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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Interesting combination of West and East hints that hark back to the period of the Risorgimento. And four suites are available for guests to fully enjoy the atmosphere of the inn.
Martina Di Costanzo and Francesco Leoni, known as Baba, are very young entrepreneurs and the partners behind Dispensa63. Together with Tiggy, Silvia and Marco, the young team cooperates
harmoniously to create not just a restaurant, but first and foremost, a home. Their home!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A few kilometres from Como, lying immersed in the countryside, is a historic courtyard, transformed a few years ago into a sophisticated boutique hotel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
"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.
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.
Cakes, *cannoncini* and cream puffs take shape according to the recipes and ways of preparation that have been handed down, from generation to generation.
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.
The classics of Italian pastries: mignons, cream puffs, cannoncini, fruit tartlets, croissants with different fillings and the famous 'maritozzi'. Entirely own production.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
A virtuoso performance of neoclassical architecture that embraces the lake in the form of an immense and harmonious building extending along its broad bay.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Inaugurated in 1989, in the seventeenth-century Palazzo Volpi, the Pinacoteca conserves many paintings and sculptures that are part of the city's heritage.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Posta Bistrot is located within the iconic rationalist building by Giuseppe Terragni, an architectural masterpiece that today houses the boutique Posta Design Hotel.
Flowers, indoor and outdoor plants, sophisticated furnishing accessories and design objects; at Anna Flower Designer you will find all these and much more.
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.
