Wonderlake Como is a project dedicated to the exploration of the wonders of the region for those who are already familiar with it, but are willing to approach it as one who is seeing it for the first time. Wonderlake Como is where ancient traditions meet new cultural ideas, and where local ingredients encounter never before seen elements, approached from the perspective of a truly international vision that seeks to see and to recount the very essence of this lake. Bon voyage!

Fine Dining

Lago

All-day dining and a veranda with stunning views of the lake at Grand Hotel Victoria.

Guided Tour

Museo del Trasparente

Casa Croci, a jewel of 19th century architecture, houses the Mendrisio Transparencies Museum. This is the first exhibition space dedicated to an extraordinary artistic and historical heritage of the region.

Art & Design

Frutta e Lettura

Concept store where next to books and design objects you can find bijoux, ceramics and much more.

Grand Interiors

Dosso Pisani

With all the air of a painting come to life this great house of irregular beauty seems suspended in a state that hangs somewhere between a material world and its unreal counterpart.

Casual Food

La Baia di Moltrasio

Fine cuisine, drawn on the Italian and Lombard tradition, streamlined, reinvented and constantly renewed by Chef Alessio Rossi.

Art & Design

Fabrizio Musa

An artist of international interest who pours architectural language onto canvas in a two-tone interpretation: black and white only.

Fine Dining

Veranda

Veranda is Villa d'Este's fine dining restaurant. It is located in the Cardinal's building and offers an exclusive panorama over the gardens and the lake.

Where to Sleep

Hotel Villa Cipressi

The unique setting of the hotel is that of a beautiful botanical garden that surrounds the building to make this a magical place.

Where to Sleep

Il Sereno

A five star hotel on Lake Como, Il Sereno does not just offer luxury accommodation, but can also be defined as a green hotel due its support of sustainability.

Casual Food

Trattoria San Biagio

For seven years now in the capable hands of Danilo Vadis and Anita Bertacchi, the trattoria San Biagio has had a centuries-old history that has seen the management of the restaurant handed down from family to family.

Café

Pasticceria Poletti

Brioches, small pastries, fresh cakes, among which the famous Chantilly, and occasional products like the Easter doves, or colombe, and the Christmas panettone prepared according to the tradition.

Café

Deposito 80

A concept store and café with a vintage flavour that reflects the eclectic personality of its owner, Emanuela Pitozzi.

Local products

Vanini

The Vanini family has a long history of oil mills, having started two centuries ago. In Lenno the tradition has been handed down and continues today in the family oil mill.

Art & Design

Marie-José d'Aprile

Marie-José d'Aprile has since her youth experienced a degree of tension between her very real passion for human rights on the one hand, and a love of art, in all its many forms, on the other.

Art & Design

Mitchumm

Starting out life as a casual and sportswear brand, over the years it has become a total look brand that includes classic wear, tailored suits, leather jackets and motorbike accessories, as well as swimming costumes, Hawaiian shirts and colourful prints that today make up the heritage collection.

Where to Sleep

Villa Riva Bellagio

Ancient villa surrounded by a vast park, a perfect location for nature lovers.

Where to Sleep

Palazzo Albricci Peregrini

Palazzo Albricci Peregrini, an aristocratic building within the historic city walls of Como.

Casual Food

La Cava dei Sapori

Ernest Dedgjonaj creates contemporary dishes based on homemade pasta and local ingredients, which coexist there with maestro Mimmo's signature pizzas.

Where to Sleep

Grand Hotel Tremezzo

Built in 1910, the Grand Hotel Tremezzo reflects the exuberance of times gone by, with the addition of contemporary luxuries.

Fine Dining

Giacomo a Lago

It recalls the allure of the Italian beaches of the 1950s and 1960s and is the ideal choice for those seeking an exceptional setting and traditional seafood recipes.

Grand Interiors

Villa del Balbianello

Centuries of history overlie a green hill that plunges into the lake. An intense and amazing journey through magnificent rooms and virtuoso gardens.

