Water views in a picture perfect setting

Shelley falls in love with Italy's Lake Como calling it drop dead gorgeous and picture perfect.

The lake, carved out by a glacier tens of thousands of years ago, provides the perfect vista for all the towns scattered around its edge.

For Shelley, Bellagio is the pick. The locals say that to achieve never ending love and happiness, you should honeymoon in Bellagio.

The town is popular with tourists and celebrities. The tourists visit and the celebrities buy villas on the waterfronts.

One villa, Balbianello, is said to be the most beautiful on the lake.

Some go so far as to describe it as the most magical house in all of Italy. It was built in the late 1700s for a cardinal but these days it is perhaps better known as a film set for some very well known movies.

The spectacular lake and its breathtaking surrounds is only an hour from Milan.

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