Lake Como, Italy has all the ingredients to make for the perfect holiday.

Bring the sunshine home: exquisite olive oil from Lake Como, Italy.

A bottle of olive oil made from the olives harvested around Lake Como is the perfect souvenir for friends and family, or better still as a treat for yourself. The olive oil with the DOP certificate of genuine origin is said to be very much in demand this year. Local newspapers have reported that the olive oil industry has seen a real boom this year on the lake.

The largest quantity of olive oil is produced from the Tremezzina area and is known for its excellent quality. Oliveto Lario is also well known for its delicious olive oil; the town name dervies from a special kind of olive tree that is said to have been brought to Lake Como from the middle east in ancient times. The rich taste and fine quality make this olive oil a luxury product.

Next time you stay at Lake Como, be sure to indulge yourself in a bottle or two!