Guidebook for Argegno
Sightseeing
The Pearl of Lake Como
Few places are as romantic as Lake Como, and even fewer resorts as beautiful as Bellagio. Called the “Pearl of the Lake”, Bellagio's world class hotels and restaurants provide the perfect place to soak up the lake's famous panorama. The village is characterised by century-old buildings, stone lanes and picturesque cobbled stairways filled with shops showcasing the finest Italian wares.
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Bellagio
The Pearl of Lake Como
Few places are as romantic as Lake Como, and even fewer resorts as beautiful as Bellagio. Called the “Pearl of the Lake”, Bellagio's world class hotels and restaurants provide the perfect place to soak up the lake's famous panorama. The village is characterised by century-old buildings, stone lanes and picturesque cobbled stairways filled with shops showcasing the finest Italian wares.
Splendid villas open to the public grace the area surrounding Bellagio and can be reached in a few minutes by car or, better, by boat.
The villa now belongs to FAI, the Italian equivalent of the National Trust (a fund for the Preservation of the Environment) which maintains it in all splendour and opens it to the public every day except Monday and Wednesday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. from March 14th to November 15th.
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Villa del Balbianello
Via Guido DelmatiSplendid villas open to the public grace the area surrounding Bellagio and can be reached in a few minutes by car or, better, by boat.
The villa now belongs to FAI, the Italian equivalent of the National Trust (a fund for the Preservation of the Environment) which maintains it in all splendour and opens it to the public every day except Monday and Wednesday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. from March 14th to November 15th.
Alessandro Volta Temple was buillt in 1927 to celebrate the first centennial of Alessandro Volta's death, a renowned physicist born in Como in 1745. Alessandro Volta invented the "Voltaic Pile" an early version of the eletric battery.
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Como
Alessandro Volta Temple was buillt in 1927 to celebrate the first centennial of Alessandro Volta's death, a renowned physicist born in Como in 1745. Alessandro Volta invented the "Voltaic Pile" an early version of the eletric battery.
Parks & Nature
The island, still little explored, has been in the enter of a turbulent and adventurous Middle Ages. It is found in the bay of the western coast of the Como side of the Lake Como that is between Argegno and the peninsula of Lavedo. The students call it "Pompei of the Lario" and are considered one of the more important archaeological areas of the Lombardy.
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Isola Comacina
The island, still little explored, has been in the enter of a turbulent and adventurous Middle Ages. It is found in the bay of the western coast of the Como side of the Lake Como that is between Argegno and the peninsula of Lavedo. The students call it "Pompei of the Lario" and are considered one of the more important archaeological areas of the Lombardy.
The gardens of Villa Carlotta chiefly owe their reputation to the rhododendrons’ and azaleas’ spring flowering, consisting of over 150 different sorts.
But the gardens are worth to visit in every period of the year: old varieties of camellias, century old cedars and sequoias, huge planes and tropical plants.
Some of the flowering plants are enormous and reach the exceptional height of 22 metres.
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Villa Carlotta
2 Via ReginaThe gardens of Villa Carlotta chiefly owe their reputation to the rhododendrons’ and azaleas’ spring flowering, consisting of over 150 different sorts.
But the gardens are worth to visit in every period of the year: old varieties of camellias, century old cedars and sequoias, huge planes and tropical plants.
Some of the flowering plants are enormous and reach the exceptional height of 22 metres.