Mandello del Lario is a divisive place. The beautiful, unassuming, and quiet town on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy divides people who hear the name to those who know, and those who don’t. If you are in the ‘don’t know’ camp, read on, you might just find a new interest, new passion, and a new destination for your bucket list. Or you might not, in which case I can only recommend a long, hard look in the mirror.
If you started nodding knowingly as soon as you read the first three words of this article, you know exactly what I’m talking about. But if I know you at all, and I think I do, I bet you will be only too happy to hear it all again.
In the beginning, there was…
So, for the uninitiated, Mandello del Lario is the home of Moto Guzzi, and has been since the first bike rolled off the production line in 1921. It was, however, not until the 1960s that the company designed the
