To say that the Italian Lakes are ‘beautiful’ is to undersell what many claim is the most gorgeous place on earth, a stunning combination of snow-capped mountain, forest and sparkling water. They’re also easy to reach, by train from London in a day or in less than two hours flying and an hour’s train from Milan. Yet property for sale in Lake Como is surprisingly affordable.
Menaggio, Lake Como, Italy
We are pleased to offer this lovely 2 bedroom apartment with lake views, located just 20 metres from the lake and 1.2km from the centre of Menaggio and 75 minutes from Milan airports. The apartment provides about 75m2 of accommodation on the first fl...
€240,000
Domaso, Lake Como, Italy
This partly furnished 1 bedroom apartment with lovely views over the historic centre of Domaso and just 50 metres from the lake and all amenities is a portion of house and detached turret just 90 minutes from Milan airports. The property provides abo...
€200,000
Lenno, Lake Como, Italy
Located just a few steps from the centre of Lenno and the lake, this lovely 2 bedroom property with garden and covered parking spaces is walking distance to all amenities and just an hour from Milan airports. The house is set on two floors with basem...
€330,000
Sala Comacina, Lake Como, Italy
This fully furnished 2 bedroom apartment with magnificent views over the lake, use of condominium swimming pool and private garage, is located just a few metres form the lake and amenities and under an hour from Milan airports. The apartment provides...
€350,000
Lenno, Lake Como, Italy
This ample 2 double bedroom top floor apartment with 2 private car parking spaces, is in a very central location, just a few steps from all amenities and services in Lenno, about 27km north of Como town and an hour to Milan s airports. The apartment...
€280,000
Gravedona, Lake Como, Italy
We are pleased to offer totally renovated 2 bedroom 2 bathroom stone built village house with lake view in the hamlet of Peglio, just a few metres from a trattoria, some 5km inland from the lake and amenities at Gravedona, 20km north of Menaggio and ...
€185,000
Tremezzo, Lake Como, Italy
Located in the historic centre of this hamlet close to Tremezzo, just a short distance from the lake, we offer this spacious 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom village house and further property in need of partial renovation, just 75 minutes from Milan airports. ...
€295,000
Lake Como, and the other lakes in the region – Lake Orta, Lake Maggiore, Lake Varese, Lake Lugano, Lake Iseo, Lake Idro and Lake Garda – stretch across northern Italy from east to west, where the Alpine meltwater flows into the plains of Lombardy and Veneto. Some are partly in Switzerland, as the border curves round the mountains like a novice skier.
Property for sale in Lake Como (Lago di Como) and the lakes region combines the very old (of course, this is Italy), with neo-classical villas from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Art Nouveau and more modern chalet styles.
Lake Como is around 20 miles long and in an inverted Y shape. The city of Como, population 85,000, is on the very southern tip, 55 kilometres from Milan. There are homes for sale in Como for as little as €50,000, but for something you would be proud to invite friends over to, a more realistic starting budget is €100,000 for a one- or two-bedroom apartment.
At the other end of the budget, this is a millionaires’ playground with no shortage of lake-view villas well into eight figures. Famously, George Clooney has a home here, in Lagio, a little further up Lake Como’s western shore. It’s one of many lovely villages on this side of the lake, including Tremezzo and Menaggio. From here you can cross on the ferry to Bellagio or Varenna.
You’ll have a good choice of property for sale on Lake Como’s western shore in the south, from €200,000. AS you move further north, there are more towns on the eastern side of the lake, particularly apartments.
In general with Italy’s lakes, the further north you go the land gets more mountainous and homes for sale relatively sparse. Travel a little distance away from the lakes and you’re very soon into the mountains, and pretty mountain villages. Again, property for sale in Lake Como’s nearby villages isn’t expensive compared to, for example, Tuscany’s more famous villages.
Another advantage with buying property here is the relative cool of the climate. While it can get very hot, the altitude tends to cool things down a bit and there is always a cool swim in a lake available.