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Cadenabbia (7,6Km)Konrad Adenauer Academy

Tremezzo (7,8Km)Villa Carlotta Gardens, between Cadenabbia and Tremezzo

Griante (8,2Km)San Martin Catholic Church at Griante Cadenabbia

Griante (8,2Km)Griante Cadenabbia, Lake Como

Bellano (12,7Km)The Horrid of Bellano

Porlezza (17Km)Spring trip

Como (20,6Km)Como — the postcard city

Como (20,6Km)Como, a city full of charm

Grandate (25,5Km)The Toy Horse Museum, Grandate, Como

Roncola (28Km)Excursion to Monte Linzone from Roncola S. Bernardo

Konrad Adenauer Academy

One of the most beautiful lakes of Europe, scenic landscapes of Lago di Como - Cadenabbia, Italy

Villa La Collina is the former summer residence of the first German chancellor Konrad Adenauers at Lake Como. The historic Villa and the modern Accademia Konrad Adenauer are located in one of his most beautiful and spectacular position overlooking the lake and the picturesque Bellagio. From 1959 to 1966 Konrad Adenauer spent his holidays in Villa La Collina 15 times in a row up to 8 weeks.

During these years Adenauer welcomed numerous important politicians and personalities of his time. Adenauer came to Lake Como by recommendation of his Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano, whose family had its roots here. In the spring of 1957 Adenauer visited for the first time Cadenabbia, where he also learned boccia. Since then, he came almost every spring and late summer there. First years he was in the Villa Rosa, then in the Villa Arminio. Already during his first stay Adenauer discovered the Villa La Collina, which - as the name says - on a hill above the village sits. Villa La Collina is located away from the transit traffic, protected from curious eyes, and offers a fantastic view over the lake. In 1958 Adenauer asked the mayor of Griante for mediation to rent the villa for his next holidays. The mayor took up the matter, and the owner of the Villa La Collina, a French noble family, agreed - the Villa was their summer home which was used only rarely. Two months before the arrival of Adenauer work began in the fall of 1959, around the Villa to make it habitable again. Inside the Villa was more or less no interior.

Local hotels helped with furniture and even the town hall provided a desk. The temporary atmosphere inside was in contrast to the noble position of the villa. However, visitors described the interior of the villa as pretty uncomfortable. But this didn’t bother Adenauer and the villa became his second homefor several years. The mere presence of Adenauer in Cadenabbia was a media event.

Dozens of journalists, German and Italian were waiting outside the villa to get pictures of a relaxed, vacationing Chancellor and pick up crisp quotes. Adenauer loved the landscape, the mild climate, the easy friendliness of the locals and the rich flora.

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Griante Cadenabbia, Lake Como

Villa Maria, monumental residence built in neo Renaissance style between 1889 and 1892 by the engineer Giacomo Mantegazza, Griante, Como Lake Italy.

A fragrant blend of art, relaxation and culture. Contemplation reigns here. A green and blue strip of water and lush vegetation in the shape of a forked tongue, Lake Como looks south towards the industrial heart of Northern Italy and Milan, its financial capital, and north to the almost always snow-capped peaks of the Swiss Alps of the Engadin in the Grisons Canton.

The area around the lake offers excellent tourist hospitality, especially in the central part known as “Tremezzina” or the “Riviera of the Azaleas” for the multicoloured blossoms that burst into flower at the beginning of spring.. Together with Cernobbio and Bellagio, it is in Griante Cadenabbia , one of the queens of the lake and a prestigious international tourist destination with its excellent hotels and the more familiar, intimate and exclusive residences scattered throughout the area, that beautiful geometric plantings forming elegant gardens and inspiring hymns to contemplation can be found.
Cadenabbia lies on the shore opposite Bellagio. Visited in the past by famous personalities such as Giuseppe Verdi and Konrad Adenauer, the German Chancellor, who regularly holidayed here at Villa La Collina , in the far off 19th century, Griante Cadenabbia also charmed the American writer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who wrote: Cadenabbia I ask myself, Is this a dream? Will it all vanish into air? Is there a land of such supreme And perfect beauty anywhere?
Today, tourists from all over the world, Australians, Americans, North Europeans, Russians, Swiss and Canadians, and even some from the Arab Emirates, animate its lakeside, wander through the ancient village and climb up to the Sanctuary of San Martino perched high above. All on a voyage of discovery of an area made enchanting by colourful gardens, spectacular parks and sumptuous historic villas, full of the harmonious sounds of nature interrupted only by solemn, enveloping silence.

The beauty of the landscape has been preserved with complete respect for the environment. This is at the heart of its attraction. From Griante we start out on an imaginary tour to discover Villa Carlotta , Villa La Collina , United States Democratic Senator (currently Secretary of State ) from Massachussets John Kerry's Villa Maresi, Villa Melzi in Bellagio and Villa del Balbianello in Lenno, owned by the FAI, the Italian National Trust.

