Villa in Bellagio where the lake divides into two arms

Lake Como is shaped like an upside-down Y, and Bellagio stands at the point where the two arms part. The villa is on the slope that faces both: from the upper garden you can see the Grigne to the east and the Tremezzo shore to the west, and at night the ferries' lights trace their routes. The house, dating from 1919, is built of grey stone.

The 520 m² unfold over four levels with six bedrooms and six bathrooms, a salon with fireplace, a glazed veranda over the lake, a kitchen with pantry and a climate-controlled cellar. The terraces, totalling 150 m², follow the slope down to the infinity pool, between bands of cypresses, olives and oleanders.

In the 4,200 m² garden there is a three-room cottage, a vegetable garden with potted lemons and a wood-fired oven for terrace dinners. Home automation, alarm, heat-pump heating and four parking spaces. The centre of Bellagio is a ten-minute walk.