Como
A self-guided audio walking tour of Como, Italy
This self-guided audio walking tour of Como in Como, Italy covers 7 narrated stops over roughly 60 minutes and about 16.7 km on foot. Press play in the PodWalk app and each stop is narrated automatically as you arrive — walk at your own pace, online or fully offline. The route runs from Castello Baradello to Grand Hotel Brunate. Expect a focus on history and hidden gems.
Download free, then play this walk in Como — narration starts automatically at each stop, online or off.
The route, stop by stop
Castello Baradello
Four hundred and thirty meters above the city, this tower didn't ask to be admired. It asked to be…
Basilica of Sant'Abbondio
The year is 1001, and someone in Como decides that the city's answer to the hilltop fortress isn't another wall — it's a…
Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Nineteen twenty-seven, and Como decided it needed a different kind of gathering place — not a church, not a fortress, but an arena open to the sky and the…
Villa Olmo
The facade that greets you here wasn't built to keep anyone out — it was built to be…
Tempio Voltiano
The building ahead looks almost too composed for a lakefront — a small neoclassical temple, white and deliberate, sitting at the water's edge as if it had always been…
Life Electric
Steel doesn't usually commemorate a scientist. Stone does, marble does — but steel, fractured and angled like a bolt of lightning caught mid-strike, is something else…
Grand Hotel Brunate
Casartelli finished this hotel in 1893 — one year before the funicular existed to bring anyone up…
These are the opening lines of each stop. The full narration — and the audio — plays in the app.
Como walking tour — good to know
- How long is the Como walking tour?
- About 60 minutes on foot, covering 7 stops over 16.7 km. You can pause and pick it back up whenever you like.
- What does the Como audio tour cover?
- 7 narrated stops, beginning at Castello Baradello and ending at Grand Hotel Brunate. Each one plays automatically as you reach it.
- Do I need an internet connection or mobile data?
- No. Download the walk once in the PodWalk app and the narration plays fully offline — handy while roaming in Italy. GPS triggers each stop as you arrive.
- Is the Como audio tour free?
- Your first walk on PodWalk is free. After that, walks come through one-time passes from $2.99 — there's no subscription and nothing auto-renews.
- Can I do the tour at my own pace?
- Yes. There's no guide and no schedule — start when you want, linger as long as you like, and the next stop plays automatically when you get there.
Walk Como with PodWalk
Free to download. Your first walk is free, and you can download this one for fully offline use.