Lake Como Reviews

Last year around Easter time myself and my boyfriend wanted to go somewhere that was a bit different, rather than doing a standard package holiday so I asked around and was recommended Lake Como by an Italian enthusiast. We flew into Milan Malapensa, rented a car, and stayed in a hotel called Locanda Saint Anna which is in Aregegno, one ...  Read the complete review

This is my favourite place in the world. For reference, I am writing about Cadenabbia, which is in the left hand prong of the lake! I have been there a couple of times, and absolutely adore it there!! I stayed at the Hotel Britannia Excelsior, which is a family run hotel (or was then!), and it was a gorgeous hotel! When I went it was ...  Read the complete review

Lakes surrounded me as a child. Every summer, my family and I would go to a Lake somewhere nearby and rent a houseboat for a week. These bodies of water aren't often crystal clear. I've been to some that are. Some that when you are in the middle of the lake you can still see almost to the bottom, it's that clean. Regardless if a Lake ...  Read the complete review

I was actually quite surprised when we pulled into the train station at Como. I don't really know what I was expecting, but the station was on a hill so as you came out you got a view of the town. The sun hit me and the taxi driver came over and took my bags and made me feel very important. Accommodation was a bit of an issue because ...  Read the complete review

Como, a city, unsurprisingly on the edges of Lake Como, is a small 'genteel' city, a wealthy town, too large to be 'just' a resort, but not large enough to reach the heights of 'sparkling metropolis'. It is a pleasant city in which to spend time, the kind that one would possibly describe as 'civilised', where you ...  Read the complete review