Guided Tour

Expedition Museum

Villa Balbianello has since 1974 been owned by Milanese entrepreneur Guido Monzino and is the home of his personal Expedition Museum.

Casual Food

Osteria Figli dei Fiori

A location where it could enjoy dishes influenced by Italian gastronomy and local products.

Art & Design

The precursor of modernity

Alberto Marangoni was one of the fathers of kinetic art. As early as the 1960s he began exploring the myriad possibilities offered to an artist by electronics, lighting technology and media.

Experience

Bellagio Sailing

Bellagio Sailing has become a focal point for tourists and the enthusiasts wishing to get to know the beauty of the lake in authentic and original ways

Fine Dining

Bianca Sul Lago

Chef Emanuele Petrosino, a young star of Italian cuisine, leads the gastronomic experience of Bianca Sul lago.

Grand Interiors

Villa Sola Cabiati

A virtuoso performance of neoclassical architecture that embraces the lake in the form of an immense and harmonious building extending along its broad bay.

Where to Sleep

Dandelion

A few kilometres from Como, lying immersed in the countryside, is a historic courtyard, transformed a few years ago into a sophisticated boutique hotel.

Local products

Cantine Angelinetta

The young Emanuele and Eleonora transformed what until then had been a family production, inherited from the past, into a small professional winery.

Casual Food

Vineria Vitani

Wine shop and wine bar with few tables and many bottles, recently opened in the historic Via Vitani in Como.

Casual Food

Giovannino Bistrot

Historic Lake Como restaurant 5 minutes from Lecco, offering Italian cuisine and gourmet pizza.

Art & Design

La Collina del Cinema

Studio Monte Olimpino, ten years, between 1962 and 1972 of video experimenting and cinema d'essai by Bruno Munari and Marcello Piccardo.

Local products

Floelab

Farm of over 20 hectares that was set up about three years ago with the aim of rediscovering medicinal and aromatic plants and taking advantage of their many benefits.

Casual Food

Dispensa 63

Martina Di Costanzo and Francesco Leoni, known as Baba, are very young entrepreneurs and the partners behind Dispensa63. Together with Tiggy, they cooperate harmoniously to create not just a restaurant, but first and foremost, a home. Their home!

Local products

Treterre

In Pianello del Lario, a small area made up of a series of hamlets nestling on a hillside that slopes gently down towards the lake, the Treterre adventure began with a few blueberry plants, purchased twenty years ago.

Where to Sleep

Rovelli 41

Luxurious and very spacious apartment located in a courtyard in the heart of Como.

Casual Food

Ristorante In Teatro

After years working in the catering business, the members and friends of “In Teatro” decided to join forces and open their own restaurant in 2008.

Fine Dining

Il Sereno Al Lago

In the little village of Torno on Lake Como, just a few kilometres north of the provincial capital, is the 5-star luxury hotel Il Sereno, designed by Patricia Urquiola, and in the heart of this is located the Al Lago restaurant.

Art & Design

Anna Flower Designer

Flowers, indoor and outdoor plants, sophisticated furnishing accessories and design objects; at Anna Flower Designer you will find all these and much more.

Experience

Eforea SPA & Health Club

Open to the guests of the Hilton Lake Como hotel and also to customers from outside, the spa includes a wellness centre and a fitness area.

Casual Food

Bistrot Figli dei Fiori

The Figli dei Fiori Bistrot came about as the result of an encounter between an eclectic florist and a skilled restaurateur.

Local products

Pasticceria Tarantola

A go-to place to satisfy a sweet tooth, and to indulge in pastry fantasies. A must-try specialty is Ul Gulusin, the Appian biscuit.

Where to Sleep

Palace Hotel

The Belle Époque building overlooking the lake was renamed the Palace Hotel in 1992.

Guided Tour

Museo del Ghisallo

The museum opened to the public in October 2006 to tell the story, to build collections, to archive and keep alive the history of international cycling.

Café

Sartoria Ciclistica

Sartoria Ciclistica is Como's only cycling café, the brainchild of Alessandro and his wife Annalise. Located in the historic via Borgo Vico, the coffee bar combines everything a traditional café has to offer with the addition of a cycling clothing line that bears the bar’s name.

