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CityIT Information

  Img Coa Bellagio-Stemmapng
  City Comune di Bellagio
  Region Lombardy
  Province Como (CO)
  Altitude
  Area Cityproper 26
  Population As Of
  Populationdensity 2,945
  Populationdensitymetric 113
  Timezone CET , UTC +1
  Coordinates }
  Frazioni
  Telephone 031
  Postalcode 22021
  Gentilic Bellagini ( It ) Belagìn ( Westlmo )<!--THIS LOOKS AN INSULT!!! REFERENCE PLEASE!!! ''cujùn'' ( Westlmo traditional gentilic)-->
  Saint Saint Steven
  Day December 26
  Mayor Mario Gatti
  Website wwwcomunebellagiocoit


Bellagio is a '' Comune '' (municipality) in the Province Of Como in the Italian region Lombardy , located on Lake Como . It has long been famous for its setting at the intersection of the three branches of the Y-shaped lake, which is also known as Lario . Bellagio is situated at the tip of the peninsula separating the lake's two southern arms, with the Alps visible across the lake to the north.


TRANSPORT


Plane

The airports nearest to Bellagio are:

Multiple options:
  • take a train from Milan to Como

  • take a train from Milan to Varenna

  • take a train from Milan to Lecco

  • For more information on trains, see Trenitalia .


Hydrofoil

A Hydrofoil runs from Como to Bellagio, making stops at the other towns on Lake Como along the way. A ferry also runs from Varenna to Bellagio. For more information, visit Gestione Governativa Navigazione Laghi .

Road

Bellagio is accessible by narrow and windy roads from Como and Lecco. Public buses run daily from Como to Bellagio.


LITERARY REFERENCES

A visit to Bellagio served as the occasion for American poet Amy Clampitt 's long poem ''Rain at Bellagio.'' The poem runs to ten pages in her ''Collected Poems.'' An excerpt reads:


:Out on the lake a white traghetto, moving
:almost without pause from one shore to the other,
:a punctual amphibious spider, skeins
:into one zigzag the descending
:clatter from the campaniles of Bellagio,
:of Varenna and Cadenabbia, as though reining
:the fragments of experience into one process —



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