GRAND HOTEL VILLA D'ESTE Via Regina 40 22012 Cernobbio, (CO)  Telephone 0039 031 3481  Fax 0039 031 348844  http://www.villadeste.it/ E-mail:info@villadeste.it
Opening All year The individually furnished and decorated rooms, the breathtaking landscape, a wide range of sport facilities including the unique swimming pool floating on the lake will make a stay at this hotel an unforgettable experience. Conventions, seminars, business meetings and fashion shows find their ideal place in the informal and luxurious environment of Villa d'Este.

Hotel Villa d'Este is where comfort and luxury meet. Along with normal rooms, Suites and Junior Suites are available, all furnished with antiques. Every room is fitted with Air-conditioning, marble bathroom, Jacuzzi, Minibar, Colour and satellite TV,  Safe Deposit Box. Service also meets the high standards of the hotel and includes: Guest Service  Room, 24 Hour Valet Service, 24 Hour Limousine Service, Concierge Desk, Private Helipad, Hair and Beauty Parlor, Baby-sitting, Villa d'Este Gift Boutique and Jewelry Boutique.

Restaurants 

"The Verandah" Restaurant
The hotel's main restaurant where breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in an elegant ambience featuring Italian and International cuisine, overlooking the lake and gardens. Jacket and tie are required in the evening.

"Empire Room" Restaurant
In case of special events being held at the Hotel, lunch or dinner may also be served in this Restaurant.

"The Grill" 
An informal Restaurant, open only in the evening, offering typical Italian dishes. In Summer, dinner is served outdoor under a giant plane tree overlooking the lake. Closed on Mondays.

"L'Enoteca" 
The Wine bar "L'Enoteca" is located near the gardens and offers the possibility to taste the best italian wines by glass accompanied by light and refined specialities (open all evenings except on Tuesday).

"Pool Bar" 
During the Summer months, light meals, a salad bar and a selection of snacks are available in a Buffet style at lunchtime.

"Canova Bar" 
During the Summer months, cocktails and light snacks are served on the lake front terrace. Piano bar at cocktail hours and in the evening.

"Night and Disco" 
Bar and Discotheque open tuesdays through sundays. In Summer, the musical performance may also take place on the lake front terrace or at the pool.


Villa d'Este Sporting Club

Unique outdoor swimming pool floating on the lake 
Outdoor children swimming pool 
Indoor swimming pool 
8 Tennis courts (6 in clay) and 1 Squash court 
Health Club with steam bath, sauna and massage 
7 Golf courses are available in the area 
Jogging track 
Wind-surf 
Sailing 
Canoeing 
Water skiing 
Golf simulator 

Besides centuries-old trees and its Italian pattern, the park is remarkable for its several monuments: the celebrative Nymphaeum, designed by Pellegrini, architect of the Villa, which opens to the water system flowing through the magnificent Hercules perspective; the Renaissance bas-reliefs inside the Nymphaeum hemicycle, completed in 1894 by sculptor Francesco Somaini with two others on the themes of Solitude and Embrace; the temple of Love; the Fortifications, faked military constructions, built on the hillside by the wife of general Domenico Pino to honour his heroic Spanish campaign; the terraces above the Queen’s Pavilion with a magnificent view of the lake and of the swimming pool floating on the water, unique in Europe; the trompe l’oeil facades of the Queen’s Pavilion frescoed in the 19th century. Inside the main Villa, worthy of note is the monumental portico, now the hall, with its stucco colonnade and beautiful furniture (Russian and Empire). In the Columns Room paintings by G. Serangeli (Pirro and Polissena, 1800) and by early 19th century French school (Agar and Ismael in the Desert, the Flood, a copy of a detail of Michelangelo’s Creation); works by Canova (in the homonymous room), of Appiani and of the Valle d’Intelvi Masters (in the Napoleon Room). The Bar decorated with Neoclassical statues and the verandah with its glass-screen that disappear into the ground complete the list of rooms of artistic interest. 

MEETINGS

In addition to the standard equipment available at all conference centres (microphones, simultaneous translation, videorecorders and monitors, slide projectors etc.), we are in a position to provide, through the best suppliers in the area, stage lighting equipment for all sorts of set designs and effects or for television takes, a team of first-rate sound and video engineers equipped with a mobile unit for multivision slide projection, live video conferences, BETACAM, BIVIU, U-MATIC ¾ or VHS video recording, including electronic cutting, editing and titling system and a mixing desk. Cassette duplication and transmission in NTSC or SECAM can be effected in the nearby professional labs in Milan within 24 hours.

Beaty Farm and Spa It is a fact that many of today’s travelers when choosing a destination will pick a hotel that has a Spa. Ever since Villa d’Este opened its sybaritic Spa last April, clients when booking their accomodation make sure that upon arrival they can have a massage. This is the best way to start a holiday or a business meeting. The serene and relaxed ambiance is created by a blend of soothing colors, soft lights, background music and water games. The choices range from the traditional relaxing and toning massage to the plantar reflexology and shiatsu massage. All ensure you will melt into a blissful daze. Next step is a facial and body treatment. Our Spa offers personalized treatments using the Villa d’Este products.  These can be purchased at the Spa boutique. "BEAUTY & RELAX" packages are available.