Grand Interiors

Villa Fogazzaro Roi

An example of nineteenth-century architecture in perfect equilibrium between its hanging garden and the banks of the lake.

Mixology

Lo Scalo di Cremia

A cocktail bar overlooking the jetty of the Cremia mooring point, a pearl of the upper lake not far from Tremezzo.

Casual Food

Trattoria La Moltrasina 1902

Since its establishment in 1902, the historic Moltrasina Consumers' Cooperative has been seen as a meeting place and as a reference point for cultural and social activities.

Where to Sleep

Villa Liberty

This building dates from the beginning of the last century, built in the Art Nouveau style, and features the typical floral and sinuous designs of the period.

Art & Design

La Carlia

La Carlia, a women's clothing and accessories brand founded in 2021 by Marianne Brandi.

Local products

Res Naturae

Bringing together passions and interests that they had in common, to create gardens filled with special plants that were not only beautiful to the eye but also good to eat.

Art & Design

Studio Zero

So began Anna Seminara’s and Maria Francesca Cicirelli’s joint career adventure.

Experience

Erre SPA

The wellness spa at the Grand Hotel Victoria is a refined and elegant environment extending over a large area of 1,200 square metres.

Café

Pasticceria Cassera Moretti

The classics of Italian pastries: mignons, cream puffs, cannoncini, fruit tartlets, croissants with different fillings and the famous 'maritozzi'. Entirely own production.

Fine Dining

L˜Aria

The gourmet restaurant of the Mandarin Oriental Lake Como. A balanced encounter between Mediterranean cuisine, oriental cues and contemporaneity.

Where to Sleep

Vista

Vista|Palazzo|Lago di Como, the first and only 5 Star Luxury Hotel in the heart of the city of Como.

Casual Food

Da Luciano

Still a butcher but also one of the most popular food stop. A long history short about the spontaneous evolution of Luciano and Marilena family shop.

Guided Tour

Museo dei Fossili

Inaugurated in 2012 to a design by the architect Mario Botta, the new museum allows visitors to rediscover evidence of a world dating back 240 million years.

Fine Dining

Sottovoce

On the fifth floor, which affords breath-taking views, is the Sottovoce, the restaurant of VISTA Palazzo | Lake Como.

Where to Sleep

Casa Santo Stefano

Located a short distance from Como, Casa Santo Stefano is the ideal base from which to explore the beauty of the surrounding area.

Art & Design

Irma Kennaway

Irma Kennaway, a British artist, has for some time been fascinated by Pop Art using popular consumer goods.

Where to Sleep

Treterre B&B

A farmhouse with rooms, an infinity pool and a restaurant. The atmosphere is typical of a renovated country farmhouse combining traditional architecture and modern comforts.

Local products

Soalp

Small niche brand that offers natural products that the evoke the atmosphere of, and the sensations experienced in, these mountainous and rural areas.

Mixology

Fresco Cocktail Shop

Andrea Attanasio is the perfect host. He welcomes his customers as guests as they enter a relaxed atmosphere to find convivial corners in a bar that offers an ever-changing cocktail menu.

Where to Sleep

Grand Hotel Imperiale

The charm of a grand period hotel that overlooks the lake, while meeting the magic of a unique landscape.

Mixology

Una Finestra sul Lago cocktail bar

Terrace overlooking the first branch of Lake Como with a garden designed and tended in harmony with the philosophy of the restaurant. At the bar experimental cocktails and high-quality ingredients are served.

Fine Dining

Ristorante Tarantola

The thousand colours in the heart of the Pine Forest Park in Appiano Gentile, to taste the culinary journey of research and tradition curated by Chef Vittorio.

Experience

Como Classic Boat

Como Classic Boats is the leading classic wooden boat rental outfit on the lake.

Mixology

Co.Mo

Inside the historic Villa Roccabruna, pride and joy of the Mandarin Oriental resort Lake Como, is the CO.MO Bar & Bistrot.

