Description
Villa d'Este is hailed as one of the top destinations in Italy. All of the rooms are individually designed with elegant antique furnishings and are located in the main cardinal building and the more intimate queen's pavilion. Fine art adorns the walls and outside grand statues are situated around the gardens giving an air of grandeur.
The hotel also boasts 2 magnificently renovated 19th century villas situated within the parkland. Villa Cima sleeps 10 and enjoys a beautiful position on the banks of the lake. Villa Malakoff sleeps 8 and is situated on a small hill within the park. Each villa has a fully kitted luminous kitchen and living room. You can make use of all the facilities and amenities of the hotel while enjoying the privacy that your own villa can offer.
The Villa d'Este wellness centre offers relaxing treatments or if you are feeling sporty you can choose from tennis or squash and for golf enthusiast their is a putting green and even a golf simulator! The lake offers an array of watersports - waterskiing, sailing, windsurfing and canoeing.
The hotel has a complimentary kid's club from 3 to 8 years (July and August only) and a children's pool.
Guide price
£2,500 Per person
£2,500 Per person based on two people sharing a double classic room on a B&B basis for 7 nights inclusive of flights and private transfers.
Accommodation
Every room is different both in size and décor. Period furniture, oil paintings, Como silk covering sofas and chairs, silk brocade drapes, linen sheets, and most of the rooms have walk-in closets. All rooms have luxury marble bathrooms with bathtub or shower, while some rooms have balconies or terraces and some enjoy a private Jacuzzi. All rooms have luxury marble bathrooms with bathtubs. Suites are spacious and elegant. All rooms and suites are well equipped with air conditioning, satellite TV, minibar, safe, WiFi and direct dial telephone.
Childcare
There is a kids club and a children's pool during July and August. Babysitting is available.
Facilities
The Veranda restaurant is formal and elegant located on the lakeside, either dine behind glass walls or al fresco. The Grill is informal yet cozy and chic with a variety of regional dishes and a selection of the best Italian wines. There are 2 bars serving light snacks and drinks. The excellent Sporting Club provides a state of art gym and the Beauty Center a wide rage of treatments for face and body. There are also 3 swimming pools, a sauna and a Turkish bath.
Activities
Sports activities at Villa D'Este include a jogging trail, tennis, waterskiing, canoeing, sailing, windsurfing, squash, indoor golf simulator and a putting green. The concierge can also organise a fantastic range of private excursions.
When to travel
The best times to visit are the spring and autumn, when the climate is ideal, the clear blue skies create the ideal visibility and the flora of Lake Como is at its best.
In the summer months, the climate of Lake Como can be very hot and humid, and often these months the high pressure of southern air clashing with the colder mountain air can create thunderstorms. Also, the roads around the Lake can be overrun with Italian and German tourists making it hard going for the tourist looking for a relaxing vacation.
In the winter everything closes down and its not an ideal time to visit the lake.
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Location and directions
Lake Como, Northern Italy
Villa d'Este sits at the southern end of Lake Como just minutes from the village of Cernobbio in Northern Italy.
How to get there
2-hour British Airways flight to Milan Malpensa Airport from London Heathrow. Villa d'Este is a 90-minute drive from the airport.
