MAIN VILLA - 10 bedrooms
All floors are accessible via an elevator from the parking lot located above the main villa, which can hold up to 10 cars. An indoor parking area beneath the helipad accommodates 20 cars. The villa is also accessible directly by boat, suitable for both small boats and larger ferry boats.
Second Floor
- Bellini Hall: offers 180-degree views of Lake Como. 113sq m/ 1,200 sq ft.
- Loggia: An open extension between the Bellini and Rossini halls; offering an outdoor space with direct lake views and the villa’s fountain and waterfalls as backdrop. 52sq m/ 670sq ft.
- Rossini Hall: Located between the terrace and loggia, it houses Rossini’s original piano and offers incredible 180-degree views of the lake. 113sq m/ 1,200sq ft.
- Terrace: situated between the Rossini Hall and the garden, it is the perfect space for outdoor events overlooking the lake. 145sq m/ 1,550sq ft.
- Cappella Canarisi: The villa’s chapel , which can be used as media room, green room, or production office, seating up to 24 people. 62sq m / 670sq ft.
- Napoleon’s Billiard Room.
- Berthier de Wagram Apartment: One bedroom for up to two people, featuring a living room, fully equipped kitchen with dining area, double bedroom with king-size bed and en-suite bathroom (tub and separate shower), walk-in wardrobe, and guest bathroom. All rooms have lake views. . 205sq m/ 2,200sq ft.
- Belgiojoso Apartment: Two bedrooms for up to four people, featuring a living room with TV and views over the lake, loggia, and mountains, dining room with lake views, guest bathroom, double bedroom with king-size bed, lake and mountain views, and en-suite bathroom (tub/plunge pool and separate shower), and a double bedroom with king-size bed, mountain views, and adjacent bathroom (shower). Belgiojoso is the most unique of all the suites, containing features such as an internal window that allows watching water fall from the spring into the lake. It also has a small private berth for total privacy. 375sq m/ 4,050sq ft.
Third Floor
- Visconti Apartment: Four bedrooms for up to seven people, featuring a living room with TV and lake views, fully equipped kitchen with breakfast table and lake views, guest bathroom, double bedroom with king-size bed, three windows and lake views, en-suite bathroom (tub and separate shower), double bedroom with king-size bed, en-suite bathroom (tub and separate shower) and partial lake views. A flight of stairs leads to a twin bedroom and a single room that share a bathroom with shower (note: low ceilings as they are under the roof). ). 304sq m/ 10,700sq ft.
- Anguissola Apartment: Three bedrooms for up to six people, featuring a living room with TV and lake views, fully equipped kitchen with breakfast table and lake views, guest bathroom, double bedroom with king-size bed, lake views, and en-suite bathroom (tub and separate shower), double bedroom with king-size bed, mountain views, and en-suite bathroom (tub and separate shower). A flight of stairs leads to a twin bedroom with bathroom (shower) (note: low ceilings as they are under the roof).. 370sq m/ 4,000sq ft.
All apartments have lake views and are designed to provide the highest standards of comfort. Each suite features satellite TV, internet connection, air conditioning, and a safe.
Spa & Wellness
Located on a terrace above the main gardens, the spa occupies a dedicated 3-storey building and features an infinity pool that gives the illusion of swimming in the middle of the lake, sauna, steam room, emotional showers, jacuzzi, and solarium. 400sq m/ 4,300 sq ft
Seven additional bedrooms available with full occupancy rate
- Casa Shelley: Located near the park, it is the closest outbuilding to Villa Pliniana. This villa has three levels, three bedrooms and views over the lake and park. It includes a king-size bedroom with en-suite bathroom (shower), two king-sized bedrooms that share a bathroom (shower), living/dining/kitchen area, and laundry room. 255sq m/ 2,700sq ft.
- Casa dei Plini: Located at the starting point of the paths leading to the forest. This villa has three levels and four bedrooms with stunning views over the park and lake. Each bedroom has its own bathroom with tub and separate shower, living/dining/kitchen area, and laundry room. 355sq m/ 3,800sq ft.
Weddings & Events
The villa's two large ballrooms can host 160 people seated or 210 standing, the loggia can accommodate 150 people, and the terrace can seat 120 people. The picturesque waterfront garden (108m long) can accommodate up to 150 guests. Additional facilities include two large meeting rooms, a dining room, a kitchen fully equipped for private catering services, a reception hall, and a billiard room.
History
The villa's site was first mentioned by Pliny the Elder in the first century A.D., giving it its name. Many naturalists and scholars, including Leonardo da Vinci, have written about the unique Pliniana wellspring. The land was originally selected and built on by Count Giovanni Anguissola in 1573. The heirs of Count Anguissola sold the villa to Pirro Visconti Borromeo in 1590. Under the Canarisi family, who became the owners in 1676, the villa reached its peak splendour. Over the centuries, the villa has been visited by many artists, scientists, and monarchs, such as Lord Byron and Napoleon, and is widely loved for its beautiful panorama.
Poet Percy Shelley described Villa Pliniana in a letter to a friend in 1818: "This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty [...] But the finest scenery is that of the Villa Pliniana so called from a fountain which ebbs and flows every three hours, described by the younger Pliny, which is in the courtyard. [...] The scene from the colonnade is the most extraordinary, at once and the most lovely that eye ever beheld. On one side is the mountain, and immediately over you are clusters of cypress-trees of an astonishing height, which seem to pierce the sky. Above you from among the clouds, as it were descends a waterfall of immense size, broken by the woody rocks into a thousand channels to the lake. On the other side is seen the blue extent of the lake and the mountains speckled with sails and spires [...]".
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