We began a fun-filled day trip to Bellagio by riding the bus from Milan, which is less than an hour to Como, the historical village at the southern end of the left arm of Lake Como. From this ancient city, established by the Roman Empire in the first century after...

Today I could finally visit Lugano, a picturesque town lying on the eponymous Swiss lake, an Italian-speaking district of southern Switzerland called Canton Ticino. The bus left us In the heart of the historic city centre, a very intimate part of the city close to the...

I finally got to see Como, a city older than Rome, rich in history where ancient Romans had driven away the Celtic tribes inhabiting the shores. It was here where Julius Caesar ordered 5,000 of his men to drain the swamp at the southern end of the lake and establish...