The road to Porlezza leads through the Val Menaggio, the valley that connects Lake Como with Lake Lugano. In the valley there is the small Lake Piano, a protected natural oasis. Porlezza is a tourist resort situated on the Italian part of Lake Lugano also called Ceresio. Every Saturday there is a market on the lakeside at Porlezza. Ask for the brochure on Porlezza. Valsolda, situated on the Swiss/Italian border, is a beautiful area where you find some interesting churches built by the Maestri Comacini (famous sculptors and architects of the Val d'Intelvi who worked all over Europe especialy during the renaissance period). At Cressogno there is the "Santuario della Caravina", at Puria the parish church built by Tibaldi one of Italy's most famous architects. We highly reccomend a visit to the typical village "Castello" which you can reach by foot from Puria.

Route: Menaggio - Porlezza - Cima - Madonna della Caravina - Cressogno - Loggio - Puria - Dasio - Puria - Menaggio 42 km.

Follow the road in the direction of Lugano. After a stop at Porlezza (12 km from Menaggio), continue in the same direction. Just past the town Cima, you find the indication for the "Santuario della Madonna della Caravina" to the right. Back on the main road you pass the town Cressogno and just before entering a tunnel, you turn right to Loggio, Puria and Dasio. We reccomend a stop at every town. On your way back from Dasio to Puria, after having passed the parish church at Puria, you get to a bisection. The road to the left is the one leading back down to the main road; the road to the right leads to the cemetery (1 km) where you can park the car and continue by foot to the typical village "Castello". Both "Via alla Derta" and "Via Confolonieri" lead to "Castello" (10 min.) (by foot from the bustop at Puria 40 min.).

By bus: Menaggio - Porlezza line C12 Porlezza - Puria line C15 .