Art & Design

DEP design store

To enter DEP is not like entering an ordinary furnishings and décor store. It is like entering someone’s home, in this case that of Doriana De Petris, the founder and owner of the shop.

Fine Dining

Una Finestra sul Lago

Una Finestra Sul Lago is a quality restaurant, where the view is rewarded by the marvellous panorama of the lake and the palate satiated thanks to the carefully selected raw materials.

Where to Sleep

Grand Hotel Victoria

To each his own hotel. This is the philosophy behind each RH Collections hotel: that of uniting each local area and its own particular qualities, with quality hospitality.

Grand Interiors

Ridotto del Teatro Sociale

Located in the heart of the city, on the first floor of the theatre that was first opened in 1813. Its halls make up the historic foyer which was used to host the owners of the boxes after the shows.

Grand Interiors

Villa Balbiano

Its beauty is completed by the perfection of its gardens, and in the precision and proportions of its interior spaces, which retain all the charm of an elegant literary parlour.

Casual Food

Osteria del Beuc

Rustic local cuisine with many regional influences. For a lunch, a dinner, or even for a flavoursome aperitif.

Experience

Arvindaa Yoga

The Arvindaa is actually a type of lotus flower that differs from many in that it rises from the surface of the water, which is where the name chosen for their activity comes from.

Guided Tour

Museo Circolante Casartelli

It was thanks to the ingenuity of Enrico Musa that the Guido Casartelli School Museum in Como came to be established in the early 1920s as a unique collection of scientific teaching materials.

Art & Design

Galleria Ramo

"To lose ourselves before a painting to find ourselves again, at a time of collective disorientation". The philosophy of the gallery is that of constructive engagement with artists and their creativity.

Fine Dining

Terrazza Gualtiero Marchesi

Gualtiero Marchesi’s dream is realised at the Grand Hotel Tremezzo.

Fine Dining

Raimondi

Easily mistaken for an aristocratic villa, rather than a place of hospitality, Villa Flori is home to the Raimondi restaurant at garden level, just a stone's throw from the lake.

Art & Design

Grand Tour Lake Como

This young brand of foulards, scarves and bandeaux designed and printed in Como on Italian silk has two cornerstones: the close link with the local area and the promotion of local craftsmanship.

Grand Interiors

Villa Pliniana

Sheltered by the rocky shore and its densely packed trees and bushes, the house rises proudly and substantially out of the tranquil waters of the lake.

Where to Sleep

La casa sull'albero

In the ancient town of Malgrate, overlooking Lake Como and surrounded by a park filled with centuries-old trees with an open-air swimming pool, Casa sull’Albero consists of a spectacular building made of glass and wood containing 12 guest rooms in a distinctive warm yet minimalistic style.

Mixology

Terrazza 241

Where the view of the lake is not simply a matter of overlooking the water, but offers a true panorama from every side of the terrace, a view over the blue.

Where to Sleep

Filario design hotel

A modern figure perfect fit amid the picturesque charm of Lake Como.

Fine Dining

Villa Lario Kitchen

Villa Làrio's restaurant is located in the picturesque setting of Villa Bianca, where in summer lunch and dinner can be taken on the terrace overlooking the lake.

Art & Design

Larian Physiognomies

A research project conceived and curated by the Cultural Commission of the Order of Architects PPC of the Province of Como.

Local products

Pastificio Gilio

After some experimentation and attentive study of the products, with the support of Francesco Gilio and a few members of staff, Franco succeeded in making Pastificio Gilio a true reference point in this sector for Como.

Fine Dining

Trattoria contemporanea

A taste revolution that began in 2021 in the premises of a former 19th century cotton mill in Lomazzo, which today bears the name Campus Factory, a place for the exchange of ideas, creativity and innovation.

Fine Dining

Visteria

In the picturesque medieval village of Varenna is the gourmet restaurant VISTERIA, headed by Campania chef Francesco Sarno.

