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19. Menaggio
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26. Villa Monastero
27. Vezio
28. Piona
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What's on out of town
Chiaravalle
Morimondo
Certosa di Pavia
Vigevano
Sabbioneta
Como
Lake Como Route1. The Lake
2. Cernobbio
3. Villa Erba
4. San Vincenzo
5. Villa dʼEste
6. Moltrasio
7. Villa Passalacqua
8. SantʼAgata
9. Laglio
10. Isola Comacina
11. Ossuccio
12. Lenno
13. Santo Stefano
14. Battistero
15. Balbianello
16. Mezzegra
17. Tremezzo
18. Villa Carlotta
19. Menaggio
20. Santo Stefano
21. Bellagio
22. San Giacomo
23. Villa Serbelloni
24. Villa Melzi
25. Varenna
26. Villa Monastero
27. Vezio
28. Piona
Stresa
Crespi d'Adda
Gardaland
What's on out of town
Villa Carlotta is the destination No. 18in our visiting tour on Lake Como. A list of destinations is available, each with an audioguide. We travel northbound, from Como to Piona.
Tremezzo Via Regina 2
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mapImmediately after you leave the built-up area of Tremezzo and pass the Grand Hotel, you'll spot the entrance to the majestic Villa Carlotta.
Villa Carlotta acquired this name because, around the year 1850, it was given by Princess Marianna of Nassau, wife of Albert of Prussia, to her daughter Carlotta on the occasion of her marriage.
However the house is of much older origin, having been built in 1690 by the Milanese marquis Giorgio Clerici. It was subsequently owned, until 1838, by the marquis Sommariva who embellished it with artworks and sumptuous furnishings. But Carlotta concentrated her attention on the garden, enlarging it and introducing rare and exotic plants.
Now Villa Carlotta hosts a museum with some outstanding 19th-century works: sculptures by Antonio Canova and Berthel Thorvaldsen. But its grounds - with the many hundreds of botanical species - are the main attraction.
The formal Italian-style gardens, dramatic terracing, parterre and massed flowering shrubs are a joy to see.
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