museums near D’Art Visual Gallery

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Como is Lake Como's largest city where you will find shopping, works of art, churches, gardens, museums, theatres, parks and palaces. Places to go inlcude the Duomo, the Basilica of Sant'Abbondio, Villa Olmo, the Volta Temple and Museum, the Teatro...

Featuring a large garden with barbecue Balcone Fiorito is a B&B in the peaceful hills surrounding Lake Como. It offers free WiFi, private parking, and en suite rooms with an outdoor dining area. With a private balcony or a patio, each room at...

Lussy and Santino welcome you to "By Lussy" - their bed and breakfast nestled atop a hill just above the charming resort town of Menaggio. Come to relax and enjoy the breathtaking panoramic views of Lake Como! The B&B offers two types of...

Bellagio Bed and Breakfast is the newly opened low cost accommodations located right in Bellagio town centre 50 mt. away from bars, restaurants, shops and 100 mt. away from the lake. The rooms may guest from 2 to 4 persons, newly furnished with...

The B&B is above Varenna's Hills nearby Castel Vezio that you can see from Varenna centre! This was my dream after 30years working in a bank of a big city always in hurry and in the crowed!! Please take a breath and enjoy what the world is...

Orange House is the new comfortable and convenient bed & breakfast placed in Varenna, "the pearl of the Como Lake". Lovely Varenna, framed by the famous "manzoniane" mountains in the green of the cypresses and the olives, is one of the most...

Located in the small village of Vettius: village where you can spend days very quiet with a chance for lovers mountain hiking. Located near the porch of the restaurant with typical cuisine Vettius del Lario. Located on the route of the Path of the...

The B&B is located in the heart of the historic center of Varenna at the end of the Piazza San Giorgio overlooking the Piazza San Giorgio and the lake. The lake is only 30 meters far , a short walk on the lakeside promenade leads to the ferry...

In one of the most charming and characteristic places of the Como Lake, here we are to open the doors of our home. The B&B “Il Bolentino" was born with the intent to host you as in the most ancient Italian tradition. We will offer you our warmth...

RÒGARO is 5 minutes on foot from the lakefront of Tremezzo on Lake Como with its lively bars and restaurants. Located in a quiet area overlooking the lake this B&B is surrounded by a spacious garden full of flowers and herbs. You can rest in a...

This beautiful lake front house is situated on the old “Regina" main road, at the beginning of the medieval suburb of Rezzonico. It lies right at the foot of the Castellaccio rocky outcrop with the woods just behind it. Miramusi welcomes its guests...

A house built at end of 1800 and recently renovated respecting traditional colours and materials. All rooms offer spacious comfort with spectacular panoramic views of Lake Como and the Vezio Castle. Your hosts, Eliana e Flavio will be happy to offer...

La Ca' Noeva ( New House in the local dialect), despite its name, is a house built around 200 years ago and belongs to ancient village of Gittana, a hamlet of the commune of Perledo, which is 5 minutes' drive away from the famous resort of Varenna....

Iammetta and Piero welcome you to the B&B Le Eriche in their little detached house just 2 km from Menaggio, a famous touristic resort in the Lake Como area. It is the ideal place for people who love the quiet and the open-air life. You can enjoy...

The Lavanda Room is a large and beautiful room that combines the antique elegance of Liberty style furniture with the comfort of a quality modern bed. The room is fitted with an LCD television with various international satellite channels, and a...

La Sorgente della Luna, Naggio, is surrounded by a beautiful garden overlooking Lake Como, offering the body and soul a vital contact with uncontaminated nature. The territory offers very interesting plant and animal life. In addition, some...

In the centre of Griante, surrounded by nature and peace, Casa Pini (Pini's House) is laid out on the ground floor, and is a total of 165 sqm in size. The rooms have oak parquet, and are comfortably furnished, all beds have orthopaedic mattress, and...

My house is located in the centre of Cardano, nearby of the central square, from which branches off the small and ancient streets of stone bowl. The short trail will take you to my “flowered" gate in wrought iron. My B&B represents an excellent...

An outdoor museum focusing on Abstract Sculpture with an exhibition area of more than 120 acres. The Rossini Art Site resonates in many ways with its founder’s desire to create a flexible, friendly and enjoyable place for families. At RAS, kids can...

A guided tour that tells the story of the radio that will provide insight and memories from the olden days before flat screen TVs and the Internet....

A small museum housing artifacts, images and posters describing the history of granite processing in Novate Mezzola. Sanfedelino. For nearly two centuries, extracting granite from the Sanfedelino quarry, so called to recognize the martyr Fedele...

Ancient and modern printing, from mobile characters to computers is the theme of this museum. Here one can see antique-type lithographic presses, machines for the casting of the lead characters, the first cameras dating back from the end of...

Visit a century old mine and see the techniques employed to extract barite an important mineral used to refine sugar, in rubber, coated papers, pigments, glues, plastics and in protective materials against radiation. The material comes out the...

The baths date from the first century A.D. to the present day. Since the second half of the first century AD, the remains of Roman baths were spread over an area of about 1500 square meters. Thanks to recovery work in recent years, the baths are now...

