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Il Sereno
Torno, Italy · Il Sereno / Le Sereno · Grand Luxury
The first entirely new hotel built on Lake Como's shores in decades when it opened in 2016, designed by Patricia Urquiola using Ceppo Lombardo stone on a historic state-owned dock in Torno, beside Villa Pliniana, where Rossini composed Tancredi in 1813, six kilometres from Como on the quieter eastern shore.
- 40 rooms
- Opened 2016
- Architect: Patricia Urquiola
- Interiors: Patricia Urquiola
About Il Sereno
- Opened August 1, 2016 as the first entirely new contemporary hotel built on Lake Como's shores in decades, designed by Patricia Urquiola on a historic stone boathouse.
- Its vertical gardens by Patrick Blanc reportedly make it the only place in the world with three distinct Blanc pieces in one location.
- Named the number one hotel in Italy by Travel + Leisure in 2021, expanding from 30 to 40 suites that year.
History
Opened in 2016 as the first entirely new hotel on the lake's shores in decades, it was designed by Patricia Urquiola on a historic state-owned dock using Ceppo Lombardo stone as a nod to the local rationalist tradition.
The setting
Il Sereno sits on Via Torrazza in the medieval village of Torno, on the eastern shore six kilometres from Como. Opened in 2016 as the first entirely new hotel on the lake's shores in decades, it was designed by Patricia Urquiola on a historic state-owned dock using Ceppo Lombardo stone as a nod to the local rationalist tradition. Torno occupies a promontory beside Villa Pliniana, the 16th-century villa where the intermittent spring described by Pliny the Elder still flows and where Rossini composed Tancredi in 1813. Como's Gothic-Renaissance Duomo is twenty-two minutes by water taxi, Villa d'Este thirty-three minutes, and the hotel sits within a cluster of landmark luxury properties on the eastern shore. 8 km from Tempio Voltiano museum. 7 km from Cathedral of Como.
Restaurants and bars
- Il Sereno Al Lago Restaurant — Restaurant · Italian · One MICHELIN Star
Amenities
- Spa
- Infinity pool
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2026)
- Travel + Leisure World's Best Hotels (2026)
- Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards (2025)
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