6Dec
Father Christmas's boat
One-hour cruises on the lake's first basin aboard the decorated Orione, with Father Christmas on board, in the days before Christmas.
The Funicolare pier, Viale Geno, Comountil 23 DecemberIndicative dates
Cernobbio
Villa Bernasconi
- Today
- Visit duration
- 45 min – 1 h 15
- Booking
- Recommended
- Area
- First Basin
- Luigimatteoni · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alessandra Jovinelli · CC BY-SA 4.0
Why go
The Milanese architect Alfredo Campanini built Villa Bernasconi in 1906 for Davide Bernasconi, a silk manufacturer: silkworms, butterflies, mulberry berries and leaves decorate the facades and the interiors, in moulded cement, wrought iron and coloured glass. It is the heart of an early twentieth-century silk complex, with the workers' houses and the company nursery school. Today it is a municipal museum in which the house itself tells, in the first person, its story and that of the people who lived there, among objects, documents and multisensory installations.
- The villa's Art Nouveau is intact inside and out, with silk motifs: silkworms, butterflies and mulberry leaves.
- An hour's visit, ten minutes' walk from Cernobbio's pier.
Highlights
- The facades with silkworms, butterflies and mulberries
- The staircase and its coloured windows
- The house that speaks in the first person
Getting there
- On foot from the centre of Cernobbio: ten minutes from the boat pier.
- C110 bus from Como to Cernobbio.
Daniela Manili Pessina · CC BY-SA 4.0Practical information
- Address
Largo Alfredo Campanini 2, 22012 Cernobbio
- Telephone
- Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible
Indicative· 24 Sept 2026OpenStreetMapopens in a new tab
Hours marked indicative or to be checked should be confirmed with the operator.
Facilities
Car park 177 m away
Distances from the point on the map.
Webcams
- Como, from the Tavernola shoreLive video · Skyline Webcams · 650 m
Updated 9 October 2026
On the map
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Sources and credits
Verified at source1 Oct – 9 Oct 2026
Sources (2)
- Villa Bernasconiopens in a new tabOpening, Telephone
- Museo Villa Bernasconiopens in a new tabTickets
- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.
Sources and credits
Verified at source1 Oct – 9 Oct 2026
Sources (2)
- Villa Bernasconiopens in a new tabOpening, Telephone
- Museo Villa Bernasconiopens in a new tabTickets
- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.