Grandi Giardini Italiani Srl

c/o Villa Erba
Largo Luchino Visconti, 4
22012 Cernobbio (COMO)
Italy

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Lombardia

Villa Melzi d'Eril

Bellagio, Como

Giardino storico
Botanical Treasure Hunt Grandi Giardini Italiani
Overnight stay
Pet Friendly
Ville di Delizia
Wheelchair accessible

History

Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Duke of Lodi, Vice-President of the first Italian Republic and personal friend of Napoleon, decided to build a summer residence in Bellagio at the beginning of the nineteenth century, on a site with an incredible view. Giocondo Albertolli, the trustworthy architect of their Milanese home, was given the project of the villa whilst the park was entrusted to Luigi Canonica with the agronomist Luigi Villoresi, who had already designed Monza Park.

The neoclassical villa was finished in 1810 and owes part of its fascination to the park bordering the lake as well as the devices adopted to optically increase the limited space, squeezed between the bottom of the hill and the lake. A water-lily pool greets the visitor, followed by a Moresque kiosk with an enchanting view towards Bellagio and, facing it, the monument to Dante and Beatrice by Comolli, which inspired Liszt's Sonata to Dante. Along the lake shore, beside a Pinus montezuma, there is an ancient Egyptian statue of the Goddess Pacht and others from Napoleon's Egyptian campaign.

A stroll along the avenue of plane trees, pruned to umbrella shapes, leads to the terrace in front of the villa, framed by antique sculptures. The family chapel, designed by Albertolli, marks the end of the garden with its neoclassical monuments. The orangery is now a museum of memorabilia and prints from the first Italian Republic. Exotic and rare species alternate with secular trees, camellias, rhododendrons. Amongst the more valued plants are Liriodendron tulipifera, cedars of Lebanon, copper beeches, camphors, Ginkgo biloba and others, of botanic and historic value, all labelled to add interest for visitors.

How to reach

By car
From Como: SS583 towards Bellagio
From Lecco: SS583-SP583 towards Bellagio
Car Park in Lungolario Manzoni or in Loppia

By train
Use the railway Trenitalia or Le Nord for the connections from Switzerland or from Milan to Como. Continue by boat or by bus
For information: www.fsitaliane.it

By ferry-boat
Use the Como Lake navigation network. Stop Bellagio
For information: www.navigazionelaghi.it

By bus
From the square of Como Station, there are buses of the line connecting the city to Bellagio
Per information: www.asfautolinee.it

By electric boats
It is possible to rent electric boats at affordable rates and without boat license at Econoleggio Comolake at Colico.
For information and reservation: phone +39 347 0704434 - email: info@econoleggiocomolake.it

Accomomodations

Possibility to stay in the apartments Giardini di Villa Melzi near the hotel.
For information and reservations contact Ornella Lady at the following addresses: mob. +39 339 221 4394 - email appbellagio@gmail.com
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Villoresi Luigi

Information
Opening hours
Season 2024
23 March to the end of October, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
(last entrance at 6:30 p.m.)

Guided tour by advanced booking
Entrance
Adults: € 10,00
Groups (min.15 people): € 8,00
School groups: € 6,50
Kids (under 12): free admission
Season ticket: € 50,00
Contact us
Lungolario Manzoni
22021 Bellagio (CO)

Ingresso da Bellagio o Loppia (via Lago)

Mob. +39 333 4877427
F. +39 031 950318

www.giardinidivillamelzi.it
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