Lakeside Villa, Torno
Torno, Centro Storico, Lake Como, Italy
Why We Selected It
On Lake Como the difference between a good house and a difficult one is usually access and outdoor space. This one has both: a vehicle entrance and private parking, which almost no house in a historic lakeside village offers, and a garden the owners have planted over years into something that flowers in every season, with an original stone rustico left untouched at the back. Add a covered pergola terrace looking across the water to the Tramuntana-like ridge opposite, and a village that is walkable to the shore, the boat and a Michelin-starred kitchen. It is a house you can live in properly rather than visit carefully.
The Home
Lake house with private garden and parking · Restored with original stone, cotto and exposed beams retained
A seven-bedroom lake house with a mature garden in the centre of Torno, a few steps from the shore. Wisteria-covered terrace, lake views, private vehicle access and parking — rare in a village of this kind.
- Around 300 m² over two main floors, entered through a generous hall at first-floor level.
- A wide, luminous living area with open modern kitchen and dining zone, laid out for family life.
- A separate study with its own balcony — a real room for working from the lake.
- A second entrance to a hobby room that can become a guest wing.
- Seven bedrooms and three bathrooms on the upper floor, plus a walk-in wardrobe and cellar.
- Original fabric carefully recovered: Moltrasio stone, Lombard cotto floors, exposed roof beams, an open fireplace and stone walls.
- Mature planted garden, balcony, terrace, small stone rustico, private vehicle access and parking.
Life Here
The village
Torno — a well-preserved historic core on the shore, with restaurants, bars and shops a few steps from the door.
On the water
The public ferry reaches Como in minutes; the shore itself is a short walk for summer swimming.
Getting here
Como is a few kilometres away, with motorway and rail links to Milan; Malpensa and Linate serve international flights.
Year-round
Schools and sports facilities make the village practical for full-time residents, not only summer owners.
Our Perspective
Why it works
Seven bedrooms, three bathrooms and two separate entrances make this unusually flexible: a large family house, a two-generation home, or a well-positioned B&B in a village with international visitors and luxury hotels drawing demand.
Ownership case
Lake Como supply is fixed and Torno is one of the villages that has moved from local to international over the past decade. At €780,000 for 300 m² with garden and parking, the price per square metre sits well below the headline lakefront villas while sharing the same shoreline and the same transport.
What makes it special
Seven bedrooms and a mature planted garden in the centre of Torno, with the rare thing a historic lake village does not offer — private vehicle access and parking; a wisteria-covered pergola terrace looks across the water.
Best suited for
A buyer who wants space, garden and lake access in a real village — with the option of letting rooms rather than the need to.
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