As you can imagine, there are a lot of museums, palaces and gardens around Lake Como. The Villas were the homes and playgrounds of the rich and famous, initially from Italy and Europe and now the International jet set, these villas with their gardens have had hundreds of years to flourish and develop.

If you search this site you will find a number of villas and palaces in the attractions section and this is constantly being updated. One of the issues however is to constantly maintain certain elements of this. We have therefore produced a page rich in information and with links to the relevant places. These links also include Museums and various other places of interest. Very important is opening and closing times, for this we have a link to a complete pdf of the times and costs.

Many of the links below are to Italian websites. We suggest you try Google translate if you have problems.

The following are useful weblinks for Como City:

• The Volta Temple, Como
• Museum of Archeology, Como
• Civic Art Gallery, Como
• Silk Museum, Como
• Textile Art Collection, Como
• Textile Studio Museum, Como
• Opera House, Como , Como

The following are useful weblinks for other towns:

• Water Museum, Albese Con Cassano
• Bird Observatory, Arosio
• Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
• Villa Melzi, Bellagio
• Bellagio Museum
• Museo Della Stampa, Carlazzo
• Mulberry Tree Centre
• Museum of the Valley, Cavargna
• Villa Erba, Cernobbio
• Cave Museum, Alpe Turati, Erba
• Museum of Toy Horses, Grandate
• Boat Museum, Grandola
• Palazzo Perego Gardens, Cremnago, Inverigo
• Villa del Balbianello, Balbianello Peninsula
• Bicycle Museum, Magreglio
• Villa Vigoni, Menaggio
• Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo

Separate Lake Como Villa Websites

• Lake Como Villas