Flower Places

Set along the picturesque eastern shore of Lake Como in Varenna, Villa Monastero offers a breathtaking sensory escape where eight centuries of architectural history and rare global botany seamlessly intertwine. This magnificent lakeside estate, owned by the Province of Lecco, invites visitors to slow down and experience a spectacular linear paradise extending almost two kilometers

Set on the shores of Lake Como in Bellagio, I Giardini di Villa Melzi d’Eril offer a breathtaking sensory escape where English landscape design and elegant neoclassical heritage seamlessly intertwine. This historical 19th-century park, built between 1808 and 1810 for the Duke of Lodi, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, invites visitors to slow down and experience a

Set on the steep, dramatic promontory separating the two majestic branches of Lake Como, Parco di Villa Serbelloni offers a breathtaking sensory escape where sweeping alpine panoramas and centuries of aristocratic history seamlessly intertwine. This massive 21-hectare natural park—originally shaped in 1788 by Count Alessandro Serbelloni and now curated by the Rockefeller Foundation—invites visitors to

Set on a wooded promontory overlooking the western shore of Lake Como, Villa del Balbianello offers a breathtaking sensory escape where romantic 18th-century architecture and impeccably manicured terraced gardens seamlessly intertwine. This elegant estate, managed by FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano), invites visitors to slow down and experience a spectacular world of dramatic vistas, historic expeditions,

Set on the breathtaking shores of Lake Como, Villa Carlotta offers a sublime sensory escape where disciplined late Baroque geometry and wild Romantic landscapes seamlessly intertwine. This magnificent 8-hectare botanical masterpiece, originally built in the late 17th century, invites visitors to slow down and experience a world-renowned oasis of colors, scents, and monumental nature. Highlights: