the hot sun can be slow if you try to buy the tickets in person.
Unfortunately they do NOT sell tickets for the high speed service to Bellagio online, these tickets must be bought in person.