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5 DAYS
A Wine Meander
Kick off this whirlwind wine tour with a day in
Como
before taking the fast boat to Al-
bergo Silvio in
Bellagio
, where you're booked for lunch on the terrace. Then hop across to
pretty
Varenna
and tour the botanical gardens of the Villa Monastero before heading north
up the east bank to the wine valley of the
Valtellina
. Tour some of the sunny hillside winer-
ies and stock up on rare regional varietals such as the punchy Sforzato. On day three,
emerge from the valley at Edolo and turn southwards down the
Valle Camonica
, lined with
Bronze Age rock carvings, which you can tour in the 30-hectare
Parco Nazionale della In-
cisioni Rupestri
near Capo di Ponte. Then head for pretty
Sarnico
at the southern end of
Lake Iseo and enjoy a laid-back day wandering its medieval lanes. You'll then want anoth-
