Hotels & Resorts · Moltrasio, Lake Como, Italy

Passalacqua — photograph 2

An 18th-century villa built for a composer, resting on terraced gardens that drop into Lake Como. Frescoed ceilings, silk-lined salons and cypress-lined paths keep the atmosphere quietly operatic — one of those places where the architecture, the water and the light all seem to have been rehearsed together.

Credit: Passalacqua