Riding on the right: why around Lake Como it's easier than You think. With the right guide

If you've spent your whole riding life on the left, the idea of switching sides in Italy can feel like the one thing standing between you and booking a motorcycle trip around Lake Como. It's a fair concern. Roundabouts feel different, junctions feel different, and your instincts, the ones that usually keep you safe, are suddenly pointing the wrong way.

Here's the good news: you don't have to figure it out alone.

Riding with Mauro means you're never the one making the calls. No decisions at junctions, no second-guessing which lane to take, no moment of hesitation at a roundabout while a queue builds up behind you. You simply follow. That's it. All the mental energy you'd normally spend on navigation and traffic goes instead into what actually matters: the road, the view, the ride itself.

It also means you stay off the routes where things could get messy. Mauro doesn't take his guests through the busy lakeside traffic that clogs up Como on a summer afternoon. He knows the quieter roads, the ones locals actually use, where you can relax into the rhythm of the ride instead of white-knuckling through a jam or missing a turn and doubling back through town.

And there's another thing worth mentioning: Mauro rides at a sensible pace, always within the rules of the road. No showing off, no unnecessary risks. Just a steady, confident rhythm that lets you build trust in the new side of the road at your own speed, rather than being rushed into it.

By the end of the day, most riders say the same thing: the "wrong side of the road" worry disappeared within the first ten minutes. After that, it's just riding, good roads, good company, and a lake that looks even better from the seat of a Ducati.