3Como

Como is the lakeside village on the southern end of namesake Lake Como, around an hour’s train ride from Milan. Far from the buzz of the city, Como is where you can take in the immersive beauty of the Alps, with elegant 19th-century villas and majestic church buildings like the Gothic Como Cathedral in the foreground.

The lakeside promenade can be one of the most scenic walks you’ll ever have in Italy, and there’s the Como-Brunate funicular railway that’ll take the experience a notch higher.