Compendio a Sorico (CO)

The cluster is at the north end of Lake Como, with the lake immediately beside the settlement and the Lepontine Alps and Orobie rising around the upper Lario and lower Valtellina. The Adda enters the lake here and forms the Pian di Spagna wetland and the Riserva Naturale Pian di Spagna e Lago di Mezzola, a protected reedbed and river-mouth plain between Lake Como and Lake Mezzola. Lake Mezzola is within the same basin just to the north. Madesimo and Valchiavenna ski lifts are the nearest substantial skiing, roughly an hour by road depending on the lift base. Colico is the nearest town of some size, with rail links, services and lakefront facilities. The upper lake area is known for wind sports, wetland birdlife and as the meeting point of the Lario, Valtellina and Valchiavenna routes.