Brunate

Known as the "Balcony on the Alps," this compact village above Lake Como offers panoramic views stretching across the western Alpine arc, the Po Plain, and the Apennines. Brunate is reached from Como by a steep funicular and is dense with Liberty-style and eclectic villas, many of them listed. A lighthouse in the San Maurizio district was built in honour of Alessandro Volta, who lived here briefly. The Bulgarian poet Pencho Slaveykov died in the village in 1912.

• Population1,679
• Nearest water0.1 km
• Nearest mountain6.4 km
• UNESCO within 50 km17