19 of the best · Lake Como, Italy
Villa d’Este at Cernobbio, Mandarin Oriental at Blevio, Il Sereno and Passalacqua, the Grand Hotel Tremezzo, The Lake Como EDITION, the Villa Serbelloni at Bellagio, Varenna’s villa hotels and the town houses of Como.
Our 19 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Our first three calls on this list, from editors who know the lake from Cernobbio to Varenna.
Since 1873
The 16th-century villa at Cernobbio that has been the stage for society since 1873: 151 rooms, four villas in the park and La Veranda on the water.
Via Regina 40, 22012 CernobbioExplore View on map
An 18th-century estate
An 18th-century estate at Moltrasio with suites in the Villa, the Palazz and the Casa al Lago, open in winter too.
Via Besana 59, 22010 MoltrasioExplore View on map
Art Nouveau, facing Bellagio
The Art Nouveau grand hotel of Tremezzo, facing Bellagio across the water: three pools, a private beach and the T Spa.
Via Statale 5401, 22019 TremezzinaExplore View on map
Villa d’Este, the Serbelloni and the new arrivals.
The back story
Villa d’Este and the Villa Serbelloni, the Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Mandarin Oriental at Blevio, Il Sereno and Passalacqua: where to stay on Lake Como, shore by shore.
Villa d’Este to Il Sereno.
Patricia Urquiola
A contemporary hotel on the eastern shore at Torno, designed by Patricia Urquiola, with Al Lago, One MICHELIN Star in 2026.
Via Torrazza 10, 22020 TornoExplore View on map
Villa Roccabruna
A resort around the neoclassical Villa Roccabruna on the eastern shore at Blevio, with a floating pool on the lake and L’Aria’s Italian-Japanese cooking.
Via Caronti 69, 22020 BlevioExplore View on map
An 18th-century estate
An 18th-century estate at Moltrasio with suites in the Villa, the Palazz and the Casa al Lago, open in winter too.
Via Besana 59, 22010 MoltrasioExplore View on map
Since 1873
The 16th-century villa at Cernobbio that has been the stage for society since 1873: 151 rooms, four villas in the park and La Veranda on the water.
Via Regina 40, 22012 CernobbioExplore View on map
All suites
An all-suite villa hotel on the eastern shore at Pognana Lario.
Via Giacomo Matteotti 25, 22020 Pognana LarioExplore View on map
Tremezzo, Cadenabbia, Menaggio, Bellagio and Varenna.
Since 1880
A family hotel above Bellagio, run by five generations of the Martinelli-Manoni family since 1880.
Via Valassina 31, 22021 BellagioExplore View on map
Home of Filo
A contemporary hotel on the water at Lezzeno, on the road to Bellagio, home of Filo.
Strada Provinciale Lariana 583, 89, 22025 LezzenoExplore View on map
Art Nouveau, facing Bellagio
The Art Nouveau grand hotel of Tremezzo, facing Bellagio across the water: three pools, a private beach and the T Spa.
Via Statale 5401, 22019 TremezzinaExplore View on map
On the Menaggio lakefront
The grand hotel of the Menaggio lakefront, on the western shore.
Viale Benedetto Castelli 9, 22017 MenaggioExplore View on map
At the tip of Bellagio
The grand hotel at the tip of the Bellagio peninsula, with Mistral, La Goletta and the Luce del Lago Spa.
Via Teresio Olivelli 1, 22021 BellagioExplore View on map
R Collection, Varenna
On the Piazza San Giorgio in Varenna; its restaurant Visteria is in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide.
Piazza San Giorgio 2, 23829 VarennaExplore View on map
A 19th-century palazzo
EDITION’s hotel in a 19th-century palazzo at Cadenabbia: 148 rooms, Cetino by Mauro Colagreco, Renzo and The Pool.
Via Regina 41, 22011 Griante CadenabbiaExplore View on map
In the walled town and on the shore.
Facing the cathedral
A boutique hotel in restored clerical buildings facing Como’s cathedral.
Via Maestri Comacini 2, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
A 19th-century villa
A 19th-century villa on the lakeshore road from Como to Cernobbio, with the Ristorante Raimondi.
Via Cernobbio 12, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
A 15th-century palazzo
An “urban luxury house” in a 15th-century palazzo inside Como’s medieval walls.
Via Giuseppe Rovelli 28, 22100 ComoExplore View on map
The eastern arm.
Home of Bianca sul Lago
A relais by the small lake of Annone, south of Lecco, home of Bianca sul Lago.
Via Dante Alighieri 18, 23848 OggionoExplore View on map
Facing Lecco
A small hotel at Malgrate, across the water from Lecco.
Viale Penati 5/7, 23864 MalgrateExplore View on map
