Villa del Balbianello hosts garden tour on 27 September
Published on 09/27/2026 at 14:45 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Villa del Balbianello hosts the Ti racconto il giardino guided garden visit on 27 September 2026 in Lenno, on Italy's Lake Como. The programme examines the property's trees and carefully shaped planting before continuing into the villa interiors.
Garden tour brings topiary into focus on 27 September
The FAI event page lists Ti racconto il giardino as a special guided visit at the property on Sunday 27 September 2026. The programme is organised with the Cooperativa Il Gelso del Làvedo and begins at 10.30am, with visitors asked to report to the ticket office before entering through the pedestrian access.
The tour is conducted in Italian and covers the garden as well as the inside of the house. FAI says the route introduces tree species and topiary, including the large holm oak pruned into an umbrella form and the ficus repens that climbs around the columns of the Loggia Durini. The official FAI event page places the date and venue together.
Villa del Balbianello connects a garden with its history
The site occupies the tip of the wooded Lavedo peninsula, overlooking Lake Como from the Tremezzina area. A Franciscan presence existed here from the thirteenth century, while Cardinal Angelo Maria Durini transformed the property in the late eighteenth century and commissioned its panoramic loggia.
The garden's steep setting shapes the experience described by the September programme. Paths, terraces, statues and clipped trees lead towards the Loggia Durini, whose columns are part of the guided route's plant story. The connection between the topiary and the loggia gives the 27 September 2026 visit a subject specific to this property rather than a general garden tour.
Guido Monzino acquired the villa in 1974 and left it to FAI in 1988. The foundation now manages the house and grounds, which also preserve Monzino's collections linked to mountaineering, exploration and travel. The regional tourism listing also identifies Villa del Balbianello as the venue for the special garden visit.
Visiting Villa del Balbianello: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The Ti racconto il giardino visit takes place at Villa del Balbianello on 27 September 2026, beginning at 10.30am.
- The programme includes a guided garden visit and access to the villa interiors, with the visit conducted in Italian.
- The property is reached from Lenno on foot along an uphill path or by taxi boat from the Lido di Lenno. The SPT C10 bus connects Como with Lenno, after which the approach continues on foot or by taxi boat.
- The approach and garden contain slopes, partially gravelled paths and steps. The official site describes the complex as a six-level villa with the Loggia Durini, Loggia Segre, historic park and the Lavedo promontory.
- Villa del Balbianello is in Italy, where Italian is the official language and the currency is the euro.
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Frequently asked questions about Villa del Balbianello
When does Ti racconto il giardino take place at Villa del Balbianello?
The special guided visit takes place on 27 September 2026 and begins at 10.30am. It includes the garden and the villa interiors.
Where is Villa del Balbianello and how do you get there?
The property stands on the Lavedo peninsula above Lake Como, near Lenno in Italy. Visitors can walk uphill from Lenno, take a taxi boat from the Lido di Lenno or use the SPT C10 bus from Como to Lenno.
What is Villa del Balbianello?
It is an eighteenth-century villa and historic garden managed by FAI. Guido Monzino donated the property to the foundation in 1988.