Educational science museum that was inaugurated in 1917 aiming at providing educational tools for teaching science in school. The room that hosts the museum is painted with frescos inspired by nature and displays images of all Nobel Laureates who...

Located on the top floor of Riva 1920, a notable furniture manufacturer. It houses over 4,000 historic woodworking machines and tools. This is the biggest of such collections in the whole of Italy. The aim of the exhibition is to rediscover the...

A museum that aims to preserve and offer an account of country life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, documented by artifacts and various objects. The museum is located on two floors: the first one is set up as a home environment...

A series of sculptures and paintings of Italian and European artists, creating a veritable outdoor museum while respecting the area’s pristine landscape. The works have been created by various artists with the intent of both beautifying and...

The House Museum of Moggio was commissioned in 1991 by Maria Goretti who, donated the property to the parish with the stipulation that it be used to benefit the community. The Museum includes historical objects, old photographs, fossils and minerals...

Contains a collection of natural history (fossils, minerals, dioramas of animals and a butterfly collection), archaeological and ethno-anthropological material with a reconstruction of a "Casel ", the typical hut of Maggengo. It is the first local...

The Abegg silk museum is housed in a 17th century silk mill built by the lakeside in Garlate and surrounded by a mulberry grove. It shows discoveries, inventions and machines for silk production, from worm breeding to fabric. It hosts a rich...

The Civic Art Gallery is located at Villa Manzoni in Lecco and hosts a selection of works belonging to the Civic Museums of Lecco and counts four hundreds paintings and two thousands engravings, divided chronologically in thematic rooms. A very...

In 1818, Pietro Monti, came to Abbadia Lariana where he transformed an old building for felting wool into silk production. In 1869 he enlarged the building and he added a new one for the spinning of cocoons; the first of the two spinning machines...

Belgiojoso palace was built in the late 17th and early 18th centuries by the family Locatelli Valle Imagna. It was renovated in 1774 and sold to the principles Belgiojoso d'Este, from which it derives its current name. Since 1928, the palace has...

Built in 1905, the building housed the offices of the Land Registry, taxes and duties where the Lecco went to pay taxes until 1964--hence the name: Palace of Fears. It is now home to temporary exhibitions and the Section of Contemporary Art and...

Villa Manzoni houses the Museum Manzoni, the Municipal Art Gallery and the Library specialized museums Villa Manzoni, is a neoclassical building, dating from the seventeenth century, in which the residential portion is structured around a porch with...

In 1978 a group of friends of the Lake of Como founded an association called "The Collection of Boats of Lake Como" with the aim of saving the age-old and noble nautical traditions of their lake. The museum was opened in 1982 and it is fitted out in...

Positioned within the Grigne, at a height of 1300 m, the Piani Resinelli Mineral Museum Park is placed in a fascinating landscape. They are ancient mines, used from the 16° century up to now, and can today be visited in total safety. The guided...

The Palace was then the scene of memorable historical facts and today becomes the perfect setting for their commemoration museum. Thus it was born in Dongo the innovative Museum of the End of the War: a virtual tour and interactive in the depths of...

The Toy Horse Museum is the first and to date only museum in the world dedicated to the horse toy. The Museum is located in what was once the stables of the famous trotter Tornese that in the fifties was more times world champion. In 1969, the...

Exhibition space for cultural events as contemporary art exhibitions, conferences, concerts and living-performances. One of the better known examples is MiniArtTextil—an annual international exhibition of contemporary art showing the best in Textile...

Our Museum: a voice which recounts to the future generations the importance of the events that took place in Dongo in April 1945. The last page of the WWII’s history was written here: the tragic tale of a war and a dictatorship which was responsible...

The Museum extends over a surface of 1000 square metres and its exhibits reconstruct the silk manufacturing process with an historical and educational approach. The visitor is given the opportunity to learn more about both the whole process and the...

The Moto Guzzi Museum is located in Mandello del lario, Lake Como, the original birth place of the Moto Guzzi Eagle motorcycle established in 1921. See many other models representing milestones in the history of Italian motorcycling. Complete the...

Como’s Archaeological Museum Paolo Giovio is housed in the Palazzo Giovio, and features collections from prehistoric and antiquity eras. The building, dating back to the late Middle Ages, underwent some changes in the sixteenth century by Benedetto...

This gem of a museum sits in a spectacular spot, adjacent to the chapel of the La Madonna del Ghisallo – patron saint of cycling – and 600 metres above Bellagio, offering spectacular views of Lake Como to the North and East. Together with the chapel...

What is today the Giuseppe Garibaldi Museum was once a residential building, which hosted Garibaldi during his campaigns for independence. Within its walls, is an impressive collection of dresses, weapons, documents and furniture of the...

More than two hundred navigational instruments are on display in this antique tower-shaped hous. Among the most interesting instruments in this private collection are a XVIII century telescope made in Venice, compasses and solar clocks of various...

Civic museum and gallery with artifacts and paintings from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and contemporary works....

The Volta Temple is a museum dedicated to Alessandro Volta, a prolific scientist and the inventor of the electrical battery. Volta was born in Como in 1745, held his first professorship there until 1779, and retired to Como in 1819. It is one of the...

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