Lake Como is a place I'm planning to do a float rating when I get some time.
http://www.aeroclubcomo.com/En/Ratings.asp
I havent heard anything bad about it and the prices dont seem too severe, plus the setting is spectacutar.
P.S. I think I rembember reading in Pilot a few months ago that one or both of the 172's, and maybe the Maule, were wrecked or damaged from dodgey landings. Check it out...