Venue and Accommodation
Venue
The School is housed in Villa del Grumello, Como, which is set in a park over Como lake.
How to get there
Click here for information on how to reach Como
Villa del Grumello is 20 min on foot from Como city center – you can also take a bus, lines 6 and 11 (bus stop: “Como Via Regina Piscine Villa Olmo”, just after “Villa Olmo”).
From the main Train Station (Como S. Giovanni), the nearest bus stop to catch line 6 and 11 is “Piazzale Rocchetto”.
Accommodation
Here you can download a hotel list to contact directly.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF TOURISTS IN COMO. WE RECOMMEND TO BOOK EARLY.
COMO HOSTEL
There is a special agreement with Ostello Bello:
https://ostellobello.com/en/hostel/como/.
Please use the the discount code “Volta” when booking online in order to get a 15% discount on the regular fare!
We have learned that third part companies are contacting school speakers and attendees offering to make travel arrangements (hotel and flight bookings) on our behalf and asking for credit card details in order to proceed. PLEASE NOTE these agencies are not authorized by us, this is a fraud!
For any doubt do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you!
A beautiful location
Lake Como School of Advanced studies is located c/o Fondazione Alessandro Volta in the beautiful setting of Villa del Grumello, in Como, Italy
Venue & Accommodation
The Lake Como School of Advanced Studies is an international research facility. We run fellowships, short term programmes on a wide range of interdisciplinary subjects, that share a common focus on complex systems.