BELLAGIO, Presentation

Hi, I am Marcy, your personal guide, and together with MyWoWo I’d like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world: Bellagio.

Bellagio is one of the most internationally renowned tourist resorts, nicknamed 'the pearl of the lake'. But what makes it so special?

First of all, its strategic location was perfect in the past to control a large part of the lake, which, as you know, is shaped like an inverted Y. The promontory on which Bellagio stands, culminating in Punta Frangivento, is the exact point of separation of the Como and Lecco branches.

As you can imagine, the charm of these places has attracted wealthy people in every era, but the real boom as a resort came between the late-18th and 19th centuries, when splendid villas such as Villa Melzi and the first luxury hotels began to appear....