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Excursion to Monte Linzone from Roncola S. Bernardo

Mount Linzone

Excursion as easy as profitable, especially from a panoramic aspect. The coastal of Monte Linzone is in fact the first significant elevation of the Orobic prealps, with its sweet and verdant summit dome overlooking the underlying Bergamo plain, a thousand meters lower. The trip is feasible almost all year round, except in the case of heavy snowfalls, however rare now.

From the town of Roncola San Bernardo, one of the most famous tourist resorts in the province (20 kilometers from Bergamo, altitude 858 meters), you start to follow the steep paved road that leads to the cemetery. Continue straight, until beyond the end of the road, entering a comfortable signposted path. Having come out of the woods, and passed a wavy lawn with a large cabin, the most strenuous stretch of the trip begins: a wide but steep rocky and gravel channel, which requires a minimum of caution. At its end, you reach the spectacular ridge of the mountain, where the view opens onto the Imagna Valley below and the entire Orobie chain in the background.

Now bending to the left, continue along the easy and undulating summit ridge, until you reach the wide grassy dome of the summit, on which is placed a large iron cross: Monte Linzone, altitude 1392 meters, 1.30 hours from the start. The return takes place along the route followed uphill, and takes about an hour.

The panorama is of those who are not easily forgotten, and it is rightly famous: the Val San Martino, which sinks for a thousand meters below us, the entire Po Valley, closed by the nuanced chain of the Apennines; on the opposite side the Imagna Valley lying at our feet, with the Orobie chain in the background, in a succession as far as the eye can see valleys and peaks.
By completing the excursion in the months of May and June, it will also be possible to admire in all its beauty the flowering of daffodils: a bloom so extraordinary to the point that, until the 1960s, on these meadows took place the traditional as indispensable “narcisata”, a sort of race for those who collected the biggest and most beautiful decks. According to chronicles of the time, on May 1, 1960, something like twenty thousand people counted on the meadows of Roncola San Bernardo! If we think that, at the time, the access road was not yet paved — it would have been only three years later, in 1963 — we can understand how popular this real “party of spring.”

Data sheet
Travel time: 2.30 hours Starting altitude: m. 858 Difference

in height: m. 534
Difficulty: T — Tourist
Recommended period: All year round, in the absence of snow
Region: Lombardy
Province: < /strong > Bergamo
Valle/area: hill

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B&B Villino Bice

Abbadia Lariana (5 Km) - Via Nazionale, 150/G

e-mail www +39341702236

The pearl in the crown of the villa Bice is the large garden that allows guests a relaxing and exclusive stay with direct access to the beach. The strategic location of the villa Bice offers the possibility of walks and excursions on the "Path of the Wanderer" which begins at Abbadia Lariana a short walk from the residence and with various paths and various stages up to Colico. Happy oasis suitable for every type of holiday. For lovers. Families and tourists passaggio.Direttamente from Abbey, by boat or by hydrofoil, ability to reach Bellagio, Menaggio, Cademabbia, Tremezzo to discover the fantastic Villa Carlotta and Villa Melzi. 3 km from Cottage Bice is Mandello del Lario, historic home of the Moto Guzzi that each year attracts thousands of guzzisti periodic rallies, with the possibility to visit the museum.

SPORTING CLUB

Ballabio (11 Km) - Casimiro Ferrari 3

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B&B LA VIGNA

Primaluna (12 Km) - Via Della Vigna 5/A

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B&B Armonie del Lago

Annone di Brianza (14 Km) - Via Ponte 15

e-mail www +393381817770

PARINI HOTEL

Bosisio Parini (14 Km) - Piazza Dell'Ospedale 4

e-mail www +3931865008

RESIDENZA MOLINATTO

Oggiono (15 Km) - Via Molinatto 15

e-mail www +39341261020

Red's Redaelli Hotel

Barzano' (21 Km) - Via Don Rinaldo Beretta 24

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CORTE DEL PASSONE

Montevecchia (26 Km) - Via Passone 2

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Villas and apartments

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Strada Regina

Menaggio (8 Km)

Art and culture

Torraccia Diroccato

Abbadia Lariana (5 Km)

The Torraccia has a quadrangular structure. Now you can see only a large wall extended during the lake and gives the idea of a small castle. The Torraccia is composed of many very special external and internal elements.

Torre di Scarenna trasformato

Asso (8 Km)

The transformed Tower of Scarenna is located in the municipality of Asso. It is thought to have been built in Roman times. Some say it dates back to the 11th century, others to the 13th century. The fact that it is such an ancient construction has contributed to its slow deterioration, which is why today it is not in excellent condition even if it is still visible.

Torre di Asso

Asso (8 Km)

Castello di Barni ruderi

Barni (3 Km)

The castle of Barni is an ancient building dating back to the '500. After having undergone some restorations, the castle retained its original appearance.

Villa del Balbianello

Tremezzina (8 Km)

The Villa del Balbianello is located on the extreme tip of a Dosso di Lavedo promontory, which stretches out into the water detaching itself from the western shore of Lake Como, just before Tremezzo, approximately in front of Bellagio.

