Buongiorno!

Today is the Festa della Repubblica in Italy (Republic day), it’s a national holiday and celebrates the day when Italians voted to abolish the monarchy in 1946 making Italy a republic.

And a day off work in Italy means another trip of course! We had initially planned on going to Parma but changed our minds last minute and headed over to Como. Glad we did! We found the most amazing jewellery museum/café called Lopez. It’s on Via Vitani, 32 for anyone that wants to go whilst you’re in Como.

As we walked in we were greeted by Maria Grazia and her son and the most amazing collection of antiques, jewellery and vintage fashion. I could not stop smiling, I was in heaven! Everywhere you look there’s a beautiful piece of history. What I loved the most about this place, was that it felt like you were being transported back in time to someone’s dressing room, someone’s lounge, someone’s life! and in a way, it is; it’s Maria Grazia’s life work and you can really tell how much she loves it. I felt so inspired by everything and above all, inspired by Maria Grazia.

Lopez is a family run business and not only do they manage the museum and café but also sell antique jewellery and they host tango lessons as well as conducting seminars on gemology. All of my favourite things in one place!

After a tour of the place we sat down for tea, cake and biscuits. Something that I really miss about London is going to beautiful café’s with my friends and doing things like this! There’s nothing quite like it.

Apart from being slighty worried about accidentally breaking something, it was definitely the best way to spend our afternoon in Como.

I’ll leave the link to their website here so you can have a look if you’re curious. Maria Grazia and her son were incredibly welcoming and everything was perfect. I can’t wait to go back again so I can spend more time looking at everything. Also, so that I can actually do all the touristy things so I can tell you all about it!

www.lopez.como.it

Hope you enjoyed this post! Have a wonderful day!