Varenna, Italy
Varenna, Italy
ele 🗄️ from my archives: Villa Monastero in Varenna, Italy 🕰️
This is one of my favorite places in the whole world: #VillaMonastero in Varenna. It's on #LakeComo, on the Lecco side – a short boat ride from Bellagio.
The gardens and structures are impossibly beautiful - and yet this town is mostly overlooked in favor of Bellagio. I love this place so much that the day after my wedding I organized a trip here with friends and family. We would have gotten married here, too, if it wasn't for all the restrictions / limited space. All this to say: if you plan to visit Lake Como, make sure to stop in Varenna (boat stop after Bellagio) and in Lenno (boat stop before Bellagio). They are hidden gems!
Photo taken with an #iPhone6 and color-graded in #VSCO.
(Apologies if you've seen this photo before, but I'm recreating my pixelfed.social archive here on my self-hosted instance).
@tapasinthesun I love this! A picture within a picture and an interesting foreground subject 😍 Go to post Hide Close
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Show more@ele I love Varenna! I went there twice. It is impossibly romantic and beautiful. Please share other photos if you like.
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Show more@ele (gets strong Studio Ghibli feelings)
I wonder if Hayao Miyazaki was inspired by this view when he created the Hotel Adriano scenes in Porco Rosso.
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