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Argegno<br />

Situata all’imbocco della bellissima<br />

Val d’Intelvi che collega il Lago <strong>di</strong><br />

Como con il lago <strong>di</strong> Lugano, Argegno<br />

si estende alla foce del fiume<br />

Telo a ca. 20 km da Como. Proprio<br />

davanti ad Argegno il lago raggiunge<br />

il punto <strong>di</strong> massima profon<strong>di</strong>tà,<br />

410 m.<br />

Vanta un nucleo me<strong>di</strong>oevale arricchito<br />

da un antico ponte facente<br />

parte dell’orig<strong>in</strong>ario tracciato della<br />

strada Reg<strong>in</strong>a.<br />

Una stupenda vista sul lago e le<br />

montagne circostanti si gode dalla<br />

funivia che collega Argegno a Pigra,<br />

stupendo balcone a 860 metri<br />

<strong>di</strong> altitud<strong>in</strong>e. La stazione della funivia<br />

si trova lungo la statale, ca. 300<br />

m a nord dell’imbarcadero. Chiedete<br />

l’opuscolo con gli orari.<br />

Per chi volesse <strong>in</strong>traprendere la<br />

<strong>di</strong>scesa a pie<strong>di</strong>, consigliamo il percorso<br />

che da Pigra passando per<br />

Corniga, scende a Colonno (ore<br />

2.00); chiedete la descrizione del<br />

percorso. A Colonno <strong>in</strong>izia la “Greenway”,<br />

dolce passeggiata <strong>di</strong> ca. 3<br />

ore (descritta <strong>in</strong> un opuscolo specifico)<br />

che segue tratti dell’Antica<br />

Strada Reg<strong>in</strong>a f<strong>in</strong>o a Cadenabbia.<br />

Argegno is situated at the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />

of the beautiful “Val d’Intelvi”,<br />

valley that connects lake Como<br />

with lake Lugano, at the mouth of<br />

the river Telo. In front of the town<br />

the lake reaches its maximum<br />

depth of 410 meters. Argegno has<br />

a small historic centre that has<br />

ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed its me<strong>di</strong>eval structure.<br />

There is an antique bridge at the<br />

po<strong>in</strong>t where the orig<strong>in</strong>al roman road<br />

“La Via Reg<strong>in</strong>a” used to pass.<br />

Not to miss is the cable car ride<br />

from Argegno to the village Pigra<br />

(860 m) with an extraord<strong>in</strong>ary view<br />

of the lake, and the surround<strong>in</strong>g<br />

mounta<strong>in</strong>s. The cable car station is<br />

situated on the ma<strong>in</strong> lake side road<br />

about 300 m north of the boat dock,<br />

ask for the time table.<br />

From Pigra one can take a beautiful<br />

hike to the settlement Corniga<br />

and from there down to Colonno.<br />

(2.00 hrs.; ask for the leaflet). At<br />

Colonno the Greenway, an <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and easy walk that follows<br />

parts of the ancient roman road<br />

called Antica Strada Reg<strong>in</strong>a, starts.<br />

It leads slightly above the lake,<br />

through lots of beautiful villages,<br />

and <strong>in</strong> 3h30 reaches Cadenabbia,<br />

ask for the leaflet

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