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Lake Como loop

Round Lake Como on the shore roads: up the west side through Menaggio to the top of the lake, down the east shore to Lecco, then along the Lecco arm to Bellagio and back to Como.

Distance
115 miles (185 km)
Type
Loop
Where
Lombardy lakes

Plotted by us, not yet ridden

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Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.

Main roads

SP71SS340SP7SS340dirSS36SP72SP639SS583SP41

From the map

Longest gap between fuel
14 miles
Fuel stations near the line
46
Curvature
193 ° a mile
Campsites within 2 km
53
  • The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 96 to mile 110. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
  • The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 92 to mile 112, at 294 degrees of turning a mile.
  • Countries: Italy.
  • 8 motorcycle shops are within 3 km of the line.

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

  • The shore roads are narrow, busy in summer and pass through villages with tight streets. Early starts help.
  • Riding into Milan? Check the city's congestion charge before you go.

On the way

  1. Como
  2. Menaggio
  3. Gravedona
  4. Colico
  5. Bellano
  6. Lecco
  7. Bellagio
  8. Como
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1Getting there

Most riders cross to Calais by Le Shuttle or a Dover ferry, or take a longer ferry nearer the route.

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2Places to stay

Search beds in Como

3Cover

Check your bike insurance covers riding abroad, get travel insurance that covers motorcycling at your engine size, and breakdown cover that recovers a motorcycle in every country on the route.

What to check before you buy cover

The country on this route

What GOV.UK says riders need for it, checked 05/11/2026. Rules change, so read the official page before you go.

Italy

Money
Euro
Ride on the
Right
  • Riding into Milan or Rome? Milan has a congestion charge and Rome sometimes restricts traffic in its green band

On every trip abroad: your licence, insurance that covers riding abroad, the V5C and travel insurance with medical cover. The tour planner turns all of this into a checklist each rider in your group can tick off.

Places to see on the way

Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.

Castello di Musso
Castle · On the route

Castello di Musso

Castle in Musso, Italy.

Photo: Andreas Lattmann, CC0
Orrido di Bellano
Waterfall · On the route

Orrido di Bellano

Natural park with waterfall located in a canyon dating back to 15 million years ago.

Photo: Francescogb, CC BY-SA 3.0

Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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