Highlights of the Italian Lakes - June 7 - 15, 2019
June 7- 8, 2019 Overnight flight on Lufthansa out of Newark with a stop in Frankfurt, Germany before our final destination.....Milan, Italy. This trip was a Trafalgar Costsaver and our guide, Heidi, met us at the airport for our shuttle to the hotel in Saronno. Well known for its almond or apricot biscuits, the sweet, almond-flavored Italian liquor called Amaretto is also produced in this town. Hotel Capolago Varese was a lovely hotel with 78 rooms located a short distance from Malpensa Airport and the Swiss Border. After a chance to unwind, we met Heidi and our fellow travelers for a briefing before having dinner together in the hotel. June 9, 2019 - Day 2 - Lake Como and Bellagio After breakfast we enjoyed a beautiful ride to Lake Como along some very narrow roads (our driver, Mirko, was amazing). We then boarded a tour boat for our cruise around Lake Como before going to Bellagio, the pearl of the Lake....