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Tirano railway station on one side and 50m away, is the Swiss railway station. They are adjacent to one another. Our panoramic carriage on the Bernina Express

Tirano - a nice tidy little town

Tirano We arrived in Tirano, thinking it would be fairly cool and in fact was quite the opposite - around 35 deg. JV booked us into the Hotel Bernina, which is only a 5 min walk from the railway station. Perfect! Well, the location was perfect, however the room wasn't air conditioned, and we...

Varenna Train from Varenna to Tirano. The distance from the ferry wharf to the railway station is 450m up a couple of slight inclines and there's a pub about half way. We walked it dragging our bags, even in the heat. There is a slightly shorter route that involves around 20 steps. The...

Time to move to Tirano via Varenna. We've got tickets to take the Bernina Express to Zurich the following day. This was the vehicle section. Being such a short ride and we have a lot of luggage, that we weren't going to leave alone, we rode in this area with about 4 cars.

Forgive me for going overboard with the Bellagio photos... I love it here. Even with lots of people about, somehow there is tranquility. Our chariot coming to get us and ferry us to Varenna. Ride was about 15 mins and the cost €4.60 each.

More of Bellagio

We stayed at the Hotel Excelsior Splendide. Great location - right on the waterfront and between the 2 ferry wharves. Bellagio is very steep from the street that runs across the front, so the thought of having to carry our bags up all those steps doesn't even bare thinking about. The room was...

Next ferry ride Tavernola to Bellagio Cost of the ticket was €10.40 each. The trip was close to 2 hours - very pleasant!

Of course now we are in Italy I should have uploaded a photo of Prosecco. I had a much better photo of about half a dozen different brands that I found in a bottle shop along the way however that photo was on a different camera card that was stolen along with my laptop. So; here you go....

We had a pleasant walk back from Cernobbio to our hotel.

We hopped back on the ferry and motored over to Cernobbio - €2.50 each. Very enjoyable ferry ride on a beautiful lake.

The heat wave continues...

Como Duomo Construction began in 1396 and wasn't completed until 1770. The west front was built between 1457 and 1498.