The third largest of the Italian Lakes and the deepest in Europe, Lake Como nestles in the foothills of the Alps. Boasting rugged beauty, dramatic steep mountains, medieval towns and exquisite water-side promenades and terraces. Lake Como is full of picture-postcard perfect lakeside towns that have attracted scores of holiday makers over the years along with composers, poets and artists such as Shelley and Byron to Verdi and Liszt. A beautiful place to come to admire some of the most spectacular scenery Italy has to offer.