Lake Como
Lake Como’s setting is hard to overstate: the Italian Alps rise behind forested hills that run straight down to the water, and towns like Bellagio, Varenna and Como sit right at the edge. Mornings here are for coffee on a lakeside terrace, and evenings for a slow passeggiata past grand villas that have drawn visitors, and their fair share of celebrities, for centuries. It is Lombardy’s most captivating corner.