Piazza del Duomo (Crema)
Elio and Oliver at a café table facing the cathedral. Under the Torrazzo arch Elio gives Marzia a book of poems.
Access · Public square, always open.
- best morning
Summer 1983, in the countryside of northern Italy. Seventeen-year-old Elio falls for Oliver, the American student staying with his family. Luca Guadagnino's film of André Aciman's novel.
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Elio's Lombardy, at a glance
Summer 1983: Elio, 17, falls in love with Oliver, an American student staying with his family in the countryside of northern Italy. Start in Crema, at the café tables in Piazza del Duomo facing the cathedral. The rest is in the countryside around the town, best done by car: Villa Albergoni in Moscazzano, the family's house in the film, the small lake where they swim, the hidden spring of their first kiss and the war memorial in Pandino, where Elio almost confesses, all within about 12 km of each other.
Keep a second day for the places further away. Sirmione, on Lake Garda, is about 70 km from Crema, with the Grotte di Catullo and the flat rocks of Spiaggia Giamaica a short walk apart. Bergamo Città Alta, where Elio and Oliver take a trip near the end of the film, is a separate outing. The station in Pizzighettone, where the farewell scene was shot, is about 15 km from the villa.
Villa Albergoni is private: you see it only from the gate. Swimming in the Laghetto dei Riflessi is now banned to protect nesting birds, and at Spiaggia Giamaica wear good shoes, as the rock is slippery.
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Villa Albergoni
The Perlman family house, with the orchard and the garden table. It is private: you see it only from the gate.
Access · Private property: please don't enter or block the gate.
- best golden hour
Monumento ai Caduti (Pandino)
Elio and Oliver stop their bikes here and Elio almost confesses, in a single long take.
Access · Public square; the Visconti castle is a short walk away.
- best afternoon
Laghetto dei Riflessi
The small lake where the friends go swimming. Swimming is now banned to protect nesting birds.
Access · Nature area in the Parco del Serio, short path from the road. No swimming.
- best morning
Fontanile Quarantina
The hidden spring where Elio takes Oliver and they share their first kiss.
Access · Countryside spot on a dirt path: quiet, please leave no trace.
- best midday
Grotte di Catullo
The scene of the ancient statue pulled from Lake Garda. Archaeological site with a ticket.
Access · Archaeological park and museum, ticket and set opening hours.
- best morning
Spiaggia Giamaica
The flat rocks at the tip of the peninsula, in the lake scenes. Wear good shoes, the rock is slippery.
Access · Free public beach, on foot from the old town.
- best golden hour
Stazione di Pizzighettone
The final goodbye on the platform. In the film the station becomes Clusone.
Access · Working railway station: stay behind the safety line.
- best afternoon
Cascate del Serio
Elio and Oliver run down the meadow beside the waterfall. The water only flows on a few announced days a year.
Access · Mountain area, free: a hike of about 1h30 from Valbondione. Check the opening dates.
- best midday
Piazza del Duomo (Bergamo Città Alta)
Their last nights together: they dance near Santa Maria Maggiore and kiss in Piazza del Duomo.
Access · Public squares, always open; churches have their own hours.
- best evening
Piazza Gambazocchi (Moscazzano)
In the village square near the family villa, Elio (the 17-year-old son of the Perlman family) watches Oliver, the American student staying with them, walk into the local bar and join the men at cards. One guide names the bar as Bar Belvedere, another says it looks closed now.
Access · Public square, always open. The bar may no longer be open: check before you go.
- best afternoon
Circolo ARCI San Bernardino
The open-air summer dance. In the garden behind this local cultural club, Oliver, the American student, dances on his own to 'Love My Way' while Elio, the son of the house, watches from the side.
Access · A members' club with its own events and hours: check before you go.
- best evening
Via Marazzi (Crema)
A dark, covered lane just off Via XX Settembre, a few steps from the cathedral square. Elio meets Marzia, the local girl he is seeing, under the arch by the square and the two turn into this lane. A Crema travel blog also links its gateway to a quiet moment between Elio and Oliver.
Access · Public street in the old town, always open.
- best afternoon
Piazza Premoli (Crema)
After a long evening walk through town, Elio and Marzia, the local girl he is seeing, stop to talk in the archway of Palazzo Premoli once the sun has set. The streets around here also appear in the bike rides through Crema.
Access · Public square in the old town, always open.
