| |  | | 05/27/12 Como-flage Four New Options for Lake Como Glory Lake Como: a place where the hills sweep upward from the shore and love stories are written in Italian. Only problem: Clooney won’t let you stay at his place anymore, after you stole all his stories. Here are a few new places to crash instead. | | | |  | | | UPWARDLY NOBLE | | A Villa Built by Swiss Nobility | | | | Your romantic tastes: mercurial, at best. Fortunately, at this Victorian-furnished, chef-equipped villa first built by Swiss nobles, you can paint oil portraits of your bashful lover from a giant, leafy terrace in the afternoon, and entertain up to six more in the patio hot tub at night. The adjacent private dock: handy for quick getaways. | | | | | | | | |  | | | TWO FOR ONE | | Two Mansions: Still Better Than One | | | | Imagine you’re the Italian Gatsby: olive-skinned, gregarious... throwing the kind of sprawling garden party that only two neighboring mansions connected by a statue-flanked harbor could hold. But if not, Como’s new floating dock service can always come take you and your guests waterskiing. Otherwise, it’s a waste of a lake. | | | | | | | | |  | | | THE COMPLEAT ANGLER | | Catching Dinner Off Your Balcony | | | | So you managed to unstock the local fish market for last night’s party. Probably why casting a line from the balcony of this lakeside man-pad—furnished with pieces handmade by its owner—seems like such a good idea. Don’t worry, the speedboat paparazzi won’t notice you peeking out of the ivy with that floppy hat. | | | | | | | | |  | | | PENTHOUSE FOR RENT | | The Top Floor of a Palatial Hotel | | | | Dilemma: you’re pro-opulence, but anti-mingling-with-the-public. Solution: renting out all eight brand-new, jacuzzi-appointed rooftop suites atop the Grand Hotel Tremezzo (Como’s palace turned super-hotel) and then hosting a cocktail hour of your own with lake views. Rock-skipping has never been so elegant. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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