Lake Como does not need to be discovered. It has been the summer address of choice for poets, composers, aristocrats, and the quietly extraordinary for centuries, and it has never lost the quality that drew them all in the first place. The water, first — that particular deep glacial blue framed by limestone peaks and terraced hillsides heavy with cypress and oleander. Then the villages clinging to the shoreline, the ferry crossings at dusk, the long lunches on terraces above the water that give way to evenings that no one wants to end. Here are two properties from our portfolio that prove why.
Villa Lucia, Laglio, Lake Como, Italy | Sold at auction for $1,029,283 A tranquil four-level villa on Via Vecchia Regina in Laglio with 2,152 square feet of modern living and some of the finest unobstructed lake views on the western shore. An expansive stone-balustraded terrace with a hot tub looks directly over the water; three upper-floor bedrooms and multiple balconies frame the lake from every angle. Twenty minutes from Como City, and entirely on its own terms.
Villa Passalacqua, Moltrasio, Lake Como, Italy | Sold at auction · Previously listed at €100M An 18th-century Italian national monument that has hosted Napoleon Bonaparte, Vincenzo Bellini, and Winston Churchill. The 26,501-square-foot main house features frescoed reception rooms, nine bedroom suites, a swimming terrace beside a 200-year-old greenhouse, eleven working fountains, and 11,087 square feet of underground stone tunnels connecting the villa directly to its private lakeside marina. Previously listed at €100 million, it sold in October 2018 following 1,677 inquiries during the marketing campaign alone.
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