Art & Design

Le Cose

“The ideal emporium” is how Amina and Paolo define Le Cose, a studio-boutique inside an old Art Nouveau building that has been finely renovated in contemporary key, while retaining a charming romantic look.

Local products

Aqua Dulza beer

Beers that are firmly tied to Como area, as are the names they take: Patria, 3mezzina, Via Regia...

Experience

Aero Club Como

The oldest seaplane flying organisation and seaplane flying school in the world.

Local products

Casale Roccolo

It is named Casale Roccolo, and is where they decided in 2006 to turn what had been a passion for them into a full-time business.

Mixology

Drop

Drop is the elegant lounge bar of the Boutique Hotel Bianca Relais, in the scenic setting of Lake Annone.

Grand Interiors

Villa Pizzo

The lake’s waters reflect both the austereness and the grace of this villa in a harmonious interweaving of styles, yellow ochre and soft pink.

Art & Design

Punto 301

In the spring of 2020, Line, Giulia and Michela set up an industrial tailor's shop, taking over a historic establishment in Mendrisio.

Art & Design

Atelier Draga&Aurel

They have been working together in Como since 2007, the year they set up their own studio which is characterised by intersecting interests and a multidisciplinary approach.

Where to Sleep

Hilton Lake Como

Another great hospitality brand chooses Lake Como and its city.

The green side

Parco Teresio Olivelli

A gem of a location made up of trees and stone where the line between art and nature is almost imperceptible.

Experience

Balloon Tour

Balloon Tour is all about adventure, fun and pleasure. It is about the thrill of discovering the beauty of Lombardy from an unusual perspective.

Experience

Heliduebi

As well as its aircraft hangarage services, sea rescue for sporting events and collaboration for promotional videos and aerial photographs, it also provides helicopter services and parachute jumping.

Mixology

Posta Bistrot

Posta Bistrot is located within the iconic rationalist building by Giuseppe Terragni, an architectural masterpiece that today houses the boutique Posta Design Hotel.

Mixology

Giulietta al Lago

Giulietta al Lago began in May 2020, the result of an idea of Emilio Fatica and Damiano Zappella, who were taking a lakeside run in the area where the restaurant now stands.

Casual Food

Café Thai

The home of Thai cuisine in Como, a journey through the aromas and flavours of the Orient.

Experience

Slow Emotions Tour

Slow Emotions Tour offers experiential Vespa tours custom-designed for each customer.

Guided Tour

LAC

Known as a venue where different artistic disciplines converge and influence each other, the cultural center LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, in its very architectural design, is testimony to a vocation of openness, a place where the arts, artists and public can meet.

Local products

RIVO Foraged Gin

The mountains, the wind, the water. RIVO distilled the essence of Lake Como to create a gin worthy of this very special place.

Guided Tour

Museo Didattico della Seta

In what was, back in the nineteenth century, a dyeing works, there is now the Silk Museum, which is also a research institute and place of textile education.

Casual Food

Locanda Il Grifo

The Locanda is a typical lakeside restaurant that can boast a centuries-old culinary tradition handed down from generation to generation.

The green side

The Greenway, a classic lakeside walk

A walk suitable for everyone, alternating between stretches along the lakeshore and other sections that venture inland.

Fine Dining

Lisander

On the shore of the Lecco branch, with breathtaking views, an intimate and exclusive proposal opened in early 2023.

Experience

MOV fitness boutique

MOV fitness boutique is an exclusive place, where fitness can be perceived in a new way while enjoying new experiences in a private and welcoming atmosphere.

Art & Design

Fondazione Antonio Ratti

Silk as the starting point for research and innovation in the visual arts, with an immense heritage to share, and as inspiration for new talents.

Café

Erre Bar

Just a stone's throw from Como's lakeside promenade, Erre Bar is located in the central Piazza Cavour; a recently refurbished, modern ambience in the heart of the city.

Art & Design

CoCo

CoCo is the signature cocktail glass from the creative team of Amaro Seta. Made of blown glass by Venetian master craftsmen, it is a tribute to Lake Como and the steamships that have plied its waters.

