Posts tagged with Lake

Dinant, birthplace of saxophone inventor Adolphe Sax was our first destination on the way to the Ardennes. After a nice 20min walk along the riverside from the car parking, we had reached the center of the city with the famous Citadel above our heads on the truly imposing rock. It...

During 10 days spent in Italy, we visited quite a few cities (Como, Lecco, Milan, Morbegro, Sondrio), discovered amazing mountains, managed to rest one day on the shore of Como Lake (Colico) and tried countless times Italian ice cream, which by the way are for me the best in the...

After hiking to Monte Resegone, a day trip around the Como lake by ferry, it was finally time for another hike, this time to Monte Coltignone. It was supposed to be tough and it certainly was. Three kilometers and 1000m altitude gain, this can’t be good :) First we took...

One lazy day designated for sightseeing between two days of demanding hiking was the perfect idea! Ok … this day ultimately was not so lazy with 16km of walking ;-) Varenna was our first destination that day, one of the top rated towns on the shores of Lake Como. Immediately...

Lecco, a small city located on the southern tip of Lake Como turned out to be a fantastic base for hiking lovers. We could have actually stayed here longer than we did as we still had plenty of ideas for day hikes or just regular sightseeing. More about the city...

After two weeks of hiking we really hoped to spend few quiet and relaxing days in Pokhara and we were not disappointed :) Phewa Lake, surrounded by the city and high peaks in the background, looks stunning! Especially, during sunset when the water changes colors from blue to pink-ish and...

The longest and the most demanding trekking was planned for the last day of our stay in Mestia as the weather predictions were giving us very high chances of stable conditions needed for this long hike. There are few variants of the first part of a trekking, you can take...