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boat pier for Villa Balbianello, to enjoy food from the grill, cocktails (€6 to €9) and a
(brief) dip in the chilly, clear waters of the lake.
Getting There & Away
Boat services to Lenno arrive from Como (€8.30, one hour 40 minutes), Bellagio (€4.60,
30 minutes) and Varenna (€4.60, one hour) among other Lake Como ports of call.
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Tremezzo
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Tremezzo is high on everyone's list for a visit to the 17th-century, waterfront Villa Carlotta (
0344 4 04 05; www.villacarlotta.it ; Via Regina 2; adult/reduced €9/5; 9am-5pm Easter-Sep, 10am-4pm mid-
Mar-Easter & Oct-mid-Nov; Cadenabbia) , whose botanic gardens are filled with colour in
spring from orange trees knitted into pergolas and some of Europe's finest rhododendrons,
azaleas and camellias. The villa, strung with paintings, sculptures (some by Antonio Can-
ova) and tapestries, takes its name from the Prussian princess who was given the place in
1847 as a wedding present from her mother. Upstairs, rooms with period furniture provide
an insight into the life of the princessly. You too can swan from the Salotto Impero (Em-
pire Room) to Carlotta's bedroom and wonder what it must have been like to hit the hay
after a hard day at the villa. Villa Carlotta is a short walk southwest of the Cadenabbia car
ferry stop.
Plenty of restaurants line the waterfront, but our favourite restaurant is La Cucina di Mari-
anna ( 0344 4 31 11; www.lamarianna.com ; Cadenabbia; set menus €33-50, light menu €21; noon-3pm &
6.30-9pm Tue-Sun) in Cadenabbia. With its shady terrace jutting out over the water, this is
about the most romantic spot you could choose to eat around the Cadenabbia area. Mari-
anna cooks by theme, so if Tuesday is Venice day (with salted cod pâté and stewed cuttle-
fish), Thursday is Garden day, with lots of veggies. Food servings are copious and of good
quality, and there's no pretence at going beyond a down-home feel.
Information
Tremezzo Tourist Office (
0344 4 04 93; Via Statale Regina;
9am-noon & 3.30-6.30pm Wed-Mon Apr-Oct)
Getting There & Away
 
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