Experience

Como Lake Pottery

Luca Mandaglio and Elisa Castelnovo decided to take the plunge into the world of ceramics, a material that has since time immemorial been used as a means of communication and expression.

Casual Food

Càmp di Cènt Pertigh

Traditional Lombard flavours, original furnishings and an old farmhouse; a rural atmosphere in the Lambro Valley.

Art & Design

Ink Jewels

A different way of interpreting visual art. Works of paper where the material adds beauty to the content.

Fine Dining

Kitchen

The Kitchen, with a Michelin star in the 2021 Guide, is led by Chef Andrea Casali and presents a menu inspired by the most distinctive dishes of his cuisine.

Art & Design

Elisa Ceramics

Ceramic products entirely handmade by Elisa Condoluci and sold also by small boutiques all over the world, from France to Australia, from Denmark to Japan.

Casual Food

Osteria Il Governo 1801

Byzantine origins and Resurgent secrets imbue this place with tastes of East and West, passed down to our palate. Four suites are available for guests to enjoy the magic of the ancient Roman fortress on the lake.

Fine Dining

Acquadolce

A charming restaurant pieds dans l'eau where you can discover with taste, smell and sight, refined dishes inspired by Italian tradition.

Art & Design

The italian style of Ico and Luisa Parisi

Back in the early fifties Ico and Luisa Parisi put forward a new idea of household living through the art of careful mixing of diverse identities and diverse periods.

Art & Design

Cantiere Ernesto Riva

Cantiere Ernesto Riva: eight generations of boat building, linked by a tradition where history is connected to a focus beyond the present.

Art & Design

Olga's Flower Farm

Midway between Como and Lecco, at Longone al Segrino, is the Flower Farm of Olga Campagnoli, a nurserywoman and garden designer who with her mother Cecilia carries on the family business that is now in its third generation.

Art & Design

Abstract

Research, quality and passion are the cornerstones of the brand, founded in 2014, which owes its name to the first abstract-style fabric prints.

Casual Food

Osteria del Gallo

One of the last true *osterias* in the city, perfect for who wish to taste local dishes, with a gastronomic proposal that changes daily.

Fine Dining

Materia

It is a journey characterised by sensations, flavours and fragrances, and its paths are marked out by the top-level team headed by chef Davide Caranchini.

Fine Dining

La Musa

An exciting journey through the contemporary cuisine of chef Michele Pili. A restaurant overlooking the picturesque Lake Lugano, in Cima di Porlezza, this is the perfect setting for a journey into the world of taste.

Mixology

Lobby Bar

In the 5-star luxury hotel Il Sereno, designed by the architect Patricia Urquiola, can be found a landmark of national mixing. The sign reads Lobby Bar and the bar manager is Don Vidura Nilaksha Colambage.

Art & Design

G/ART/EN

G / A R T / E N is an exhibition space for emerging art open to the international culture.

Fine Dining

Imperialino

At the restaurant the lake is just a stone's throw from your table. An elegant garden welcomes guests to savour creatively interpreted Mediterranean specialities.

The green side

I giardini di Villa Carlotta

It is a treasury that has been amassed and recreated over centuries, overlooking a natural hollow between the lake and the mountains.

Experience

WLC Blevio

For thirty years, the Lucini family has devoted itself with passion and professionalism to the teaching of water skiing, wakeboarding and wake surfing in the wonderful setting of Lake Como.

Art & Design

Casa 7

A space designed not simply as a point of sale, but as a place to live in like a home, comfortable and usable, where the customer is welcomed in a manner that is professional but not formal.

Art & Design

Demosmobilia

"We love design, beauty and good living, and our aim is to live this passion while respecting the planet". This is the idea upon which, in 1995, Demetrio Zanetti founded Demosmobilia.

Art & Design

Nordisk

Founded in 1953 in Basel and Lugano as a furniture shop specialising in Scandinavian and Danish design, Nordisk quickly became a go-to location for high-quality modern furniture and accessories.

