Post by Owen on Jul 27, 2024 8:19:10 GMT
1 ~~~ This Charming Lake Town in Italy Has Grand Hotels, Boat Tours, and Some of the Country's Most Beautiful Gardens
Here's how to make the most of your experience in Lake Como's Bellagio.
Once you finally reach Bellagio, set as it is at the tip of a pointy landmass in the middle of Lake Como, the first thing that may strike you is how small it is, especially given its larger-than-life reputation.
This is the town — calling it a city would be an overstatement — that’s wowed Roman emperors, Austrian archdukes, Romantic poets, Fascist dictators, and, more recently, an ample mix of Hollywood glitterati, the old moneyed crowd and a new generation of travelers.
It really did inspire Steve Wynn to build Bellagio in Las Vegas, and it really is as beautiful as everyone says it is.
Bellagio squeezes all this beauty into just a few square miles, an area that’s smaller still if you just count its borgo, the old town that consists of a splendid lakefront and a handful of car-free stone lanes connected by staircases and alleys.
Surrounding it on three sides is Lake Como, with the snow-capped Prealps, or Southern Alps, looming large in the distance.
www.travelandleisure.com/bellagio-lake-como-italy-8676864?
22 July 2024
Here's how to make the most of your experience in Lake Como's Bellagio.
Once you finally reach Bellagio, set as it is at the tip of a pointy landmass in the middle of Lake Como, the first thing that may strike you is how small it is, especially given its larger-than-life reputation.
This is the town — calling it a city would be an overstatement — that’s wowed Roman emperors, Austrian archdukes, Romantic poets, Fascist dictators, and, more recently, an ample mix of Hollywood glitterati, the old moneyed crowd and a new generation of travelers.
It really did inspire Steve Wynn to build Bellagio in Las Vegas, and it really is as beautiful as everyone says it is.
Bellagio squeezes all this beauty into just a few square miles, an area that’s smaller still if you just count its borgo, the old town that consists of a splendid lakefront and a handful of car-free stone lanes connected by staircases and alleys.
Surrounding it on three sides is Lake Como, with the snow-capped Prealps, or Southern Alps, looming large in the distance.
www.travelandleisure.com/bellagio-lake-como-italy-8676864?
22 July 2024