Tremezzo Things to Do Tips by tpal

Familiar Flowers Beautifully Presented

Carol is a wonderful and knowledgeable gardener and as such was looking forward to experiencing the local garden plantings. Driving along the main roads we routinely saw palms and oleander which would never make it in our garden. When we roamed about the gardens at Villa Carlotta, however, a different picture developed.

Sure there was plenty of exotic stuff but, the majority of plantings were very familiar and available to us. The annuals in particular, Carol marveled, were identical to those in our garden. Of course, they have a little more room than us and their plant massings were a bit larger but, still you could hear Carol saying, "I've got that...and that...and that...and ..."

Address: Via Regina 2b, Tremezzo

Phone: 0344-404

Website: http://www.villacarlotta.it

Asian Calm in an Italian Garden

One of the best features of the gardens at Villa Carlotta are the theme gardens. This is called the Giardino dei Bambù or Bamboo Garden. Carol insisted I climb the stairs for this shot. Something about providing scale ...you know how artists are! As you might expect, it has a decidedly Asian feel including this great Japanese gateway. The whole garden was very quiet and peaceful but, somehow, in this area the tranquility level seemed much higher. It must be a Zen thing ...not that I know what that means.

Address: Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo

A Garden With a View

The Gardens at Villa Carlotta cover quite a large area so the many opportunities to take a little break were very welcome. This was a particularly charming spot. It had all the essential features, such as, a bench, a classic garden urn and an ornate canopy. But the best feature, by far, was the view! We are looking across the lake toward Bellagio but the mountains in the distance were really spectacular. It also doesn't hurt having Carol dressing up the foreground :-))