LAKE COMO
The lake, its towns, its shores: Lake Como day to day.

Centomiglia del Lario: the 77th edition runs October 9-11 with the Casiraghi memorial
Three days of powerboating between Como and Cernobbio: trials and races counting toward world, European and Italian offshore titles, a paddock at Villa Erba's former gallop track, and a tribute to Stefano Casiraghi forty years after his 1986 victory.
Lake Como closes the hydrological year at 36.5 percent of capacity
The ANBI Observatory on ARPA Lombardia data: Lombardy's water reserves close the year with a deficit above 24 percent. October brings rain, but for the lake region the models offer no certainty.
Cernobbio's Festa del Borgo: crowds celebrate as shops shut in protest
On September 19-20 the festival filled the historic borgo, but about 70 percent of the shops in the strettoia closed their shutters against the town's organizational choices. Talks with merchants set for October 6.