Next summer (late June--early July), as part of our Italy trip, we want to spend 5 or 6 days on Lake Como and we're not sure which city to use as our base. Here are our criteria in no special order:
- Since we will not have a car and are traveling by train from Bolzano, we will need a town easily accessible to the train station.
- We want to explore other lakeside communities so good ferry connections are important.
- a variety of restaurants to choose from.
- possibly a town that offers some activities we can sign up for (like cooking classes, guided tours, etc.)
- We love small towns but it should be big enough to offer enough lodging to choose from.
We are both in our mid '70s and in reasonably good shape but want to avoid extremely long hikes to see things.
We were in Varenna on a Rick Steves tour many years ago and stayed in Varenna which was beautiful but are open to other possibilities.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!