Beat your Como Fomo with the best of brands

Now we all show off our destinations… and here’s where you can beat your Como Fomo with the best of brands.

Of course, as much as we try to get around them all we’ll never see everywhere unless you’re my old mucker Eoghan Corry.

Which is where merch comes in, either what you’ve been given as a souvenir.

Or just bought yourself.

Because, of course, where’s the one-upmanship in going shopping with a supermarket bag.

Lakeing good

When you can brandish merch from the Made in Italy’ e-boutique, Sense of Lake.

That’s a curated collection of fashion, accessories and homewares inspired by the Grand Hotel Tremezzo and Passalacqua.

They work with designers sChez Dede, Back Label, Bric’s, F.R.S. For Restless Sleepers, L.G.R., Le Niné, Mantero, Bottega Conticelli and Papusse.

All of which you’ll find in Herself’s handbag..

Silk scarves and jewel-strewn bags, sleepwear and elegant dresses, handcrafted leather accessories and velvet slippers.

All created and inspired by the hotel’s signature hues of orange and golden yellow, sunshine on your feet.

So if what you wear tells us something about how you live let’s look at the neighbourhood.

With over 100 years of history as the first hotel on Lake Como, the Grand Hotel Tremezzo is set in an Art Nouveau palazzo.

Surrounded by a private park and offering spectacular views over the lake and Grigne Mountains.

You can dine in five restaurants at the Grand Hotel Tremezzo.

And any of the three swimming pools, as well as the intimate T Spa with its floor-to-ceiling window clad Infinity Pool.

Where you can swim towards the lago.

Nightly rates start from €900 on a B&B basis.

And you want to know perque Passalacqua?

Built on land owned by Pope Innocent XI, it was constructed in the 18th-century by Count Andrea Lucini-Passalacqua.

Passalacqua reopened its doors in June 2022 with 24 suites spread across three buildings.

The terraced gardens which overlook Lake Como feature private hideaways and more than 15 water fountains.

HOW: Nightly rates start from €900 on a B&B basis.