This cable car is a lovely way to get up to the village of Pigra and see beautiful views of Lake Como from high up and I’ve posted a couple of times already with running times etc!
Last year it had to stop running to allow for repair work, and there was even talk at one stage that it would never open again. However I found a newspaper piece a few weeks ago and, with some Twitter translation help from @Germasino (thank you!), I can tell you what’s happening. (Of course if you speak good Italian, you can just read the piece yourself!)
There have been funding problems, but lots people including the town and regional authorities have stepped in to help. Major renovations have been done, and at the moment it us due to reopen in May 2011. Fingers crossed for that!
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Hi, the cable car is still closed as of May 30th. Could not find out when it will be running.
Steve
Thank you for that information, very useful, it’s not always easy to find out these things. It’s a shame as you get the most amazing view as you go up.
A further update to this. I’m told (thanks to @germasino) that the cable car is being tested on the 6th, 7th & 8th of June and MAY be running my the middle of the month!
Hi
I have just found this website which confirms that the cable car was officially re-opened on 16 June 2011:
http://www.aapigra.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=7&Itemid=37
The website below also gives details of times and prices.
I will definitely be paying a visit later this year!
oops, forgot to include the link for the times and prices:
http://www.aapigra.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38:funivia&catid=38:funivia&Itemid=110
That’s brilliant Rachel, thanks for the update and enjoy your trip!