My daughter and I stayed a week at this home in Carcente and we loved being there. The house has everything we needed and my favorite moments of my whole trip (Milan, Lugano, Bellinzona and other Lake Como villages) were those spent on the balcony of this house, looking at the amazing view of Lake Como, listening to the sounds of the spring fed fountain down below and the ringing of church bells from far below and simply being. This tiny village, high on the side of a mountain, with a breathtaking view, and no cars in the town, made me feel as if I had been taken back centuries, to a simpler time. Federica was the perfect landlady--there when we needed her but not hovering. It is quite a walk, uphill, to get to the house but the climb is worth it.