The three uniquely different towns of Rapallo, Varenna, and Menaggio offer elegant views, food tours and everything you need ...

No place in Italy has quite the cache of Lake Como, and its reputation as the ... comforts of this longtime restaurant on the Cernobbio waterfront. “You can't go wrong here,” he says.

Lake Como. At about 82 square miles, Lake Maggiore is Italy’s second-largest lake after Lake Garda. Its opposing shores are in two different regions of Italy, Lombardy to the east and Piedmont ...

Dina Branham first visited Italy more than a decade ago and ... More vacations followed, and Branham found a favorite spot, Lake Como, because it reminded her of her childhood spent close to ...

Spring arguably affords the best views of Lake ... Italy’s capital of fashion and design. In December, the Città dei Balocchi festivities see a Christmas market fill the streets of the city of ...

Italy is home to some of the most beautiful lakes in Europe, replete with serene landscapes and charming towns ...

Located roughly between Milan and Venice, Malcesine warrants a stop on a northern Italy road ... and private lakefront accommodations at a much lower price point than Lake Como.

So the Lake Como spin on “de-seasonalization” has become: open in mid-to-late March, then push on through to the winter festive season, closing right after Italy’s Epiphany holiday.

While impossible to deny Como’s thumping beauty, as the lake becomes increasingly A-lister ... if they weren’t dropping bags at friends waterfront villas. Even Italians can tire of the same ...

It's nudging early afternoon when we stroll along the waterfront ... of Lake Como at Passeggiata Villa Olmo. Olaf Protze / Not-For-Syndication "Madonna stays here when she comes to Italy," he ...

not be jostled by the hordes trying to get the perfect lakefront photo. Just south of Varenna lies the town of Lecco, beloved by Italians looking for a Lake Como getaway. The town itself feels ...