Bellano

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

Alessandro VecchiBellano veduta CC BY-SA 3.0
Torsade de PointesBellano Oratorio di San Rocco 1 CC0
LichingaBellano Porticciolo CC BY-SA 4.0
Torsade de PointesBellano Veduta generale 3 CC0
ArbaleteBellano stazione ferr binari CC BY-SA 3.0
Darcolo (Wikipedia user)BellanoLago CC BY-SA 3.0
Baldo Fabio ScottiOrrido di Bellano (LC)CC BY-SA 4.0
mafePioverna Bellano CC BY-SA 2.0
Roberta GerosaBellano Parco delle Rimembranze CC BY-SA 4.0
KaituBellano, seen from the cross of Camaggiore CC BY-SA 4.0
Luca CasartelliSentiero del Viandante DSC 6391 (13997335082)CC BY-SA 2.0
Dario CrespiSant'Andrea, Bellano CC BY-SA 4.0

Right behind this town on the eastern shore of Lake Como, the Pioverna stream has carved the Orrido, a deep gorge you enter on wooden walkways fixed to the rock above a waterfall. Cotton mills made Bellano a small industrial centre in the 19th century; today it draws visitors with its lakeside promenade, its ferries and the novels of Andrea Vitali, who sets his stories here.

Highlights

The Orrido di Bellano, a gorge and waterfall seen from walkways on the rock (IT)
The church of Santi Nazaro e Celso, from 1348, with its large rose window
Pesa Vegia on 5 January: re-enactment, bonfire on the pier, parade of the Magi
Giovanni Angelo Del Maino's carved Deposition of nine figures in Santa Marta
The lakeside promenade with small pebble beaches

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Bellano (IT), Bellano (EN)), Wikivoyage (Bellano). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 3,420

Things to see

Events through the year

Pesa Vegia Historical · 5 JanuaryParade of the Magi, re-enactment and bonfire on the lake pier
Feast of Saints Nazarius and Celsus Religious · 28 July

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Bellano). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.