With its staggering natural beauty, storybook history, and elegant villas, Lake Como is a place that fully embodies la dolce vita. The best Airbnbs in the area can streamline a sun-soaked trip of easy ...

Explore Lake Como on a motorcycle for a scenic Italian adventure. Ride the Ducati Multistrada V4 Rally around alpine roads, visit historic towns, enjoy local cuisine, and soak in panoramic lake ...

Lake Como has plenty of options for luxury stays, but I would not hesitate to stay at Grand Hotel Victoria on my next visit to the area, and would recommend you do the same. Factbox A basic room ...

The hotel’s signature Erre Spa is the largest spa on Lake Como at nearly 13,000 square feet and includes tropical waterfalls, saunas and steam rooms, and a 65-foot heated indoor pool.

The hotel is perfectly situated for hopping across the lake (Picture: R Collection) The price per room is not cheap (standard rooms from £580 in low season, and from an eye-watering £1,078 in ...

The lake is shaped like an inverted “Y”, Como town at the end of the western spur, Lecco at the end of its eastern neighbour. Some claim the Lecco spur is on the up – it’s certainly ...

The siren song of northern Italy beckons to us all at some point, and the best hotels in Lake Como brilliantly capture the allure of the region. Grand wedding cake villas ring the lake, their ...

Raffles Lake Como will be a full-scale renovation and conversion of the former Grand Hotel Imperiale, a stunning art nouveau villa from the 1920s with one of the largest hotel shorelines in the ...

As well as one bargain hostel (where I stayed all those years ago!) there are a surprising number of affordable Lake Como hotels, in addition to many luxury options if you feel like splashing out. If ...

How long does the train from Milan to Lake Como take? If you’re trying to reach one of the central towns on the lake (Menaggio, Varenna, Bellagio) where many of the hotels are, I’d recommend the train ...

Top 5 Can’t Miss Lake Como’s five-star hotels are numerous and legendary, including relative newcomer Passalacqua, which opened in 2022 and occupies an 18th-century aristocratic villa.