Villa Carlotta is the most famous villa of Lake Como.
It is a beautiful Baroque building dating back to the beginning of XVIII century, on a hill bordering with the park of Grand Hotel Tremezzo Palace and its famous botanic garden holds a surface of 70.000 qm.
It was built, as a summer home, by Marquis Giorgio Clerici, an important person from the Spanish and Austrian Milan. He decorated it through some magnificent ceilings in Lombard Baroque style, through an Italian style garden, the stairways, the balustrades, the fountains and the midgets cascade. In 1795 it was sold to Gian Battista Sommariva, who brought it to its full splendour updating it with important pieces of art, such as the famous statues by Canova.
In 1843 the villa was purchased by Princess Marianne of Nassau, Prince Albert of Prussia's wife, who gave it to her daughter Carlotta on her marriage to Grand Duke George of Sax-Meiningen.
She devoted much attention to the gardens and created a luxuriant English garden, well known and appreciated all over the world, where, thanks to the mild climate of this Lake side, you can admire a rich botanic patrimony, which exceeds 500 varieties.
Inside the villa, open from March to November, you can admire Amore e Psiche by Canova and other art pieces by Thorvaldsen, Hayez and by other masters from the XIX. Century.

Distance from the Hotel: 200 m.
Reachable on foot in a few minutes.