Albergo del Duca

Como


The setting is an attractive one (on the edge of a pedestrianised square); the atmosphere is all friendliness; and the rooms – if nothing fancy – are as neat as a pin, with polished wooden floors. There's a good restaurant with terrace at the entrance.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Como attractions

1. Duomo

0.15 MILES

Como’s awesome marble-clad cathedral is one of the most important buildings on the lake, incorporating a variety of styles – Romanesque, Renaissance and…

2. Broletto

0.15 MILES

The polychromatic Broletto, or medieval town hall, sits right beside Como's towering duomo. Unusually, it butts right up against the cathedral and is very…

3. Basilica di San Fedele

0.2 MILES

Hemmed in by houses these days and enclosing one side of what was once a medieval grain market, this Lombard Romanesque basilica dates back to the 7th…

4. Pinacoteca Civica

0.26 MILES

Despite its inadequate labelling, Como’s art gallery has a sizeable collection with some rich pickings. Most interesting are the frescoes and sculpture…

5. Porta Torre

0.35 MILES

The southern gate in Como's defensive walls, bordered by a 40m 12th-century tower.

6. Tempio Voltiano

0.38 MILES

The photogenic lakeside Tempio Voltiano was built in 1927. This neoclassical temple is now a museum devoted to Como-born ­electric-­battery inventor…

7. Monumento ai Caduti

0.45 MILES

This monument to Italy's WWI war dead is a classic example of fascist-era architecture and dates to 1931.

8. Basilica di Sant'Abbondio

0.57 MILES

About 500m south of Como’s city walls is this austere 11th-century Romanesque church, once the seat of a bishopric built on the orders of St Amantius of…