Lake Mood - Villeggiatura
Days of beauty
Palazzo Genazzini revives the Italian tradition of villeggiatura. A slower pace to connect with nature’s beauty and life in Bellagio. Travel to cultivate the mind and nourish the soul. Stay at our Palazzo for longer.
Good morning
Awaken to morning light. Inhale the energy of Lake Como. The aroma of baked pastries and espresso entices you to breakfast on the water’s edge where light plays on sun dappled stone. The rhythm changes as admiring visitors arrive at Bellagio, your villeggiatura home.
Connect with nature
“I know no place in the world where the sky has been more generous”. To quote Franz Liszt on eloping to Palazzo Genazzini with Countess de Saint-Cricq. Push out a boat and idle on the lake by cascades of lilac wisteria. Gaze into the sky and imagine Liszt’s notes playing with a ripple of waves.
Cultivate the mind
Villa del Balbianello’s nurtured gardens sweep down to the lake. Fire your imagination gazing over Guido Monzino’s treasures; collector, adventurer and Everest explorer. Stroll through pretty Lenno past the village church, Santo Stefano, and along the wooded peninsular. Linger to watch life in the port.
Flow with life on the Lake. Moments of reflection.
Revitalise
Walk to ‘Belvedere di Makallé’. Admire Stendhal’s ‘voluptuous, sublime and graceful landscapes’. Pause at a farm and taste local butter and berries. Lunch lazily by the lake. Bellagio framed by Alpine foothills is an entrancing panorama. Golden in the autumn, silvery in December, blossoming in spring, shimmering in summer.
A leisurely evening
Aperitivo on our rooftop watching mountain shapes slowly melt into the dark. A veil lifts and you are part of Bellagio life. Join la passeggiata, bid buonasera to your neighbours. Dine at their local, our own Restaurant Genazzini 1788. Conclude with a gelato on Salita Serbelloni, the steps are cool and quiet for you now.
