Must see hotels in Lake Como

An assured sense of style at this à la mode boutique hotel sees ultramodern, minimalist rooms team crisp white walls with shots of purple or fuchsia pink…

Suspended high above the lake in an artfully converted 1960s villa, La Perla is an impeccably run bustle-free tranquillity zone save for the pealing of…

Located at 1576m, Venini is one of Como's most spectacularly located mountain huts. The simple guesthouse has basic rooms, which take nothing away from…

The Quarcino is one of those modern Italian hotels where a relatively run-of-the-mill building gets a lesson in clever design aesthetics. What doesn’t…

In an elegant early-20th-century house near the heart of Menaggio, the Villa Giuliana has handsomely furnished rooms with small chandeliers, antique…

Located above the fishing hamlet of Loppia a short walk from the village, this family-run hotel is one of Bellagio's most relaxing spots. Here you can…

Most Como villas are either opulent palaces used as Bond film locations or second homes for people like George Clooney, but at the Cipressi, for a not…

In the middle of Varenna on the pedestrian main street (well, lane), hillside Albergo Milano opens onto a terrace with magnificent lake vistas. Most of…

Alberghetto della Marianna may lack the grandeur of Como's high-end lodging, but the incredible hospitality of the owners earns universal praise. Guests…

For a touch of loft living Como-style, check into one of these five serviced apartments, where sloping wooden ceilings and rough stone walls are given…

Located in Domaso on the upper reaches of Como, this friendly new hostel has 13 different rooms, with simply furnished dorms (sleeping four to six) and…

The 19th-century Hotel Villa Marie has a charming lakeside terrace (where you take breakfast) and spacious, light-filled rooms. The variety of its 21…

Converted from a 19th-century palazzo, the Hotel Terminus retains its turn-of-the-century glamour with art nouveau architectural details, damask…

Rooms in this converted 19th-century villa looking out across the water towards Bellagio are quite simple but they're fresh and lovingly maintained with…

Climb the steep lanes in Bellagio and, improbably, the street grid opens out and deposits you in this walled lemon grove guarded by an elegant cream villa…

Tucked into the mountains above the Intelvi Valley, Le Radici (The Radishes) provides the perfect antidote to too much city living. Open fields, a working…

In this refined lakeside villa, it’s easy to start thinking you’ve been reincarnated as Napoleon or the Marquis de Sade wrapped up in the pursuit of…

For a taste of the A-lister lifestyle, head for this sumptuous villa, slightly north of the village of Laglio, allegedly once targeted by George Clooney …

It would be difficult to feel more deeply ensconced in the rural world. Off the Pian del Tivano, a high country plain some 7km from lakeside Nesso, this…

One kilometre short of the Abbazia di Piona Cistercian abbey, on a verdant promontory jutting into the lake close to Lake Como's southeastern corner, this…