10. Lecco to Arlate

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Take advantage of a flat stage to rest after the mountain paths and enjoy Lecco at the end of Lake Como before continuing towards Milan.

After the steep mountain paths over Lake Como, a short and quiet path along Lake Olginate and the Adda River gradually leaves the Alps with less and less rugged terrain.

13 points of interest

Lecco
Cultural
Basilica of San Nicolo
Beautiful church with its bell tower outside the enclosure, amazing.
Historical
Palazzo del Paure
The Palazzo delle Paure is a museum of contemporary art and the mountaineering observatory of Lecco.
Until 1964, the palace was the seat of the Ministry of Finance, where citizens went to pay their taxes, hence the name Palazzo delle Paure.
Torre Viscontea
Historical
Visconti Tower
A historic site in the city centre, the Lecco Visconti tower can be visited. It is often used for exhibitions.
Historical
Santuario di Nostra Signora della Vittoria
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Victory is a very important church for the people of Lecco, built in memory of the soldiers who fell in the First World War.
Every evening at seven o'clock, the bells ring eleven times in memory of the fallen soldiers.
Historical
Villa Manzoni
Lecco is the town of the Bride and Groom with many references to the work and life of Alessandro Manzoni, starting with Villa Manzoni, where the writer spent his childhood holidays, now a museum dedicated to him.
Lecco
Tourist
Bridge Azzone Visconti
Also known as Ponte Vecchio, it offers a magnificent view of Visconti Island and the typical fauna of the river.
Pescatore
Cultural
Church of Santa Teresa
Beautiful church by the lake.
Garlate
Tourist
Civic Silk Museum Abegg
The Abegg Silk Museum, located in an 18th century spinning mill on the shores of Lake Garlate, surrounded by a mulberry garden, displays discoveries, inventions and machines for the production of silk from silkworm to fabric. It was built and inaugurated in 1953 by the Swiss manufacturers Abegg to transmit to professionals and researchers the tools created over the centuries in the silk industry.
Olginate
Cultural
Church of Sant'Agnese
Baroque church
Brivio
Historical
Castle of Brivio
Castle on the Adda river
Brivio
Cultural
Church of Saints Sisinius, Martyrdom and Alexander
Baroque church with a beautiful interior decoration of wall painting.
Brivio
Panoramic
Pont Brivio
Nice view of the Adda from the bridge.
Arlate
St Columban
Church of Saints Gotthard and Columbanus
Jewel of a Romanesque church located in an elevated position that enhances its beauty. Very beautiful interior sober but harmonious.

Description

At the door of the Basilica, go down the stairs towards Piazza Mario Cermenati and then towards the lake:

Follow the pedestrian path along the lake until you come back to via Costituzione at a bridge. Continue to the right along a car park and turn right at the end of the pedestrian street onto Via Raffaello Sanzio to return to the lakeside. Follow this track to the end of the lake marked by the Adda river and the John Fitzgerald Kennedy bridge. Stay on this shore continuing along a pavement and a shaded path that leads to the Azzone Visconti bridge. Cross this bridge and continue on the opposite bank on via Ettore Monti and then on the riverside path, passing under the railway line and joining via Alzaia until you pass under the SS36 motorway which marks the beginning of Lake Garlate.
Continue along the tarmac track that runs alongside the lake and passes through various parks (La Fornace, Marco, Torrete,...) with shady benches until you reach the junction with via Statale SP72. Follow this road on the pavement, pass a roundabout and take the track on the left after the McDonald's. Follow the tarmac track to the dam and the Vittorio Emanuele III bridge, which mark the end of Lake Garlate and the beginning of Lake Olginate.
Continue across the road on Via Martiri della Liberta and then on the dirt track of Via Lungo Lago next to a fitness trail that loops around before a water treatment plant. At the end of the Olginate lake and the industrial area, continue in nature on the track parallel to via dell Industria, passing under the pedestrian/bike bridge, under the railway line by strada Alzaia and then under the suspension bridge of SP74.
Continue along this shaded bank, passing a last factory (Costacurto Spa-Vico) to find the peace and quiet of the water. Follow the Adda, which meanders first and then meanders again as it approaches the SP72. Follow the dirt track along the water's edge until you reach Brivio, the next village behind the third bend in the river.
After a footbridge over a pond, turn left to join the riverbank and follow it along the track to via Leonardo da Vinci at a tower in the middle of Brivio. Pass under a bridge and near the few houses at the end of the village and follow the track at the foot of the hillside. Leave two hamlets (frazione Toffo and localita Molinazzo) on your right. At an island on the Adda, cross a footbridge and continue to the first path on the right which passes a tennis court and climbs towards Arlate. At the top of Via Nuova Provinciale, continue straight ahead on Via dei Mulini until the end and then turn left onto Via Papa Giovanni XXIII to reach the destination.

Departure : Basilica San Nicolo, via San Nicolo 1, 23900 Lecco
Arrival : Church San Gottardo e San Colombano, Via Parrochiale 41, 23885 Arlate
Towns crossed : Lombardia

Altimetric profile

Transport

Train:
Trenord,
line R18 Como-Molteno-Lecco,
line R7 Lecco-Bergamo,
RI3 Lecco-Colico-Sondrio line,
S7 Lecco-Molteno-Monza-Milano Porta Garibaldi,
line S8 Lecco-Carnate-Milano Porta Garibaldi, trenord.it. Linee Lecco

Bus:
line 10 Lecco-Bellagio,
line 9 Lecco-Valmadrera,
tel 0341-35.99.11, lineelecco.it.