Isola Comacina

Locanda dell'Isola Comacina
Isola Comacina

(http://www.comacina.it/is...). the fixed-menu meal includes a choreographed show, with dancing peppermills, splashes of olive oil, and the host's "fire ceremony," in which he deploys brandy, sugar, coffee, and matches while offering a well-worn history of the island. the rigmarole is meant to exorcise a curse put on the isola by a 12th-century bishop of como. closed tuesdays; open all week from june to september.

There is also a small cafe which is open during the day for snacks and coffee.