The Park of Villa Serbelloni |
Sightseeing |
| About & History: Villa Serbelloni is now a Grand Hotel. Its park is one of the best of the Lake. The luxurious Italian-style gardens has a bounty of Mediterranean and subtropical plants, which flourishes in the pleasant microclimate around the lake. The lower part of the garden is an informal parkland planted with olives trees and Italian Cypresses. The upper garden is mainly woodland. The part of the garden near to the house consist of three curved terraces on which there are flowering plants and shrubs. A separate small garden has a fountain dedicated to Cecilio Plinio.
The park, the lake's largest, extends all over the entire promontory to the small town's mount which offers a splendid view of the two branches of the Lake. The Neo-classical Villa Melzi can be seen from the lake, from extremely sober and elegant forms, realized between the 1808 and 1810 and based on Giacomo Albertelli's project for the Count Francesco, vice president and Chancellor of the Kingdom of Italy. Described by Stendhal, this noble residence hosted many famous guests: the Emperors Francesco I and Ferdinand of Austria to the musician Liszt. Worthy of mention as well is Villa Trivulzio, built in the 18th Century and restored a Century later with its grand English-style park, and Villa Trotti, in its neo-Gothic remake with Moorish decorations and with rarities that enrich the park.
The Villa is owned by the Rockefeller foundation and is not open to the public. You can take a guided tour of the park at a price of 9 euro from April through October, Tuesday to Sunday (no tours when it's raining) two tours per day: at 11 am and 3.30 pm, tour lasts 1.5 hours.
Winston Churchill, Roosevelt, the Rothschilds, J.F. Kennedy, Clark Gable, Robert Mitchum and Al Pacino have all strolled through the rooms and lakeside gardens of the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni. Gianfranco Bucher is their of a family, who for five generations has made the high class hotel's hospitality his life 's ambition. |
| Star Scale:
5-Stars ***** (Best) |
Cost Scale:
$$ Less than Average |
| Address: Piazza della Chiesa, 14, Bellagio |
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| Added on: 2016-04-25 08:57:17 |
Last Update: 2016-04-25 08:57:17 |
| Website: http://www.villaserbelloni.com/Bellagio/en/ |
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