Azienda Agricola Casa Re - Agriturismo di qualità

THE LAKE OF COMO Situated in a basin surrounded by wooded mountains, Lake Como offers an extremely varied landscape. Its shores features a succession of pastures, woods, harsh and impressive rocks, charming villages facing the lake, magnificent mansions with beautiful gardens. The middle of the lake, where its three branches come together, has the mildest climate and offers the broadest view. This point can be reached by boat. Here you will enjoy a lovely view of the whole promontory of Bellagio, of the northern Grigna mountains overlooking Valsassina, and, with clear skies, of the upper basin with the Alps in the background. Along the shores, in particular from Cernobbio to Gravedona and Bellagio, you will see wonderful villas and gardens with plenty of flowers as well as exotic and rare plants.

For instance, Villa d'Este in Cernobbio, which is today a luxurious hotel, has a magnificent garden as well as Villa Passalacqua in Moltrasio. The wonderful Villa Arconati dominates the Punta di Balbianello in Lenno and is one of the most famous villas in the Tremezzina area together with Villa Carlotta, which is rich in artistic masterpieces and natural attraction, with its garden full of blossoming flowers. Located on the opposite shore at Bellagio, other Villas, like Villa Serbelloni, which has been turned into a Grand Hotel and Villa Melzi, with its marvellous botanic garden, are really delightful. The Lecco branch offers the harsh but very suggestive view of the southern Grigna Mountains (2,184 mts.), of dolomitic origin, and of the Corni di Canzo (1,373 mts.), which slope down towards the lake and form charming creeks. Besides the peculiar views of the Lecco branch of the lake which turns southwards, there are natural springs like Fiumelatte, described by Leonardo da Vinci and the impressive Orrido di Bellano situated not far from the Renaissance Villa Monastero at Varenna.

VARENNA. Varenna, a popular resort, is on the eastern shore of lake Como on a headland at the mouth of the Esino stream. It is a stupendous panoramic position with a view of the whole lake. The area, which has been inhabited since prehistoric times, was the dominion of the Gauls and the the Romans. It was involved in the war beetween Como and Milan, and, in 1.169, it became a refuge for the inhabitants of the Isola Comacina when the island was burnt and destroyed by the Comaschi. Behind the village, in the locality of Vezio, there are the ruins of a medieval castle. The donjon and part of the castle walls are still standing. The oldest part of the village has maintained its medieval layout. Among the most famous villas of the commune is Villa monastero, where summer courses in scientific subjects are held. Villa Venini has an ornithological museum, with exhibits from the lake and the valleys. It is worth visiting the ward of Fiumelatte, named so because of the white foam of its seasonal stream, which flows in the spring from a cave to the nearby lake.

SIGHTS
Villa Monastero On the site of an old monastery (1.208), which was closed by Pio V in 1.567, there is a villa whcih has had many owners and who have brought about many changes to the original building, extendign and enhacinging it. It is full of works of art and surrounded by a garden which is noteworthy for its beauty and the rarity of the plants, whose growht is favoured by the mild climate of the lake.
The Church of S. Giorgio. Built in the 14th century, its front has three portals with seventeenth century featrues, a round oculus and a small cross-shaped windows, two splayed windows and the remains of pilaster strips. It has three aisles with round pillars, pointed arches. The roof is bare in the central nave but is covered in the side aisles. The spire of the bell tower reveals renovations carried out in the seventeenth century. Inside there are three panel paintings and a polypytch signed by G.B. Brentani (1.468); a fifteenth-century processional cross; an engraved baroque confessional (17th-18th centuries); and a fourteenth-century table from the Lomard school dated 1.533.

Oratorio di S. Giovanni . This building of a Romanesque origins with one small nave has been ronovated a number of times. The bell tower has a wall-belfry. Inside the church there are frescoes from the Lombard school, one of which is dated 1.533.

CASA LETIZIA - VARENNA Perledo

Casa Letizia was built in1930 and re-constructured in 2005.It has a very wonderful view on the lake. The flat, 40 square meters, is for 2 persons. It is composed by a cooking facilities( like the American kitchen), a double bed and a bathroom with shower. In has also a balcon and a big terrasse with chairs and table. We will give bed-linen, bath towels, table cloth; dishes, glass, pots; refrigerator, micro- waves, electric fan; TV There is also the opportunity to rent a garage.

The beach is situated in front of the flat and it is reachable thank to a little stairs. The centre of Varenna is 5 minutes far; the train and the boat station are 10 minutes far; the city of Lecco is 20 km far. The main entertainments are: Mountain bike/bike Sale Water – sports Fish Free climbing

Please, call us or send a message, when it is an hour to reach us. Beginning of Stay: SATURDAY from 3 p.m. till 7 p.m. End of Stay: SATURDAY within 10 a.m.

RESTAURANTS: Il Cavatappi a Varenna I Platani a Fiumelatte

Casa Letizia Via dei Giardini, 14
Varenna- Perledo
Tel. + 39 0341.815034
Cel. + 39 338.5602239
Cel. + 39 338.4087360