Lecco City

A city located in the southeast end of the branch of Lake Como, it is known as the city of the Betrothed. It is, citing Alessandro Manzoni, who here set his most famous novel…
“That branch of the lake of Como, which extends towards the south, is enclosed by two unbroken chains of mountains, which, as they advance and recede, diversify its shores with numerous bays and inlets. Suddenly the lake contracts itself, and takes the course and form of a river, between a promontory on the right, and a wide open shore on the opposite side. The bridge which there joins the two banks seems to render this transformation more sensible to the eye, and marks the point where the lake ends, and the Adda again begins—soon to resume the name of the lake, where the banks receding afresh, allow the water to extend and spread itself in new gulfs and bays”.

Manzoni called  Lecco:  "one country that  I would call one of the most beautiful in the world!"
Originally the village of pre-Roman origin, developed in the Middle Ages with the Gran Ducato di Milano (Grand Duchy of Milan), it is a  logistics and significant site landscape: Totally overlooking the  Lake and   Adda river that just  in Lecco it comes out forming adjacent smaller lakes and a beautiful course down to the Padana  Plain.
Surrounded by cliffs and mountains (Grigne, Resegone) with close access to hiking, mountaineering, ski resorts (Valsassina, Val D'Esimo, Piani di Bobbio, Barzi), Lecco enjoys a  climate  temperature and it is an interesting tourist destination.It has an economy based on small industries (iron, textile, food) derived from craft traditions and encouraged by waterway to connect  with  all  Padana cities until Venice, too: the navigation of the river Adda since 1600, through closed channels, whose design also contributed greatly Leonardo Da Vinci.

To see in Lecco:
Church of St. Andrea (see Political  by B. Luini  La Madonna con il Bambino "The Madonna with Child") and Palazzo Belgioso  “Palace Belgioioso”  (Museum).
Route Manzoni (pedestrian, half-day, Pescarenico village): 15 minutes to  the central square Manzoni there is   Villa Manzoni  (h. 9.30 a.m - 5.30 p.m., not Monday) at the nearby Chiesa del Convento di Pescarenico  “Church of the Convent of Pescarenico”  (with Ossuary of  dead for the Plague) by  Frà Cristoforo “Brother Christopher”. Nearby  Adda River  there is  the Villaggio dei Pescatori “Fisher Village” (square  Era). Following: Chiesa di Don Abbondio “Church of Don Abbondio” ,  la Casa di  Lucia “Lucia’s home”, il Tabernacolo dei Bravi “ the Tabernacle of the Good”,  il Palazzotto di Don Rodrigo “Don Rodrigo’s palace”. In Rossino di Calolziocorte village you can find the real Castello dell’Innominato  “Unnamed’s Castle”, the Castello di Rossino.
For further information,APT Lecco 

Other destination:
It is very interesting to know  the excursion opportunities on both sides of the Lake (by boat, too) to Bellagio,Bellano with its Orrido, until Colico, too,  where  the street to Valtellina begins. But  there are also significant scenic routes  just around the Triangolo Lariano  "Larian Triangle":  Direction Bellagio, in Oliveto L. village, you climb until theMadonna del Ghisallo and then to Monte San Primo (1685 m, for the final stretch you take  about 2 hours walk) which offers a wonderful landscape, with views on  three branches of the lake! For those who love trekking, from  the village of Civate begins the sentiero delle vasche "path of the tanks”; if you up the creek you arrive to the Eramo di San Pietro  “Hermitage of San Pietro on the Mount”   and  if you continue you finally arrive to Monte Cornizzolo and I Corni di Canzo “The Horns of Canzo” (terrific view).

Also advisable it is l’itinerario in bici sull’Adda “ The route by bike close to Adda River”,  (you can leave from Lecco, but the best route  is leaving from   Brivio until  Trezzo, round trip 42 km,) through an incredibly changing landscape (wide and placid ponds  alternate to stacks and waterfalls), it is  mostly paved but reserved for bicycles and pedestrians.  On  the route there are lots of  steps under the old iron railway bridge  of Paderno (100 meters high  above the canyon), the  locks and   Leonardo’s boat of  Imbersago, the  old power plants of Cornate and Trezzo, still operating, to conclude  to the Castello di Trezzo “Castle Trezzo”. In Lecco area to report also the Parco Naturale di Montevecchia e Curone, “The Natural Park of Montevecchia and Curone”. Direction to the city of  Como, it is  interesting the  landscape along the 5  pre-alpine lakes: Garlate, Annone, Pusiano, Alserio  and  Montorfano, this last at  the northern limit of high Brianza.