The lake is not one place but a string of very different towns, each with its own character, its own hotels, and its own answer to what kind of wedding you are having. Where you base yourself decides how your…
Bellagio
Victoria’s Guide to Bellagio, Lake Como
Bellagio is the town on the postcards, the so-called pearl of the lake. It sits right on the point where the three branches meet, all cobbled stepped lanes, silk boutiques and lake views in three directions, and it is both…
Lake Como – The Sound of a Riva
There is a particular sound that means summer to me, and it is not birdsong or church bells but the low, patient burble of a wooden Riva easing out of its boathouse while the water is still the colour of…
Bellagio – the First Day
There is a particular quiet that comes off a lake. It is not the quiet of the sea, which is really only distance. It is closer than that, held in by the mountains, the way a room holds a conversation…