- best evening
Piazza XXV Aprile (Montodine)
The bus stop in front of the village church, where Elio's parents see Elio and Oliver off on an old blue coach for their last trip together, to Bergamo. There is a real bus stop here today.
Access · Public square, always open.
- best morning
Before you go: quick answers
Can I visit the Perlman family villa?
No.
Villa Albergoni is private: you see it only from the gate.
Please don't enter or block it.
Can I swim in the lake where they swim?
No.
Swimming at the Laghetto dei Riflessi is now banned to protect nesting birds.
You can walk there on a short path.
When does the waterfall flow?
Only on a few announced days a year.
The Serio Falls are about an hour and a half on foot from Valbondione: check the opening dates first.
Do I need a ticket for the scene of the statue?
Yes.
The Grotte di Catullo are an archaeological park with a museum, a ticket and set opening hours.
The rocks of Jamaica Beach next to it are free.
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Your Call Me by Your Name itinerary
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Day 1 · Saturday 21 NovemberPiazza Gambazocchi (Moscazzano)
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- 15:30
Scene, photo, note
First half, Oliver at the village bar
- 19:30
Drive ~11 min
Live the storyDay 2 · Sunday 22 NovemberPiazza del Duomo (Crema) → Villa Albergoni (outside only) → Laghetto dei Riflessi → Fontanile Quarantina → Monumento ai Caduti (Pandino)
A summer around Crema, following Elio and Oliver
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The cathedral square in Crema and the countryside around it: the villa, the swimming lake, the hidden spring and the square of the confession.
The lake and the spring are reached on short dirt paths: wear suitable shoes. Bergamo, Lake Garda and the Serio waterfalls are separate day trips.
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Part 1Piazza del Duomo (Crema) → Laghetto dei Riflessi
↓ Same way of travel: part 2 starts from Laghetto dei Riflessi, where the last one ends
Part 2Laghetto dei Riflessi → Spaghetteria Castello- 09:30
Scene, photo, note
First half, the bike rides into town
- 10:45
Drive ~20 min
- 12:00
Drive ~20 min
- 13:30
Drive ~15 min
Scene, photo, note
First half, the swimming scenes
- 14:45
Drive ~21 min
outdoors: finish in daylight, sunset around 16:45Scene, photo, note
Middle of the film, the first kiss
- 16:00
Drive ~19 min
Scene, photo, note
Middle of the film, the confession
- 19:30
Walk ~5 min
Day 3 · Monday 23 NovemberGrotte di Catullo → Spiaggia Giamaica → Orzinuovi
Leave Crema at 09:30 · about 1 h 45 min by car
Driving route in Maps →Navigate the day
- 11:15
Scene, photo, note
Middle of the film, the statue
- 13:00
Drive ~11 min
- 14:30
Drive ~11 min
outdoors: finish in daylight, sunset around 16:40Scene, photo, note
Middle of the film, the lake scenes
- 17:30
Drive ~80 min
- 19:45
Drive ~36 min
Day of departure · Tue 24 NovStazione di PizzighettoneLunch: Ristorante La Contrada14:45 To the airport
- 09:30Stazione di Pizzighettone
- 12:00Lunch: Ristorante La Contrada
- 14:45To the airportestimate
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Experience of the story · GetYourGuide
Crema Walking Tour: Discover Lombardy's Hidden Gem (stop at the Call Me by Your Name gate)
- Private walking tour
- from Piazza Duomo, Crema
- about 2 h
- Guide in Italian or English
- historic centre, one stop for the film
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Call Me by Your Name: a tour linked to the story
- Private walking tour
- from Piazza Duomo, Crema
- about 2 h
- Guide in Italian or English
- historic centre, one stop for the film
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Where to eat nearby
Not part of the story, just good addresses close to its places.
Caffè del Tasso
Café on Piazza Vecchia dating to 1476, beside the Città Alta Duomo square seen in Call Me by Your Name
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Piazza Vecchia 3, 24129 Bergamo
Spaghetteria Castello
Pasta house on Via Castello by Pandino's Visconti castle, near the square where Elio confesses to Oliver
Italian€€
Via Castello 21, 26025 Pandino
Il Ridottino
In a 17th-century palazzo, a short walk from Crema cathedral square in Call Me by Your Name
Italian€€€
Via Alemanio Fino 1, 26013 Crema
Every place checked against public sources
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We always say if it is:
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Every place checked against public sources
Production · film commissions · tourist boards · guides
We always say if it is:
- The real filming location
- A place standing in for it
- Inspired by the story