Qué hay en Como (Lake Como), Italia, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Citta dei Balocchi light festival, Christmas holidays en Italia

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter: the villages close (10 Nov – 15 Mar), Citta dei Balocchi light festival (23 Nov – 6 Ene (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter: the villages close (10 Nov – 15 Mar)

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Apertura

  Villa gardens and full boat timetable

  20 Mar – 5 Nov · normalmenteApertura de verano

  Villa Carlotta, Balbianello and the rest open for the season in the second half of March, and the lake boats move to the full timetable with them. Out of that window the lake is a bus ride. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday (Pasquetta) are public holidays, and Italians use the long weekend for short breaks and day trips: trains and hotels fill, old towns and sights are busier than the weeks around, and many shops and some restaurants close on Easter Sunday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter: the villages close (10 Nov – 15 Mar)

Máxima afluencia — Easter and Pasquetta, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Naturaleza

  Azaleas and rhododendrons

  5 Abr – 20 May · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The terraced gardens at Tremezzo are planted for exactly these six weeks, and the show peaks around the end of April before the summer coach traffic arrives.

• Festivo

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 Abr – 2 JunFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte. Those weekends bring domestic crowds, fuller trains and higher room rates, and some shops close on the day. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 Mar – 5 Nov (normalmente)), Easter and Pasquetta (4–6 Abr)

Concurrido — Spring bank-holiday bridges, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 Mar – 5 Nov (normalmente)), Azaleas and rhododendrons (5 Abr – 20 May (normalmente)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Abr – 2 Jun)

Máxima afluencia — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Summer on the lake road

• Temporada

  Summer on the lake road

  15 Jun – 10 SepMucha genteReserva pronto

  One two-lane road runs each shore and it does not cope. Ferry queues at Bellagio and Varenna are the real constraint on a summer day here, not opening hours. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 Mar – 5 Nov (normalmente)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Abr – 2 Jun)

Máxima afluencia — Summer on the lake road, Summer holidays en Italia

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 Mar – 5 Nov (normalmente)), Summer on the lake road (15 Jun – 10 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Summer on the lake road

• Festivo

  Ferragosto

  5–25 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteCierres

  Milan comes up for the middle of August and the lake villages run at capacity, while some of the family-run kitchens take their own break in the same fortnight. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 Mar – 5 Nov (normalmente)), Summer on the lake road (15 Jun – 10 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — Summer on the lake road, Summer holidays en Italia

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 Mar – 5 Nov (normalmente)), Summer on the lake road (15 Jun – 10 Sep)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Riesgo

  Lake floods the lakefront

  1 Oct – 15 Dic · normalmenteTemporada de inundacionesCierres

  Autumn rain lifts the lake over the walls into Piazza Cavour most years, which is why the city has spent two decades building barriers. Walkways go down and the lakefront cafes shut for days. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 Mar – 5 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Citta dei Balocchi light festival, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Winter: the villages close

  10 Nov – 15 MarCierre de temporada bajaCierres

  Villas, most lakeside hotels and the smaller ferry stops shut, and the mid-lake villages go quiet. Como city itself is a working town and does not.

• Festival

  Citta dei Balocchi light festival

  23 Nov – 6 Ene · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Projections onto the cathedral and the old town walls, markets and a rink from late November to Epiphany. It is the one reason the town is busy when the boats have stopped. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 Mar – 5 Nov (normalmente)), Lake floods the lakefront (1 Oct – 15 Dic (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Citta dei Balocchi light festival, Christmas holidays en Italia

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Lake floods the lakefront (1 Oct – 15 Dic (normalmente)), Winter: the villages close (10 Nov – 15 Mar), Citta dei Balocchi light festival (23 Nov – 6 Ene (normalmente))