Tremezzina
Tremezzina: the Balbianello, the Carlotta and the Greenway
Area guide
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © © FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAbout Tremezzina: the Balbianello, the Carlotta and the Greenway
Tremezzina joins the old villages of Tremezzo, Lenno, Mezzegra and Ossuccio on the western shore facing Bellagio. Here are the FAI’s Villa del Balbianello on its peninsula, the Villa Carlotta and its gardens, the Grand Hotel Tremezzo, the Sacro Monte of Ossuccio and the Isola Comacina offshore.
Sights
The Villa del Balbianello, the Villa Carlotta, the Sacro Monte di Ossuccio and the Isola Comacina.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Pierre André Leclercq · Public domain via Wikimedia CommonsEating
La Terrazza Gualtiero Marchesi at the Grand Hotel Tremezzo, and Roteo at Sala Comacina, in the MICHELIN Guide.
Walk the Greenway between the villages.
Staying
The Grand Hotel Tremezzo.
Our advice: see the Villa Carlotta in the morning and the Balbianello in the afternoon light.
Why it's on our list
- Sights
- Eating
- Staying
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Tremezzina: the Balbianello, the Carlotta and the Greenway before you go.
What’s nearby
Distances from Tremezzina: the Balbianello, the Carlotta and the Greenway are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 14 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest stations and ferry stops
- TremezzoBoat550 m7 min walk
- Villa CarlottaBoat950 m12 min walk
- CadenabbiaBoat1.7 km22 min walk
Key sights
- Villa Carlotta1.0 kmWalk 13 minCycle 4 minCar or taxi 7 min
- Villa del Balbianello2.4 kmWalk 30 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Villa Melzi gardens2.7 kmWalk 34 minCycle 12 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Villa Monastero6.0 kmCycle 26 minCar or taxi 17 min
- Brunate funicular21 kmCar or taxi 46 min
- Como Cathedral22 kmCar or taxi 49 min
- Malpensa Airport55 kmCar or taxi 115 min
Main railway stations
- Varenna-Esino6.3 kmCycle 27 minCar or taxi 18 min
- Lecco20 kmCar or taxi 44 min
- Colico21 kmCar or taxi 47 min
- Como Lago22 kmCar or taxi 48 min
- Como San Giovanni22 kmCar or taxi 50 min