Como Trip Overview
Lake Como is known throughout the world for wonderful views, grand private and public villas and lush gardens.
In recent years the Lario has experienced an increase in interest as a location for film sets for important national and international advertising campaigns and films.
Even the Lumière brothers filmed one of their first films) a natural film set. Among the most famous little ones, the “Shadow of Suspicion” with Antonio Banderas, “The defense of Luzhin” taken from the novel by Nabokov, “Ocean’s Twelve ”,“ The Garden of Pleasure ”, silent film by Alfred Hitchcock,“ A Month at the Lake ”with Uma Thurman and Alessandro Gassman,“ Casino Royale ”and the second episode of the new Star Wars trilogy.
This tour focuses on some lake views that became particularly famous following their appearance on the big screen. Villa Carlotta and Villa del Balbianello will be the absolute protagonists.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Como, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Como, Lombardia, Italy
Lake Como is known throughout the world for wonderful views, grand private and public villas and lush gardens.
In recent years the Lario has experienced an increase in interest as a location for film sets for important national and international advertising campaigns and films.
Even the Lumière brothers filmed one of their first films) a natural film set. Among the most famous little ones, the “Shadow of Suspicion” with Antonio Banderas, “The defense of Luzhin” taken from the novel by Nabokov, “Ocean’s Twelve ”,“ The Garden of Pleasure ”, silent film by Alfred Hitchcock,“ A Month at the Lake ”with Uma Thurman and Alessandro Gassman,“ Casino Royale ”and the second episode of the new Star Wars trilogy.
This tour focuses on some lake views that became particularly famous following their appearance on the big screen. Villa Carlotta and Villa del Balbianello will be the absolute protagonists.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Como, Como, Lake Como, Lombardy
During the drive, your guide will provide historical and anecdotal information along the way
Stop At: Villa del Balbianello, Via Guido Monzino 1 Località Lenno, 22016, Tremezzina Italy
Villa Balbianello, perched in a breathtaking position on a promontory overlooking the lake. The late-baroque mansion, surrounded by a beautiful park, was chosen as a movie set for: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), Agent 007 – Casino Royale (2006).
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Villa Carlotta, Via Regina 2, 22016, Tremezzina Italy
Tremezzo is a pretty village where the Italian writer Mario Soldati with the help of Carlo Ponti and Alberto Lattuada, two famous Italian directors, wrote the script for “Piccolo mondo antico” (1941), based on the famous novel by Antonio Fogazzaro (1895 ). Guided tour of Villa Carlotta, an eighteenth-century residence commissioned by the Marquis Clerici, where a collection of neoclassical works of art (Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen and Francesco Hayez) and furniture dating back to that period are preserved. In the large botanical garden you can admire species of trees from all over the world.
Duration: 2 hours
