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Highlights of the Italian Lakes - June 7 - 15, 2019

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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....