Varenna, Luggage Tag

Picture Varenna, is a small mediaeval village that stands on a promontory at the centre of Lake Como's eastern shore, overlooking the town of Bellagio. Varenna, like many other towns along the lake shore, has been a tourist destination since Roman times and was very popular with European nobility during the 19th century. The town of Varenna (a ten-minute hop on the ferry from Bellagio) is your best Lake Como home base. Individual homes are defined only by their pastel colours. Narrow stepped lanes climb almost invisibly from the harbour to the tiny through road that parallels the lake along the top of town.