Bellagio

Villa Serbelloni Park

The park on the Bellagio headland, with paths and terraces above both branches of the lake. Visits are guided, with advance booking and limited places.

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Visit duration: 1 h 30 – 2 h
Booking: Required
Area: Centro Lago

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Why go

The park covers almost the whole Bellagio headland, some 21 hectares, and climbs to the summit, where a medieval castle once stood.

The villa was first laid out in the fifteenth century by Marchesino Stanga, the local feudal lord; in 1788 it passed to Count Alessandro Serbelloni, who devoted himself above all to creating the great park. Around 1900 the villa was a hotel; it was then bought by the American Ella Walker, Princess della Torre e Tasso, and in 1959 it passed to the Rockefeller Foundation, which holds conferences and study residencies here. The villa cannot be visited, but the park can be walked on a guided tour: paths, terraces and woodland with views alternating between the two branches of the lake.

The walk climbs to the top of the headland that divides the lake, with views over both branches.
The route passes the remains of the medieval castle and the eighteenth-century artificial grottoes.

Highlights

The two-branch view from the highest point
The remains of the fortress
The formal gardens around the villa

Getting there

Meeting point in the centre of Bellagio; the ascent is on foot and fairly steep.

Accessibility

Of the roughly two-hour guided visit, the first hour is uphill.

Practical information

Opening

Guided tours only, in Italian and English, lasting about two hours, for 30 people at most; book online with PromoBellagio and choose the day from the tour calendar

Tours leave from the PromoBellagio office in the medieval tower on Piazza della Chiesa. On tour days there are two departures, at 11:00 and 15:30. Tours are cancelled in bad weather; the first part climbs to the top of the promontory and is not advised for anyone with walking difficulties or a heart condition; there are no toilets in the park.

Booking

Booking required: tickets are sold online only, by PromoBellagio

Tickets

Paid admission, reduced from 7 to 13; free up to 6 and for Bellagio residents

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Facilities

Car park 56 m away
Public toilets 92 m away · accessible

Distances from the point on the map.

Webcams

Bellagio, the lakefrontLive video · Skyline Webcams · 100 m

Directions On the map Official source

DestinationsBellagioOn the point that splits the lake in two, with staircases instead of streets.

Updated 22 October 2026

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Until6Dec

Sunday markets

Local craft stalls on Lungolago Europa.

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At weekends between December and Epiphany, nativity scenes made in Bellagio in the church of San Giorgio, and the children's ones at the Torre delle Arti.

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