The guide was excellent, very informative, comfortable to talk to with questions. Very pleasant and knowledgeable experience.
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What's Included
Includes
- Local guide
- Small group limited to a maximum of 8 people
Excludes
- Tickets
- Food & Drinks
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Main entrance of the hotel
Return
- Main entrance of the hotel
Itinerary
In the nineteenth century, the square dedicated to Camillo Benso Count of Cavour did not exist, in its place, there was a harbor now buried. At first, the square was characterized by boutiques and arcades, the buildings we can see today were built over the years. In a very short time, Piazza Cavour became a veritable "city lounge". At the end of 1800, in the center of the square a fountain was built and later it was installed in the Bronx Park in New York. At the beginning of the 20th century, three flowerbeds (still present) were placed on the sides of the square. Tramline tracks were built and later on replaced by a road. Around the 1950s it was used as a car park. At the end of the nineties, ten jets of water installed inside the northern flowerbed constituted the last architectural contribution to the place. The square is liable to flood because of its construction on the lake.
Teatro Sociale, theatre in Como, designed by architect Giuseppe Cusi, was built in 1811 using the existing structure of an ancient castle (we can see the original walls even today). The first show took place in 1813 and nowadays you can enjoy theatre performances but it is also a good place to organize ceremonies, weddings, business events.
The cathedral, located near Lago di Como, is one of the most important buildings in the region. It has been built during different historical periods and so we can find gothic, renaissance and baroque style. Inside the cathedral, we can find Bishops Avvocati’s and Bonifacio da Modena’s sarcophagus.
The Basilica of San Fedele in Como is located in the city center and is dedicated to Saint Fidelis martyr. It derives from an earlier Christian church, dating from the seventh century, dedicated to Euphemia.
Porta Torre (also known as Torre di Porta Vittoria is a main fortified tower located in the town of Como, in Lombardy (northern Italy). It is 40 meters high and it was built in 1192, to defend the main entrance of the city.
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Nick was an excellent tour guide. Learned about Italy and Come. Great walking tour. Would definitely recommend.
Very friendly and Good historical knowledge Tour was a bit shorter than expected, it may have been due to the extreme hot weather
This was a perfect way to start our visit to Como. Nick did an amazing job orienting us to all the major points within the ancient part of the city including recommendations for shops, bars, and dining. His personal knowledge and experiences made the tour engaging and fun without being pretentious. We can't wait to use all his suggestions for investigating other parts of the city and beyond. The tour company was easy to connect with and quickly responsive to all questions. It was a worthwhile investment!
Nick was fantastic. His knowledge and love of Como brought the city alive for us. Thank You very much
Disgusting the tour guide operator didn’t turn up! Ruined our whole Como experience! Still waiting for a company representative to contact me! The number they provide is not in service!!!!!!
This was a fun walking tour! Our guide knew so much about Como - there is so much more history here than we originally thought! Definitely worth the time and money for the tour, we learned so much and our guide had great recommendations for restaurants as well.
Nick was a very friendly and knowledgeable guide that made the experience very enjoyable and worthwhile. He had many interesting facts and stories about Como and clearly loves conducting tours.
Nick is very knowledgeable, pleasant and engaging. He showed us places and explained the history that we would have never known. Great guide and tour of Como.
Nick did an amazing job!!!! So knowledgeable, passionate, and personable! You can feel his love for the area!
Nick is a “local” and knows all about Como! Full of information connecting dots between Roman history to modernity. Talked throughout walk keeping us engaged with interesting stories. Would highly recommend!
Nick told us lots of stories about the history of Como and shared his favorite spots around town. He was very personable and made himself available after the tour was over in case we had questions during our stay in the area.
Great tour around beautiful Como with Nick. Lovely guy with great knowledge about the history of the town and tips on great local, family run business's from the best coffee cafe, silk shop, truffle shop, Osteria and wine shop. All of which we will try. He was happy for us to keep in touch if we needed any help so all in all, great afternoon and we highly recommend Nick as your guide
Great experience, the tour guide had a lot ok knowledge and talked about important people and how the piazza’s were named. He was interesting and informative about Como and its people. Easy walking and easy to understand! Also several recommendations of places to eat and for gelato!
This was a wonderful walking tour of Como. We learned so much about the local area and our guide was amazing. We are very happy with the tour and can definitely recommend it to anyone coming to Como.
Nick was a great tour guide. friendly, courteous and very knowledgable. The tour is well paced and covers a lot of things that you might just pass by, if you were to try and walk around on your own. We believe that this was good value for money
Guide was knowledgeable, personable and the tour was very helpful in filling in the gaps from our own wanderings. We recommend this tour highly if you would like to get a good tour of the Centro of Como.
The tour was fantastic. Nick was a great guide, he kept it fast-moving and interesting. We learned and saw so much and got some great dinner reservations as well. Highly recommend and wish we had been able to do it the first day we were there.
Nick was informative, enthusiastic, and gave us great insights into Como. Lots of history and lots of suggestions for our visit.
We enjoyed our walk around Como, learning about Como’s history. Our guide was very informative and friendly.
Absolutely awful experience, poor customer service and tour was a total waste of useless information. Do not go on this tour you will regret it, anything else is better.
Our tour guide Nick was amazing! So knowledgeable and showed us everything there was to see in Como! He also gave us great food recommendations that we later went to. Couldn’t have asked for a better experience.
This tour is a great way to learn about the history of Como. Our guide Nick was brilliant. The 2 hrs flew by.
Our tour was great! Niko was right on time and kept us entertained the whole time. He was very knowledgeable about Como, and showed us a wide variety of local sites and shops. Definitely recommend.
Nick went above and beyond to make our stay in Como memorable. He is very knowledgeable about the area and continued to give us recommendations long after our walking tour. If you are ever in the Como area, I highly recommend Nick as your tour guide.
No stars- guide didn’t show up and didn’t reply to any of my messages or emails. waiting for a refund.
Nick was amazing. Como is an amazing place and he brought it alive for us. He gave us the history with interesting stories of the the place and the times. I highly recommend this walking tour, it’s a great way to get acquainted with Como.
Don’t miss this tour with Nick as your guide! He is fabulous, personable, extremely knowledgeable and all around great!
Nick was a fantastic guide so knowledgeable and very proud and passionate. Well read and a pleasure to go on the tour with highly recommend
Como 2 hour walking tour with Nick who was an excellent guide - thank you Nick. If you want to know about the City & it’s rich history this tour is a must.
Great few hours walking around Como and learning it's history. Nick explained it all. Including food, drink and coffee around town. We were able to see the Basilica and was amazing.
We had a wonderful walking tour of Como with Nick. He was very knowledgeable, friendly and a great guide.
Nick shared all the local history and spots to eat. Great tour to see the entire town. Small group was nice.
Nic, our guide was very enthusiastic and showed us a lot of great sites near Como city centre. He was very knowledgeable and answered a lot of questions we had.
Notre guide connaissait parfaitement sa ville et partageait son savoir avec enthoudiasme. Seul bémol, un débit un peu trop rapide pour non anglophones
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