Villa Sola Cabiati is one of Lake Como's most prestigious historic residences. Located in Tremezzo and overlooking the central lake, the 16th-century villa has been restored by the Grand Hotel Tremezzo group and now offers one of the most exclusive private villa experiences in Northern Italy. Guests enjoy frescoed salons, manicured Italian gardens, and a private dock for lake excursions. Michelin-starred chefs from nearby restaurants can host private culinary events directly inside the villa.
Villa Sola Cabiati's history stretches back to the 16th century, when the property was first established on the western shore of Lake Como's central section. Acquired by the Dukes of Serbelloni in the 18th century, the villa was expanded in the Neoclassical style of the period and filled with the period heirlooms, tapestries, and museum-quality artworks that remain in situ today. The frescoes decorating the principal salons are attributed to the school of Tiepolo — one of the great decorative traditions of Italian Baroque — and the terrazzo floors, hand-crafted Murano glass chandeliers, and majolica ceramics throughout the villa represent Italian craftsmanship at its most refined historical expression. The bed in which Napoleon and Joséphine Bonaparte slept at the Palazzo Serbelloni in Milan is among the villa's period pieces.
The Grand Hotel Tremezzo group has restored Villa Sola Cabiati with the same commitment to authenticity that defines the parent hotel: the full staff of butler, housekeepers, chambermaid, and private chef is at the exclusive service of the villa's guests for the duration of the stay. The private dock provides direct lake access for boat excursions, and the manicured arabesque gardens — ideal for candlelit dinners — extend between the villa and the lake's edge. Richseen's four-night package layers a Michelin restaurant lunch at Berton al Lago, a private chef dinner inside the villa, and a Bellagio cultural exploration across the itinerary.
Villa Sola Cabiati's six suites, each with ensuite bathroom and sitting area, accommodate up to twelve guests in period rooms filled with antiques, tapestries, museum-quality paintings, and delicate majolica ceramics. The original exquisite terrazzo floors run throughout the principal spaces, the frescoes by the school of Tiepolo decorate the ceilings of the salons, and the hand-crafted Murano chandeliers provide a quality of light that no contemporary fitting could replicate. A stay at Villa Sola Cabiati is, as the Grand Hotel Tremezzo describes it, a genuine — and marvellous — step back in time.
The full villa staff — butler and housekeepers, chambermaid, and private chef — are at the exclusive disposal of the villa's guests for the entirety of the stay. Whether a whim for a midnight gelato or an impromptu dinner for two in the garden lit by dozens of lanterns, meeting every need and want is the staff's sole mission. The private pool sits in the park behind the villa, while the arabesque gardens in front — manicured to the exacting standards that the Neoclassical landscape tradition demands — are ideal for candlelit dinners and morning strolls above the lake.
The villa's private dock provides direct Lake Como access for boat excursions at any time of day. The central lake position at Tremezzo — equidistant between the lake's north and south — places Bellagio, Varenna, Menaggio, and the Villa Carlotta gardens within a short boat journey. The afternoon private boat tour included in Richseen's package visits Bellagio and Varenna — the lake's two most celebrated villages — from the water, with the villa's own vessel and guide available for the excursion.
The dining programme at Villa Sola Cabiati operates at two registers: the private chef's daily cuisine within the villa, and the Michelin-starred restaurant experience at Berton al Lago — the lakeside restaurant of Grand Hotel Tremezzo, operated by Andrea Berton, one of Italy's most celebrated chefs. Lunch at Berton al Lago on the second day of the stay is set on the restaurant's terrace directly above Lake Como — a table with the central lake's panorama, the mountains of the eastern shore visible across the water, and the cuisine of one of Italy's most technically refined contemporary kitchens. The Berton al Lago menu draws on Lombardy's exceptional produce — fresh lake fish, northern Italian cheeses, truffle from nearby Piedmont — with a technical approach that reflects Andrea Berton's training in some of Italy's greatest kitchens.
