Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lysanne covers luxury properties, focusing on European markets. Dreams of Como come with sunshine, lake views and cypress trees as ...

If you dream of relaxing in a Mediterranean retreat surrounded by vineyards and olive trees while overlooking sparkling lake waters, you don’t have to fly to Lake Como, Italy — just hold that plane ...

Villa Làrio is a remarkable place, a kind of vertical hotel hugging the lakeside cliffs of grey Moltrasio limestone. We had to take three lifts simply to get to our room from the parking area where ...

This isn’t just any hotel; it’s a beautifully preserved ancient villa with a story. Built in the second half of the nineteenth century as a summer holiday resort for a noble Milanese family, the ...

Built in 1766 by an aristocratic Austrian family, Villa Gina was reportedly named after a character in the 18th-century Stendhal novel “Chartreuse de Parme,” part of which is set on Lake Como. The ...

An 18th-century villa on the shores of Italy’s Lake Como that has been restored to its former glory and turned into a 24-suite hotel, Passalacqua is in the sleepy town of Moltrasio. The villa counts ...

If you want to go see the stunning beauty of Lake Como without the overwhelming number of tourists, then head to this small ...

Villeggiatura is Italian for something that takes non–Italian speakers much longer to say—“a summer holiday in a residence in the country”—and for centuries no Italian villa hotel has attracted more ...

For two thousand years, Lake Como, located in Northern Italy, has attracted the most artistic people in the world inviting them to relax, to be inspired and to make contact with the beauty of nature ...