Several times a year, I’m fortunate enough to cruise up and down the deep waters of Italy’s mountain-fringed Lake Como. I have explored the tourist sights and lesser-known villages, the stately ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lysanne covers luxury properties, focusing on European markets. Dreams of Como come with sunshine, lake views and cypress trees as ...

Elizabeth Heath is a writer and editor living on a hill in Umbria, from where she writes about travel in Italy, the rest of Europe, and farther afield. It’s hard to think of Lake Como without thinking ...