This charming town on Lake Como is where Italians go to escape the summer crowds
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Italy’s lakeside towns like Bellagio, Como and Varenna are famously beautiful, but have become filled with visitors when the warmer months roll around – Rebecca Crowe finds a slower pace of life in Lecco, where the prices are lower and the piazzas quieter