På gång i Como (Lake Como), Italy under året

Mest folk — Citta dei Balocchi light festival, Christmas holidays i Italy

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter: the villages close (10 nov – 15 mar), Citta dei Balocchi light festival (23 nov – 6 jan (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter: the villages close (10 nov – 15 mar)

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Öppning

  Villa gardens and full boat timetable

  20 mar – 5 nov · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter: the villages close (10 nov – 15 mar)

Mest folk — Easter and Pasquetta, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Natur

  Azaleas and rhododendrons

  5 apr – 20 maj · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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.

• Helg

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 apr – 2 junNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 mar – 5 nov (vanligtvis)), Easter and Pasquetta (4–6 apr)

Mycket folk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 mar – 5 nov (vanligtvis)), Azaleas and rhododendrons (5 apr – 20 maj (vanligtvis)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mest folk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Summer on the lake road

• Säsong

  Summer on the lake road

  15 jun – 10 sepTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 mar – 5 nov (vanligtvis)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mest folk — Summer on the lake road, Summer holidays i Italy

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 mar – 5 nov (vanligtvis)), Summer on the lake road (15 jun – 10 sep)

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Summer on the lake road

• Helg

  Ferragosto

  5–25 augSkollovTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 mar – 5 nov (vanligtvis)), Summer on the lake road (15 jun – 10 sep)

Mest folk — Summer on the lake road, Summer holidays i Italy

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 mar – 5 nov (vanligtvis)), Summer on the lake road (15 jun – 10 sep)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Risk

  Lake floods the lakefront

  1 okt – 15 dec · vanligtvisÖversvämningssäsongStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 mar – 5 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Citta dei Balocchi light festival, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Winter: the villages close

  10 nov – 15 marStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  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 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Villa gardens and full boat timetable (20 mar – 5 nov (vanligtvis)), Lake floods the lakefront (1 okt – 15 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Citta dei Balocchi light festival, Christmas holidays i Italy

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Lake floods the lakefront (1 okt – 15 dec (vanligtvis)), Winter: the villages close (10 nov – 15 mar), Citta dei Balocchi light festival (23 nov – 6 jan (vanligtvis))