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Grand Hotel Tremezzo

Italy

Grand Hotel Tremezzo

“This sunny, happy place”, as Greta Garbo put it in Grand Hotel (1932), welcomes us with the sort of warmth usually reserved for our nearest and dearest, surely the very essence of a family home. The Gandola family, patrician figures in what was once a fishing village, created a peaceful sanctuary, never imagining that Lake Como would one day become an epicentre of Hollywood high society. Today, the De Santis family oversees its fortunes and has nurtured its founding Italian spirit with a focus on comfort, culinary generosity (four restaurants, with a private dining room offering a refined experience), and the pleasures of life. Just like this outing on Lake Como, with its promise that the final ‘arrivederci’ will mark the beginning of a long friendship.

Accommodations

What we like

The panorama

The panorama

The view over the lake from the velvet seats of Villa Sola Cabiati.

The adventure

The adventure

Wind your way through the lakeside villages behind the wheel of a vintage Alfa Romeo Duetto.

The plate

The plate

Rice, gold and saffron, on the menu at Terrazza Gualtiero Marchesi since 1981.

Location

Address

Via Statale 5401

22019 Italy

Airport

Seventy-five minutes by private transfer from Milan Malpensa Airport.

Tremezzina, Lake Como

Villa Carlotta three minutes away on foot; Bellagio just a few minutes by boat, as is Cadenabbia.

At a glance

Public areas: free

In room: free

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