hi, im going to geneva in august with my boyfriend, the trip will be about 10 days and were stayin with a family friend but we'd like to go off for about 4 or 5 nights in the middle of the trip.
We've being looking at maybe getting a train down to lake como but aren't really sure- any ideas??
Have you been to Switzerland before? If not, it might be an idea to see something of Switzerland, which is absolutely beautiful, before heading off down to Italy.
It'll take about 6 hours by train to go to Lake Como, only around 3 hours to Lago Maggiore.
Nearby, you've got
Montreux and
Vevey which are on Lake Geneva and are very nice towns, very popular with tourists. A vist to
Gruyere is also a must if you like cheese (lots of small restaurants serving cheese fondue and raclette with the nice glass of white wine), castles and old towns.
You're also not far from the wine growing areas, for example
Dezaley if you're interested in wine.
You could take a train to
Berne, stay a night or so there and then take a train south to
Lucerne, stay the night there and then move on to
Interlaken ( you can go hiking here or paragliding off the mountains if you're sporty) or south to
Ascona / Locarno on the Lago Magggiore.
Hope you have a good trip!