Bellagio sits on the tip of the promontory dividing Lake Como into its two branches: a position so perfect the world made it synonymous with lakeside elegance — Las Vegas included, which borrowed the name. Cobbled stairways, the Serbelloni first, stitch the village from lakefront to belvederes.
The gardens of Villa Melzi, romantic and stepping down to the water, are open for strolling; Villa Serbelloni, on the hilltop, now hosts the Rockefeller Foundation's study centre. The ferry links Varenna and Menaggio in a triangle that is the quintessence of Lake Como: half an hour's sailing, a century of holidays.
Bellagio and mid-lake Como · Villa Melzi d'Eril · Villa Serbelloni Rockefeller and 1 more
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24 places to stay · top rated: Hortus Bellagio 10.0 · Palazzo Genazzini 9.7
Next up: Feast of Saint James, Sunday 25 July
Nearest airport: Bergamo Orio al Serio, 49 km away
Bellagio is part of 🏘️ Villages 🛶 Lakes
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📅 Every year, on 25 July
On 25 July Bellagio celebrates Saint James, the patron who gives his name to the Romanesque basilica at the top of the village, above the point where Lake Como splits in two.
Bellagio and mid-lake Como Positioned at the fork of Lake Como, Bellagio combines Celtic and Roman history with a spectacular alpine land 
Villa Melzi d'Eril The lakeside garden of Napoleon's duke, with azaleas and a Moorish kiosk. 
Villa Serbelloni Rockefeller The villa on the point of Bellagio, now a Rockefeller Foundation study centre. 
basilica di San Giacomo Bellagio's Romanesque basilica, baroque for two centuries then restored. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Bellagio, but an easy day trip away.
