How to get there
By air
To reach the major areas at Como Lake it is best to use the Milanese air
Terminals of Linate, Malpensa and Orio al Serio. From the airports then
you should make your way to Milan and then follow the direction Como or
Lecco.
To arrive at Como and other west sites of the lake from Malpensa, you
should take the Malpensa Express, stopping in Saronno, or arriving directly
by bus, line 250.
From Orio al Serio it is possible to reach Lecco and the east side of
the lake from the station of Bergamo
By train
To reach Como and the west side of the Lake, you should take the train
from Milan Central Station, the journey time is approximately one hour.
To reach Lecco and the east side, you should take the train in the directions
Milano-Lecco-Sondrio-Tirano, Brescia-Sondrio-Lecco, , Sesto San Giovanni-Monza-Lecco,
Como-Molteno-Lecco.
By car
Como is around 50km from Milan and the quickest way to arrive there, is
to drive along the A9 Como-Chiasso. Then from Como, you can easily reach
all the west side towns, driving along the Statale Regina SS340.
To reach Lecco and the east side of the lake there are at least 60km from
Milan, but you can reach them easily by taking the SS36 (Superstrada Nuova
Valsassina) from Monza, driving always straight on from Viale Zara – Viale
Fulvio Testi, and in less than an hour you are at Lecco. The SS36, then
leads you to Sondrio, with different exits for the main villages on the
east coast.