The best Lake Como spa hotels
An expert guide to the best Lake Como spa hotels, including the best for swimming pools, hot tubs, saunas, solariums, steam rooms, thalasso treatments, aromatherapy and nail bars, as well as rooms with lake views, fine dining and tennis courts, in Blevio, Bellagio, Cernobbio and Moltrasio.
The spa at this lakefront luxury villa-style hotel is designed to resemble the hull of an old steamboat, with portholes and rivets; treatment areas with teak flooring recall the design of a yacht. There’s a relaxation pool with side jets, 'emotional' showers with chromotherapy, sauna, two steam rooms, ice cascade, salt room and a Vertical Kneipp – a sensory path alternating hot and cold water. One of the treatment suites has a sauna and steam room; another a hammam and heated marble bed. The relaxation room has a glass floor suspended over a 19th-century dock that gives the impression of floating on water.
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Expect a cracking wellness centre at this five-star Art Nouveau hotel. T-Spa features a heated indoor infinity pool with five hydro-massage areas and an attached outdoor whirlpool tub. The panoramic relaxation lounge with sunbeds has floor-to-ceiling windows commanding lovely lake views. It offers traditional hammam treatments and signature wellness experiences exclusively designed by ESPA that use natural herbs and plants grown at the hotel. There’s a sauna with lake views, and nail studio. A private spa suite for couples has its own whirlpool tub, sauna and steam room. There’s a gym set over three floors, and yoga and fitness classes are offered.
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This opulent villa is one of the lake’s grandest hotels, nestled among lush gardens with camellias and magnolias, in an enviable location on Bellagio’s waterfront. The spa has a sauna and Turkish bath. Treatments range from thalasso seaweed wraps and ayurveda massages to shea butter facials. The spa is part of the fitness centre, which also features two outdoor tennis courts and a squash court. Beyond, you'll find two swimming pools (one outdoors, one indoors), a private stretch of beach and private dock. The spacious suites here have elaborate fittings, chandeliers and antique pieces of furniture. Be sure to bag one with a view of the lake.
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This is one of the great hotels of Italy, and it has a suitably decent spa. Facilities are limited to a Turkish bath and sauna, but the treatments are the biggest draw, particularly the anti-ageing offerings. The anti-oxidant facials and 'Power Peel' to remove damaged and dead skin are particularly popular. There's also an outdoor relaxation centre, beauty centre and gym. Afterwards, take a dip in the floating swimming pool and enjoy a relaxing stroll through the formal gardens, admiring the mock fortifications built by Countess Pino in an attempt to keep her bored military husband from returning to the Napoleonic Wars.
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The adults-only spa at this Art Nouveau villa built on a steep side of the hill on Lake Como boasts an indoor pool with bubbles and swan tap, ice cave and spacious solarium. There's also a private spa for two with sauna. The extensive menu of treatments range from chocolate scrubs to massages with orange-infused oils. Also popular is the outdoor pool, which is right beside the lake and affords grand vistas. There’s on-site tennis, too. The hotel has a handful of deluxe spa rooms with 'emotional' showers and other goodies. For a full lake view (rather than partial) book a villa.
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The spa is top notch at this family-run Bellagio hotel set among terraced gardens leading down to the lake. There's an open-air hot-tub pool set into the sloping grounds, sauna, Turkish bath, 'comfort room' with Alpine views and 'multisensory shower' (mountain mists; tropical rainstorm). Popular treatments include the Logevity Facial, which deploys the Kabat technique, a 'neuromuscular rehabilitation method', and the Aromatherapic Leg Wrap. Most rooms have balconies with lake views. There's also a garden cottage with two double bedrooms and its own private entrance.