Experience

La Fucina

A hidden loft, with its industrial flavor, open for events, meetings and private dinners.

Art & Design

Talea

At Talea, flowers, vintage furniture, home accessories, events, creative workshops and much more all come together.

Casual Food

Vegami

The cuisine takes its cue from the classic dishes of Italian gastronomic culture, which were already originally vegan, and ethnic culinary traditions reinterpreted in vegan key.

Guided Tour

Spazio Circolo Vitali

Three authors who share the same surname and place of birth: Andrea, Giancarlo and Velasco Vitali, all three from Bellano, a village on the eastern shore of Lake Como.

Local products

IndoVino

One of the highest vineyards in Lombardy above sea level, where everything is done by hand, with passion handed down from father to son.

Art & Design

Dalmoto

A collection designed by a young reality form Como, in strong connection with the culture, history and traditions of the area.

Where to Sleep

La Civera

Close to the famous waterfall, the Orrido di Nesso, in one of the most picturesque spots on Lake Como, is the apartement La Civera. You will not have to leave your room, the incredible panorama is right outside your window.

Local products

Missoltino, Slow Food presidium

Everyone here is familiar with this Como fish delicacy but few, if any, know its true origin. Certainly, a Slow Food Presidium that has made the fortune of a number of restaurateurs.

Art & Design

VICUS

The hands and the heart of Marco Lazzaroni, a young craftsman in Switzerland that creates handcrafted leather products with a linear and clean design.

Where to Sleep

Villa Lario

When classic Italian architecture meets modern standards of luxury, the result is a quite unique harmony.

Guided Tour

Museo Villa Carlotta

For over 300 years Villa Carlotta has been engaged in a rich dialogue between art and nature, set as it is in a fascinating landscape.

The green side

I giardini di Villa Melzi

The dappled light makes its way through the leaves and geometries of the avenues, as the scent of flowers softens the neoclassical rigor.

Casual Food

Da Morris Vineria e Cucina

An old-style *osteria* where traditional wooden tables, wood-beamed ceilings, crates of wine on the walls and friendly, informal service create a homely, convivial atmosphere.

Art & Design

Nosetta

Elegance, sobriety and the high quality of materials for a new brand made in lake.

Experience

PASSONI

That passion for the sport and culture of cycling give rise to exceptional custom bike frames from over 30 years.

Café

Luisita

Cakes, *cannoncini* and cream puffs take shape according to the recipes and ways of preparation that have been handed down, from generation to generation.

Casual Food

Bar delle Terme

A bistro within the Terminus hotel: elegant and cosy, where the furnishings create a warm and relaxed atmosphere.

Art & Design

Libreria Plinio il Vecchio

This is an adventure born of passion. In Via Vitani, in the heart of Como, there is a small half-hidden bookshop where you can find a selection of volumes of great interest.

Local products

Liquori di Como

Mr De Toma's artisanal liqueurs are the result of years of study and passion for the recovery of traditional products.

Where to Sleep

Vista Lario

Situated a few steps away from Urio Castle, a very impressive 18th century castle with a vast park that can host large events, such as weddings or other receptions.

The green side

A centuries-old English garden, at Villa Erba

A rich botanical patrimony, embracing the old Villa and overlooking Lake Como. An architectural jewel built in the late nineteenth century.

The green side

Castello di Urio

The faultless rhythm of geometries that are entirely Italian in their forms, lend a certain harmony to the terracing of this lake-view garden.

Where to Sleep

Mandarin Oriental

A seductive combination of Italian style, oriental charm and natural beauty.

Mixology

Villa Làrio Lounge Bar

At Villa Làrio's Lounge Bar, on the ground floor of Il Palazzo with its 18 square metre terrace overlooking the lake, you can enjoy an aperitif in true "Dolce Vita" style.

Casual Food

Terrazza Olmo

The latest adventure of floral designer Vincenzo Dascanio is a restaurant that celebrates the flavours of his land and the colours of the lake

Casual Food

Osteria Aquila d'Oro

Just above Gravedona, in what were once the barracks of the Guardia di Finanza, there is an osteria that we could say is of another era.

Where to Sleep

Design Loft

For those who are looking to experience Lake Como in a unique and captivating setting, immersed in a place where the beauty of design and art blend seamlessly into what truly feels like an artist’s atelier.

Casual Food

Atelier Nido

Taro and Andrea and their little piece of Japan in the historic centre of Mendrisio.

The green side

Discovering Massi Avelli

For centuries they were focal points for popular beliefs and superstitions, with the result that they became places of worship.

Casual Food

Agriturismo Treterre

A little oasis of peace and serenity in a scenic and unspoilt area, for a meal made with organic produce, in a natural setting.

Experience

Pic-unique

It offers an unusual gastronomic experience that reflects its creators’ love of good food, attention to detail and enthusiasm for conviviality in the open air, in contact with nature.

Casual Food

Casa Aquadulza

From the love of the Lake and of beer to the creation of Casa AquaDulza.

Guided Tour

Tempio Voltiano

A stay in Como is unthinkable without a trip to the Tempio Voltiano. Its architectural beauty and lakeside location make it an essential stop for visitors to Como in any season.

Fine Dining

Filo

Dining at Filo is at once a culinary voyage and a coming home. The carefully chosen ingredients represent the richness of Italian culianary history.

Casual Food

Bellavista Ristoro

To taste home-style Lombard cuisine from the splendid terrace of a late 19th century Art Nouveau villa above Como.

Local products

Chiarella

The story of Acqua Chiarella was started in 1964 by three partners who had the idea of industrialising the bottling of water from a spring known since the nineteenth century for its special properties and beneficial effects.

Guided Tour

Pinacoteca Civica Como

Inaugurated in 1989, in the seventeenth-century Palazzo Volpi, the Pinacoteca conserves many paintings and sculptures that are part of the city's heritage.

Fine Dining

Radici

A laboratory, rather just a kitchen, or to be more precise, both things at once. Radici is a place in which to enjoy a real culinary experience.

Experience

La cuoca della porta accanto

On the first floor of the showroom, in a fully equipped Bulthaup kitchen, Viviana welcomes guests and students to her "private restaurant" where she offers a series of events, dinners, cooking classes, aperitifs and convivial evenings.

The green side

The Kilometre of knowledge

The project came about with the idea of bringing together and developing various features of natural and artistic value in a single route.

Mixology

Bar Manzoni

With an unbeatable lakefront location in Menaggio, in the heart of Lake Como, is the Grand Hotel Victoria in which we find the Bar Manzoni.

Casual Food

Millesimo

For a quick lunch or a refreshing aperitif by the lake, a wine shop with a wide selection of wines, sparkling wines, dessert wines...

Guided Tour

Museo Barca Lariana

A unique heritage for the nautical world and for Italian history with a collection of over four hundred boats.

Where to Sleep

Hotel Barchetta Excelsior

Already operating as a trattoria at the beginning of the 19th century, the restaurant was transformed into the Trattoria con alloggio della Barchetta in 1893.

Art & Design

Castagna 1939

Beppe and Pietro Castagna see themselves first and foremost as designers and carpenters. They are carrying on the family tradition of the company founded in 1939.

Grand Interiors

Villa Monastero

There is harmonious imperfection in the array of arches and spiral columns of Villa Monastero.

Fine Dining

Feel Como

At Feel Como the young chef Federico Beretta creates a cuisine with a personality that amazes its guests.

Where to Sleep

Al Molo 5

At Molo 5, a quaint boutique hotel nestled in the historic village of Vassena, featuring five lakefront rooms, two suites, and two apartments.

Mixology

Bar Canova

For coffee, afternoon tea, an aperitif or a cocktail, the Bar Canova inside Villa d'Este is a perfect and pleasant environment where time passes slowly.

Where to Sleep

Villa Infinity

Villa Infinity is the perfect solution to visit Come and surrounding. The strategic location makes it unique: far enough from the city centre, the traffic, and the noises, but only a few kilometres away from the main attractions.