The eighteenth century villa stands majestically at the tip of the town of Lenno, surrounded by manicured trees and gardens.īuilt in 1787 for the Cardinal Angelo Durini on the site of a Franciscan monastery, the villa is on the north-west side of the lake, about 27 km north from Como. The first glimpse of Villa del Balbianello from the ferry as it glides across Lake Como is a stunning sight set to capture the imagination.
