This is an exceptional property with a backdrop of spectacular mountains yet close to beautiful Lake Como.
The house is new, spotlessly clean and tastefully decorated. It is equipped to a high standard, with everything provided, and the star of the show, accessed through sliding doors, is a huge landscaped garden with attractive plants, lovely pool, play equipment for children, stone barbecue, grass for youngsters to run about on, and two separate paved areas with dining tables for eating al fresco. The one under cover is great for shade or shelter.
Colico is at the top end of the lake and refreshingly spared the swarms of seasonal tourists. Yet it has attractive waterfront restaurants, cafes and all important ice cream shops. The centre is five minutes' drive from the property and a huge shopping centre with giant supermarket to meet every need is the same again.
It has daily ferry sailings for outings down the lake to more famous resorts like Bellagio and Varenna, with trains an alternative option depending on your choice. But, like many guests, we are told, if the weather was sunny, we tended not to stray far from the magnificent garden.
The hosts are lovely people who could not be more welcoming or helpful, providing extra high chairs and cots for young children, laying on wine, food and treats for our arrival, and arriving with a tray of cakes for a guest's birthday.
Would certainly recommend this beautiful property.