The private Michelin chef dinner inside the villa — arranged by Richseen for the third evening — is the stay's most intimate culinary experience. A chef from the Michelin-starred programme hosts the dinner in the villa's frescoed dining room, with the menu designed around the guests' preferences and the season's finest available ingredients. The private dining room's stuccowork ceilings, Tiepolo frescoes, and Murano chandelier provide a setting that no restaurant in Italy — however celebrated — can offer: the 18th-century Neoclassical interior as a dining room, the lake visible through the windows, and Michelin-level cuisine at a table that historically hosted European nobility.
The villa's private chef is available for all other meals throughout the stay — breakfast on the terrace each morning, aperitivo in the gardens at sunset, and late suppers in the salon or on the candlelit terrace by the lake. Every meal is prepared using Northern Italy's finest produce: the Como silk-producing region's own agricultural traditions, the lake's freshwater fish, and the Lombardy plain's dairy and vegetable harvest that define the Italian north's distinctive culinary character.
Four nights in a 16th-century lakefront estate — each day shaped by a different dimension of Lake Como: the Michelin cuisine, the lake by boat, the private chef dinner in the frescoed dining room, and the silk craft of the Como valley.
Private transfers, Michelin restaurant lunch, and the private chef dinner are arranged by Richseen prior to arrival. The villa's full staff coordinates all remaining services from check-in.
Villa Sola Cabiati's proposition is built on a combination available nowhere else on Lake Como: a 16th-century lakefront estate of genuine historical significance — frescoes by the school of Tiepolo, terrazzo floors, hand-crafted Murano chandeliers, a bed in which Napoleon slept — fully staffed with a butler, housekeepers, and private chef, and managed to the standards of the Grand Hotel Tremezzo group. The villa is not a restored holiday property that approximates a historic interior — it is a historic interior, preserved with the scholarship and care that its contents demand, and offered exclusively to the guests who stay within it.
Richseen's four-night package layers the three experiences that most fully express what Lake Como offers beyond the villa itself: the Michelin lunch at Berton al Lago on the lake terrace; the private boat tour to Bellagio and Varenna — the lake's two most celebrated villages — from the villa's own dock; and the private Michelin chef dinner in the frescoed Sala degli Stucchi, where the 18th-century interior serves as the dining room and the chef's cuisine as the evening's centrepiece. All are arranged before arrival, so the villa's potential — the frescoes, the lake, the Michelin cuisine — is immediately accessible from the first aperitivo in the gardens.
Villa Sola Cabiati is one of Lake Como's most prestigious historic residences. Located in Tremezzo and overlooking the central lake, the 16th-century villa has been restored by the Grand Hotel Tremezzo group and now offers one of the most exclusive private villa experiences in Northern Italy. Guests enjoy frescoed salons, manicured Italian gardens, and a private dock for lake excursions. Michelin-starred chefs from nearby restaurants can host private culinary events directly inside the villa.
Villa Sola Cabiati's history stretches back to the 16th century, when the property was first established on the western shore of Lake Como's central section. Acquired by the Dukes of Serbelloni in the 18th century, the villa was expanded in the Neoclassical style of the period and filled with the period heirlooms, tapestries, and museum-quality artworks that remain in situ today. The frescoes decorating the principal salons are attributed to the school of Tiepolo — one of the great decorative traditions of Italian Baroque — and the terrazzo floors, hand-crafted Murano glass chandeliers, and majolica ceramics throughout the villa represent Italian craftsmanship at its most refined historical expression. The bed in which Napoleon and Joséphine Bonaparte slept at the Palazzo Serbelloni in Milan is among the villa's period pieces.
The Grand Hotel Tremezzo group has restored Villa Sola Cabiati with the same commitment to authenticity that defines the parent hotel: the full staff of butler, housekeepers, chambermaid, and private chef is at the exclusive service of the villa's guests for the duration of the stay. The private dock provides direct lake access for boat excursions, and the manicured arabesque gardens — ideal for candlelit dinners — extend between the villa and the lake's edge. Richseen's four-night package layers a Michelin restaurant lunch at Berton al Lago, a private chef dinner inside the villa, and a Bellagio cultural exploration across the itinerary.
All components are fully flexible — this is a curated starting point, refined with your Richseen specialist prior to confirmation.