Isola Comacina

Tremezzina (9 Km)

The island of Comacina, unique on Lake Como, is appreciated, as well as for its lush nature and for its splendid views, for the precious archaeological and artistic heritage it preserves: it is in fact considered among the most interesting archaeological areas in northern Italy for the early Middle Ages.

Villa Serbelloni

Bellagio (2 Km)

Dating back to 1400, Villa Serbelloni is located in Bellagio.It was bought by Alexander Serbelloni in 1788, who extended its inner space and its garden throughout over 18 km of roads and paths.

Museo di Villa Carlotta

Tremezzina (7 Km)

Museo del Motociclo MOTO GUZZI

Mandello del Lario (3 Km)

In Mandello del Lario there is one of the most interesting museums for fans of two wheels, the Motoguzzi museum. Located inside the factories where the production of the legendary 'Guzzi' began, it houses about 150 specimens including series motorcycles, sports bikes, experimental prototypes and engines. All exposed in a time path, testifying to the timeless all-Italian myth of two wheels that appreciates throughout the world. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 3.00 p.m. — 4.00 p.m. free admission — guided tour. The museum will be closed on Monday, April 1

Civico Museo Setificio Monti

Abbadia Lariana (5 Km)

In 1818 Pietro Monti, an industrialist of the time, transformed the ancient crowd from pannilani into a silk flyer. Used as such until 1934 then purchased by the Abegg family, they used it by twisting. In 1978, the City Council bought the building after a period of degradation. After the restoration, the ancient twisting machine of 1818 was also used. In 1998, the Setificio Monti Civic Museum was inaugurated. Today you can find equipment, tools, documents on the history of the flyer, etc.

Food and wine

La Terrazza

Bellagio (1 Km)

Chez Mario

Menaggio (11 Km)

The restaurant „Chez Mario” is the pride of Hotel Royal, small hotel, belonging to family Colombo since 1985 . The quality and excellence of the national and international cousin together with the local dishes are guaranteed by the professionalism of the son, EMILIO, „Chef de Cusine” and all the kitchen staff, which has been catering for a demanding local and international clientele. Every dish is accompanied by the best Italian wine. Our restaurant, spacious and bright, is the perfect place for small banquet and wedding. In the warm summer days you could take your lunch on the terrace

Vecchia Varenna

Varenna (9 Km)

Montecodeno

Varenna (9 Km)

Vanini Osvaldo

Tremezzina (8 Km)

Sport and fun

Jungle raider park

Bellagio (3 Km)

Services and tourist information

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Oliveto Lario

Oliveto Lario

Navalia Boat Service

Menaggio (11 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni E di Accoglienza Turistica

Menaggio (11 Km)

Tourist Office Usa

Canzo (9 Km)

I.A.T. Canzo

Canzo (9 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni E di Accoglienza Turistica

Varenna (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni E di Accoglienza Turistica

Tremezzina (7 Km)

Castello di Vezio

Perledo (9 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni E di Accoglienza Turistica

Bellagio (7 Km)

A.A.S.T. Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno e Turismo

Menaggio (11 Km)

A.A.S.T. Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno e Turismo di Griante-Cadenabbia

Griante (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Parlasco

Parlasco (11 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Perledo

Perledo (10 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Pognana Lario

Pognana Lario (11 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Rezzago

Rezzago (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Sala Comacina

Sala Comacina (10 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Sormano

Sormano (6 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Valbrona

Valbrona (6 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Valmadrera

Valmadrera (11 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Veleso

Veleso (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Zelbio

Zelbio (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Abbadia Lariana

Abbadia Lariana (5 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Asso

Asso (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Ballabio

Ballabio (11 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Barni

Barni (3 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Caglio

Caglio (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Canzo

Canzo (9 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Caslino D'erba

Caslino d'Erba (11 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Colonno

Colonno (11 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Esino Lario

Esino Lario (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Griante

Griante (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Lasnigo

Lasnigo (5 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Lezzeno

Lezzeno (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Lierna

Lierna (4 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Magreglio

Magreglio (2 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Mandello Del Lario

Mandello del Lario (3 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Nesso

Nesso (10 Km)

Visit Oliveto Lario - Tourism and travel tips for your vacation or weekend.

Travel guides and videos

Cadenabbia (7,6Km)Konrad Adenauer Academy

Tremezzo (7,8Km)Villa Carlotta Gardens, between Cadenabbia and Tremezzo

Griante (8,2Km)San Martin Catholic Church at Griante Cadenabbia

Griante (8,2Km)Griante Cadenabbia, Lake Como

Bellano (12,7Km)The Horrid of Bellano

Porlezza (17Km)Spring trip

Como (20,6Km)Como — the postcard city

Como (20,6Km)Como, a city full of charm

Grandate (25,5Km)The Toy Horse Museum, Grandate, Como

Roncola (28Km)Excursion to Monte Linzone from Roncola S. Bernardo

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