Private tour in Como Fiamma S

Pricing Details
Base cost of tour
  • $ 394 USD

Italian-Swiss Border Smuggling Tour

Tour #559455
Pricing Details
Base cost of tour

up to 6 people

6 hours

Private transportation

Party Size:

1

Overview of your Como tour:

In my childhood, I didn't use to play "guard and thieves", we use to play "border guards against smugglers". Some of my friends' fathers and mothers were smugglers and sometimes in the night we could hear the guards shooting in the air behind my house, in the wood on the Swiss border. In this tour you will discover what it means to live in a land whose border with Switzerland is so easy to cross due to the lack of mountains. For centuries, and still today, goods and people have been crossing this border, strongly affecting the local history. Technical data: Distance: 4mi / 6, 5 Km Walking time: about 4, 30 h Uphill height difference: about 600 ft /180 m For good walkers - Good walking shoes with non-slip so

Your Como tour itinerary

I'll meet you in Como and, in about 15 minutes by car or van, we will get to the little S. Rocco church, the beginning of our walk of about 4, 30 hours, on the smugglers traces. The path, in the wood of the Spina Verde Natural Park, will lead us to find the old and new signs of the passage of goods and people through the wood of this green thorn, which divide Italy from Switzerland. Going up and down on the park paths, I will tell you some funny stories about the gold times of smuggling so that, knowing where the smugglers passages are, you will easily pretend you are one of them who's trying to cross the border escaping from the guards! Literally walking with one foot in Italy and the other one in Switzerland, we will get to the beautiful and panoramic little church of Gesa a Volt (the local dialect for "church at the top"). Here we can decide to go directly back to Como or to stop for eating a tasty meal before returning to town. Note: I will be happy to adjust the tour according to your needs.

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Transportation Details
Type: Private Transportation

It's a hiking tour but for the transfer, we will use a modern, clean, air-conditioned minivan.

What's included
  • Other
  • Private Guide
  • Private Transportation
What's extra
  • Other: Personal expenses. There is the possibility of tasting some good food at a restaurant at the end of the tour.
  • Food Drinks Snacks
Meeting location

Airport: ,Cruise: ,ByGuide:

  • You can request a different meeting location (for example, your hotel) during the checkout process.
Other details
Tour categories

Hiking

Nature Wildlife And Safaris

History

Languages
Conversational

English

Fluent

Italian

Activity level
Light
Accessibility

Kid Friendly

Book with a 20% deposit!

Size:

up to 6 people

Duration:

6 hours

Transportation:

Private transportation

Party Size:

1

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$ 394 USD

Book with a 20% deposit!

Size:

up to 6 people

Duration:

6 hours

Transportation:

Private transportation

Party Size:

1

Select tour date
Select tour start time

View our Cancellation policy

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