Lake Como, Italy has all the ingredients to make for the perfect holiday.

Melting snow cut a deep narrow gorge (Orrido) into the rocks over many years forming this amazing natural feature. It is possible to visit and explore the gorge as there are ladders and a suspension bridge which allows you to do this (for a small entrance fee).

This villa in Tremezzo (Lake Como, Italy - also known as Villa Mainona) is the result of restructuring by architect Peter Lingeri.  The restructuring of Villa Meier is based on that of the 19th century Villa Hortensia (property of Roberto Meier) which was damaged from a fire in 1919.

The architect Peter Lingeri also decided on all furnishings like the marble kitchen (marble from Varenna) and the transformation of the car parking area and the caretakers house.  The existing greenhouse was also refurbished . 

It was established (at the request of Mrs Angela Severini Meier) that a decorative wall be built at the back of the park to resolve the problem of uneveness between the tennis court and the communal road. 

This villa situated in Cernobbio, Lake Como, Italy, was originally built in the 16th century as a summer residence for Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio.  In 1816–1817 the villa was home to Caroline of Brunswick, estranged wife of the Prince of Wales and shortly to become Queen Consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom.   The famous mosaic wall and fountains act as the gate to the Renaissance style gardens of the villa and there is a magnificent water staircase that runs down from the Hercules fountain.

By 1873, it was transformed into a five-star luxury hotel and ever since, it has played host to some of he world's  most famous poets, painters and musicians, not to mention royalty; Byron, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Mark Twain, Douglas Fairbanks, Elizabeth Taylor, Mel Gibson and Sharon Stone!