This beautiful villa sits peacefully surrounded by century-trees garden and woods in the midst of a 30.000 sqm private park in Faggeto Lario, on the lake side of Como Lake, just in face of villa Oleandra, the famous George Clooney's Italian residence, in easy view on the other side of the thin branch of the lake, in the village of Laglio.

Villa Ortensia overlooks 10 km of marvellous coast with impressive mountains on back, an enchanting panorama on the lake from the terrace in the garden while tasting a special dinner or sipping a glass of good wine.
Villa Ortensia is within easy walking distance (100 metres) of the nearby restaurant and bar for your good-morning-capuccino. Half km far the village of Riva (part of Faggeta Lario) with boat landing pier where the passenger boat and hydrofoil depart to the many towns and villages on the coast of Lake Como.

General description
The Villa itself has three floors connected by a large staircase tower and great balconies and terraces to enjoy the lake view and of course eating al fresco.
Immediately outside the Kitchen and Living/Dining Room is a beautiful large meadow with a balcony with table and chairs for dining "al fresco" overlooking 10 km of lake coast, in the shadow of two century-sequoia.

A beautiful large sheltered and paved open space on the meadow, abut to an earthwork, hosts a bread oven with a barbecue, sink, table and chairs for 12 for unforgettable dinners outside. Stones pave sagely and tastely the alleys around the villa, in the 3 hectare park, all developing front lake.

The livingroom has a sitting area with 3 leather sofabeds with a low glass table in the middle and a fireplace at side. The dining area in the centre and a writing desk on the opposite side. From the dining area there is access to the kitchen fully equipped, to a bathroom and to the staircase tower that leads to the first and then to the second floor.
On the first floor a double bedroom with a large terrace and two single with French bed (cm 130 wide) share one bathroom.
On the second floor two double and one single bedrooms share one bathroom. In total 9 sleeps but the French beds can each sleep 2 slim people or 2 children so total become 9 + 2

The district of Como has a surprising rich variety of environments, panoramas and settlements.
In few km the mountain give place to a lake, the wild Alpine valley to the highly industrialized Brianza, the town of Como to the villages made of few houses, the faunal oasis to the sky pistas. Lie down under an olive tree in the Central Lake admiring the perennial snow of the Grigna or, if you are very active, take a car to drive the 100 km in which the whole district of Como is concentrated.

On the opposite side of the branch Laglio and Cernobbio are 2 km far from the Swiss border. The lakeside road also gives easy access to the neighbouring towns of Pognana, Nesso and other to mention a few, in half hour to Bellagio. Como, the principal city of the Lake and Chief of the District is just 8 kms away. On the same road, opposite side.

A short excursion from the villa to the Upper Lario leads to some valleys where no human track can be seen. They are beautiful like the best National Parks, rich of wild fauna such as deer, chamois and roe-deer, predatory birds and even the royal eagle.

The big mass of water of the Como lake (410 m deep) influences the climate of the valley favouring floreal breeding grounds and the cultivation of laurel and olive trees, while the gardens are beautified with palm trees and tropical plants, particularly in the promontory of Bellagio, where the climate is similar to that of the Ligurian Riviera.

All above regarding merely the rank nature, but the the best villas built and scattered in the centuries on the lake, many of them unique for their architectonic and landscape value, the Romanic Churcies of the Middle Age almost everywhere on the territory and the numerous fortifications, evidence of a tempestuous and adventuresome past, enrich the small district exciting the fantasy and securing a peaceful and stimulating holiday.