Trains from Milan to Lake Como

About the Milan to Lake Como train

Como has a station on the mainline, San Giovanni, above the town, and another, Como Lago, beside the water and the ferry pier. The eastern shore is reached by a different line, with Varenna the station for the ferries across to Bellagio, so check where your train ends and where your hotel sits before you book. Fill in when and for whom before you search; for the trip back, Lake Como to Milan is a separate search on AI Concierge. The lakeside towns are small and steep, and the ferry is how you move between them when you are there. Como itself has a walled old centre, a cathedral and a funicular up to Brunate for the view across the water. Further up the lake the shore roads narrow and the villages are strung along the water with gardens running down to it. Lake Como's hotels here are a handful from the catalogue; the search gives the whole list. Decide whether you want the town of Como, with the trains and the shops, or a village further up the lake reached by ferry, since the stays feel different.