RESIDENCE BELLAGIO is in Bellagio, known as the pearl of lake Como by Americans and English, who are both habitués of these beautiful places, still for the most part unknown. Privacy is still respected here, unlike in other places. The area has not been invaded by mass tourism and this makes Lake Como and Bellagio absolutely unique. RESIDENCE BELLAGIO is everything we have said up to now. It is just 2 km away from the centre of Bellagio and surrounded by a luxuriant vegetation. Thanks to its 30,000 sq.m of park it is surrounded by lush unspoilt vegetation.
It is ideal for those who wish to spend peaceful holidays, but at the same time be near the facilities of the town of Bellagio, where chaos is not at home. You can enjoy a wonderful lake view from any position. At the bottom of a flight of stairs only 300 m away is a pebble beach used only by residence guests. The RESIDENCE is also unique. It has 4 different sized flats all with different characteristics from the furnishing to the colours.
Each one has a table, chairs, deckchairs and a beach umbrella on the porch. Each flat has top quality furnishings. There is a playground for children, table with marquees, a barbecue for outdoor cooking and parking places. Laundry room. Other apartaments:
» BLG100 APPARTAMENTO VERDE (apartment for 6 people)
» BLG101 APPARTAMENTO GIALLO (apartment for 6 people)
» BLG103 APPARTAMENTO LILLA (apartment for 4 people)
DESCRIPTION APARTMENT
2 bedrooms,living room,kitchen,bathroom,approx.100 sq. mt. Large living room with sofa, desk, bookcase and stereo where you can relax and listen to music, T.V. SAT. Kitchen with 4 gas burner cooker, oven and micro-wave, dishwasher. 1 double bedroom with 19th century wardrobes and dresser, with T.V.SAT. 1 bedroom which sleeps 3 people with wardrobes. Bathroom with bath, shower with curtain, washing machine, W.C. Deck-chair, table and chairs on the covered terrace outside.
Bed, kitchen and bath linen and heating are included. Final cleaning €50.
TOWN OF BELLAGIO Known as the "pearl" of the Lake Como, Bellagio is the most famous place on the lake. Its particular conformation has enchanted artists and writers from all over the world and for several centuries.
It is on the extreme point of the promontory that divides the lake in the two branches of Como and Lecco. The town extends itself partly on the coast zone and partly on the slopes of the promontory.
Thanks to this particular location there is an extraordinary panoramic variety and the sight you can have over the whole lake. Also the extreme northern horizon of the Pre-Alps is perceived. Among the more suggestive panoramic points there are the park of Villa Serbelloni and the peak of the mountain St. Primo, from where, in particularly clear days, it is possible to see the Alps from the Monte Bianco to the Ortles and the Madonnina of the Duomo (cathedral) in Milan.
Bellagio, with its mild climate in winter and moderate in summer, with its characteristic historical centre and its luxuriant and various flowers, is a place of ideal stay for the ones who love the rest and the walks. It also offers during the summer different water sport structures.
In the high part of the town there is near a tower, the only part left of the ancient defensive system, the basilica of St. Giacomo, built by the Maestro Comacini. There are then the oratory of S. Giorgio and the rests of the church of S. Peter Apostle, incorporated in the Villa Serbelloni.
In Bellagio are also famous the villas, with the relative parks. Here, close to the local flora, rare and exotic plants are found in splendid gardens in Italian or English style. The park of Villa Serbelloni is considered one of the most beautiful villas in Italy, among Villa Melzi, Villa Poldi Pezzoli, Villa Giulia and Villa Belmonte. There are a lot of excursions and trips to do around Bellagio. One of the most known destination is the Park of the S. Primo mountain, that can be reached by car (14 kms). From here up to the peak there are about three hours of walk. You can reach the town on the other side of the lake by boat or hydroplane. The gastronomic specialties of the zone are lake fishes.
WHAT TO VISIT:
Basilica of S. Giacomo.
Built in the XII century, the Romanesque basilica of S. Giacomo introduces three aisles with apses decorated to the outside from bows. Inside there are different Romanesque sculptures and two tables of School Umbra from XV century.
A XVIII century wooden altar is also present. The bell tower of the XVI century has been modified during the following centuries.
Villa Melzi
Nowadays, Villa Gallarati Scotti, once called Melzi, is a building from the neoclassic lines built between 1810 and 1815 on sketch of G. Albertolli. Inside, among numerous works of art, there are pictures by Appiani and sculptures by Canova.
In the chapel, one of the graves are work of V.Vela. A vast park, that goes down to the lake, surrounds the villa.
Villa Poldi Pezzoli
Also called Villa Trivulzio, it introduces the typical lines of the neo-gothic taste of the nineteenth-century. In the park, in the place Loppia, there is the Romanesque church of S. Maria, already belonging to a Benedictine monastic complex suppressed in the XVI century.
Villa Serbelloni
Built in the XVI century and practically re-made in the following century, enriched by a great park that extends on the promontory stretched out in the lake, the villa currently introduces it as a building of the air nineteenth-century Centre of the cultural Foundation Rockefeller, it incorporates a Romanesque small church.