Best Hotels with Rooftop Bars & Pools in Lake Como (2026)

Named one of the world's best hotels, Passalacqua is an 18th-century villa on a private lakeside estate above Moltrasio — 24 rooms and a private beach, with Bellini's grand piano in the salon and a kitchen garden supplying a genuinely exceptional restaurant. The most intimate and perfect small luxury hotel on the lake.

• World's Best Hotel
• Intimate
• Private Estate

★ 9.7 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation

The most legendary hotel in Italy — a 16th-century cardinal's villa set in 25 acres of Baroque terraced gardens on the western shore, with a floating outdoor pool on the lake, 10 restaurants, and a spa in a former Turkish bath. Opened as a hotel in 1873 and has lost none of its imperial grandeur.

• Legendary
• Villa Gardens
• Ultimate Luxury

★ 9.5 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation

A stunning 1910 Liberty-style palace on the mid-lake western shore with three pools including a floating platform pool on the lake, a historic car collection in the garage, and rooms of romantic grandeur facing the Villa Carlotta gardens across the water. One of Europe's great classic hotel experiences.

• Liberty Villa
• Floating Pool
• Classic Luxury

★ 9.3 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation

Bellagio's defining five-star, occupying a 19th-century villa at the tip of the central peninsula with two pools, a full spa, and rooms whose terrace views across both arms of the lake towards the snow-capped Alps are among the most extraordinary in Europe.

• Bellagio
• Lake Views
• Classic Grand Hotel

★ 9.2 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation

A boldly contemporary design hotel on the eastern Como arm designed by Patricia Urquiola, with glass-and-steel cantilevered over the water, minimal luxury interiors, and an infinity lap pool. The most architecturally significant hotel on the lake and an extraordinary contrast to the villa tradition.

• Contemporary Design
• Patricia Urquiola
• Infinity Pool

★ 9.2 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation

A small, contemporary design hotel on the quieter northern lake shore, with an infinity pool overlooking the water, minimal Scandinavian-influenced interiors, and an exceptionally good restaurant. The antithesis of the classic lake grandeur — calm, modern, and genuinely restorative.

• Design
• Quiet North Lake
• Adults Only

★ 9.1 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation