La Permanente Bar Bistrot In Cantù

09/03/2024: One of the best carbonara I had in Italy. But pricey but great views.

05/12/2023: I must confess that I love sunsets. The Riverside is a kiosk located in Bellagio at the mouth of the Perlo stream. The watercourse has formed a natural beach, obviously made of stones like almost all the beaches on the lake. You can swim (not without a pair of rock shoes, due to the rocks), there is a floating platform for diving and a pier for mooring boats. The panorama is remarkable because you can see Villa Melzi, the village of Bellagio, the center of the lake, Cadenabbia, Villa Carlotta, the Grand Hotel Tremezzo up to Punta Balbianello. Behind, on the other side of the lake, the mountains with spring waters, among which I would like to point out Mount Tremezzo (known as Crocione) and Mount Grona, where a beautiful refuge worthy of a walk stands out: the Menaggio refuge. For those who stop at the beach, the Riverside offers plastic deckchairs (10 euros) and all the refreshments of a bar, from a bottle of water to an aperitif and a light meal. The best thing is to come late, to enjoy the sunset behind the mountains. The staff is kind and friendly, with an open, Milanese courtesy, so different from the suspicious reluctance of the true Bellagini (now almost everywhere replaced by foreigners, at least on the front line). The sore point are the prices, worthy of a white glove bar in the square in Bellagio (or Venice), even if the context is that of a beach of gray pebbles like those of an open-air quarry, but I like it anyway , especially at sunset (I told you that, yes).