From 23 October to 1 November 2026 the eleven members of Ville e Musei del Lago di Como present their autumn programme «Il paesaggio come opera d’arte» (Landscape as a work of art): exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, concerts and talks about the landscape, painted, designed, cultivated and woven. Full programme and bookings: villemuseilagodicomo.it.
To visit villas and museums without a car, the Bilocale mansardato nel centro storico di Como by Easy Housing is about a 5-minute walk from the lakefront; if you are driving, L'Arco al Convento has free private parking.
In Como itself
- Museo della Seta (Silk Museum, Via Castelnuovo 9): on Saturday 24 October at 2:30 pm and 4:30 pm the tour «Dal paesaggio al tessuto» explains how an image becomes a Jacquard fabric; on Sunday 25 at 3 pm the workshop «Di che stoffa è il paesaggio?» for children aged 6 to 10; on Tuesday 27 at 6 pm a talk by Filippo Timo on landscape in art history.
- Villa del Grumello (Via per Cernobbio 11): on Sunday 25 October at 10 am a talk on landscape between art and ecology with the Urban Ecology Lab of the University of Milano-Bicocca, and at 11:30 am a theatre workshop for children aged 6 to 12.
On the lake
- Villa Bernasconi in Cernobbio: on Friday 23 October at 6 pm a concert by violinist Hawijch Elders with pianist Monica Zhang.
- Villa del Balbianello: on Sunday 25 October at 10 am the guided tour «costruire il paesaggio», from Cardinal Durini’s loggia to the great holm oak.
- Villa Carlotta in Tremezzina: on 24, 25, 30 and 31 October «La mia zucca di Halloween» in the upper park, among the autumn colours.
- Casa Brenna Tosatto in Tremezzina: throughout the programme, the exhibition «Abitare il paesaggio», the lake’s villas seen by artists.
Before you go
Many events have limited places and require booking: check times, tickets and availability on the official pages. To move between the town and the lake, see Getting around Como; with children, Como with children; for the evening, Como in the evening.
Why stay with Easy Housing
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