
I recommend visiting - Lake Como, Italian Lakes
Lake Como surpasses all expectations even if you've seen it as the backdrop to films such as Star Wars or in photos featuring celebrities such as George Clooney and John Legend. The Alps are ever present in the landscape, perched behind the vast glass-like lake around which you'll find everything from the 18th-century Villa del Balbianello to the glamorous shopping of Bellagio. If you can, explore by private boat tour. I feel my proximity to Switzerland here too; I can have a strudel with my espresso and yet at the same time be only an hour from Milan.