The Villa Serbelloni, in the town of Bellagio, on Lakes Como and Lecco (on a promontory that divides the large Lake Como into three long fingers: Como to the north and also to the south west, and Lecco to the south east. Our room is on the upper corner facing the viewer, with the small balcony coming off the front of the building. The rose gardens are immediately below, with the top of the olive groves below. In the background to the west is the southern finger of Lake Como, looking south. The villa was built, in its present iteration, in 1540.
Looking out from our balcony to the southern finger of Lake Como.
The view from our balcony looking east, over rose gardens, to Lake Lecco (the western finger of the large Lake Como). The building below houses the small gym.
Looking south over Lake Lecco, with the buildings of "The Sfrondrata", built for the owner's brother, a cardinal, in the 1500s, on the waterfront. Also, to the far right of the photo, on the water, is the small harbor built by Sfondrati, with the tiny, gorgeous neighborhood of Pescalli.
From the very top of the promontory, about 300-400 feet above the lake, looking north over the northern finger of Lake Como, toward Switzerland (not far away) and the Alps. I believe these 7-8000 foot mountains are called the "pre-Alps." They are only about 10 or 15 miles away, I think.
The Villa Serbelloni, in the town of Bellagio, on Lakes Como and Lecco (on a promontory that divides the large Lake Como into three long fingers: Como to the north and also to the south west, and Lecco to the south east. Our room is on the upper corner facing the viewer, with the small balcony coming off the front of the building. The rose gardens are immediately below, with the top of the olive groves below. In the background to the west is the southern finger of Lake Como, looking south. The villa was built, in its present iteration, in 1540.
Looking out from our balcony to the southern finger of Lake Como.
The view from our balcony looking east, over rose gardens, to Lake Lecco (the western finger of the large Lake Como). The building below houses the small gym.
Looking south over Lake Lecco, with the buildings of "The Sfrondrata", built for the owner's brother, a cardinal, in the 1500s, on the waterfront. Also, to the far right of the photo, on the water, is the small harbor built by Sfondrati, with the tiny, gorgeous neighborhood of Pescalli.
From the very top of the promontory, about 300-400 feet above the lake, looking north over the northern finger of Lake Como, toward Switzerland (not far away) and the Alps. I believe these 7-8000 foot mountains are called the "pre-Alps." They are only about 10 or 15 miles away, I think.
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