Traveling to Mandello Del Lario

[Mayakovski]

Great!
Did you see the guy on the right hand side in the house - if I remember correctly

I tried to find him, but there was no one around. Lots of other materials and photos up in the little courtyard and the surrounding area. I was able to look through the metal fence showing where Ripamonte built the first Guzzi. Perhaps my next trip here I will have more opportunity.

Thank you so much for giving me the hint to that location. It added greatly to the historical part of the trip.

 

[lemans850i]

I’m glad you found it!!!

 

[Robert Gibson]

Hello all;

I will be in Mandello in late March for the first time. Besides Moto Guzzi and Agostini, where else is recommended to visit and eat.

Thank You
Shawn

Lecco and Bellagio. Bellagio is expensive and very touristy but Lecco has a variety of reasonably priced restaurants

 

[lemans850i]

I tried to find him, but there was no one around. Lots of other materials and photos up in the little courtyard and the surrounding area. I was able to look through the metal fence showing where Ripamonte built the first Guzzi. Perhaps my next trip here I will have more opportunity.

Thank you so much for giving me the hint to that location. It added greatly to the historical part of the trip.

Hey you...
I’m sure you’re back… Any pictures to share or did I miss your thread..?

My California is getting ready for our summer trip!
Big shout out to my brother for getting my “Nutcracker” seat fixed… Seat base broken and it just hurts getting smooshed front and rear after 1 hour driving..

 

[Mayakovski]

Hey you...
I’m sure you’re back… Any pictures to share or did I miss your thread..?

My California is getting ready for our summer trip!
Big shout out to my brother for getting my “Nutcracker” seat fixed… Seat base broken and it just hurts getting smooshed front and rear after 1 hour driving..

Been too busy to upload the photos. Amazing trip. Life Changing.
Heading out for a long weekend, will add more and pics when I get back.

 

[adri]

Just wanted to add a few notes for others who may see this thread in the future, as I was also up here on my ride across Italy this summer:

Lecco - Whether you're coming on two wheels or by train (the best and second best way to travel Italy), you'll probably pass through Lecco. Near the train station is a pizzeria called Rustica. Not only is it very well priced, but the owner and chef was once ranked the second best pizza maker on the planet. Some of the best pizza, foccacia, and more you will ever have in your life, and it's all available al taglio (by the slice, as in, to go).

Mandello - COVID seems have to changed the schedule for the museum tours and no one really seems to know for sure what's happening. People in town told me the tours were only on weekends. My local (Canada) Moto Guzzi dealer told me that their contact with Piaggio Group told them there are no tours since COVID. The guy at a gate on the other side of the factory told me "Meet me at the red gate at 3 pm, I'll let you in." You're definitely going to want to reach out in advance to figure out exactly what is happening, and when, because everyone has a different version.

She was happy until she saw the bathroom lol

Museum bathroom warning - Fair warning, for some reason the bathroom in the museum is still from the second world war, aka, there are no toilets to sit on, just the hole-in-the-ground kind of toilet you'd expect to find in rural China. I was shocked by this, not because I have delicate sensitivities, but because, as a former marketing professional, I thought Moto Guzzi would want to put their best face forward to customers... or, you know, at least have toilets... Strange... I toured across all of Italy and this was the only place that had hole-in-the-floor bathrooms with no toilet bowls. Very very weird.

Mandatory red gate picture

Agostini - Was not getting time of day from anyone. Maybe they were busy when I showed up. Maybe they saw me pull up on a BMW GS and thought I was "one of those" tourists. All I wanted was to buy a t-shirt for my Moto Guzzi mechanic buddy back home lol. Nicer bathroom than Moto Guzzi though, so, there's that.

I know, I know, not a Guzzi, but, this was my bike's parking spot every night, with a nice view of Lake Como.

Milan - My ex girlfriend is in the fashion industry and her sister's a flight attendant, the two of them have travelled the world, and especially the fashion hub cities of the planet. She said to me "Milan is just another metropolis, you already live in one, don't waste your time." I asked an Italian friend and he used the same word. "It's a major metropolis." so I avoided Milan altogether. Only had 25 days in Italy. So much to see. I already live in a 3 million person city, don't need more of that unless it's somewhere like Rome or Naples.

Other than that I'd say, stay five or ten minutes up the road in Lierna or Olcio and you'll be rewarded with nice views, quieter stays, less price, and it's still just a quick blast down Via Statale for a few minutes to the red gate.

 

[DeadEye]

Lol, traveling in France the “W2” at the Père Lachaise cemetery had the hole and a foot print on either side.

”were not wasting any time cleaning up after Tourists, Luigi get the mop !”

 

[adri]

Lol, traveling in France the “W2” at the Père Lachaise cemetery had the hole and a foot print on either side.

”were not wasting any time cleaning up after Tourists, Luigi get the mop !”

Yeah they're definitely out there... but I was surprised that, the Guzzi Museum, which should be like, Mecca, for the Guzzisti, isn't somewhere the company would have spent a few thousand euro for a bathroom renovation so that some of their most loyal fans could have a more, let's call it, 21st century experience? lol

 

[GTM®]

the Guzzi Museum, which should be like, Mecca, for the Guzzisti, isn't somewhere the company would have spent a few thousand euro for a bathroom renovation so that some of their most loyal fans could have a more, let's call it, 21st century experience? lol

It’s in the works…

New factory and museum in Mandello

Moto Guzzi presents the unique futuristic project for its new factory and museum in Mandello Mandello del Lario, 10 September 2021 A LOCATION WITH OPEN SPACES FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC. A MEETING PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOUNDED ON CULTURE, DESIGN AND MECHANICS, WITH A STRONG GREEN FOCUS IN LINE...

www.guzzitech.com

 

[adri]

It’s in the works…

New factory and museum in Mandello

Moto Guzzi presents the unique futuristic project for its new factory and museum in Mandello Mandello del Lario, 10 September 2021 A LOCATION WITH OPEN SPACES FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC. A MEETING PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOUNDED ON CULTURE, DESIGN AND MECHANICS, WITH A STRONG GREEN FOCUS IN LINE...

www.guzzitech.com

Four years for a new bathroom is a long time to hold it. We have guys in the south that'll do a bathroom reno in four days lol

 

[GTM®]

Four years for a new bathroom is a long time to hold it. We have guys in the south that'll do a bathroom reno in four days lol

So you don’t understand Italia time yet eh?!

From IG just now below. They ain’t too proud.

 

[adri]

So you don’t understand Italia time yet eh?!

From IG just now below. They ain’t too proud.

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When I said "in the south" I meant in southern Italy. Time moves even slower there lol