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45°58′N 9°11′E · 205 M

Villa Ferrata

A 1790 lakehouse with its own jetty and a very slow morning.

10 guests5 bedrooms7 beds4.5 baths4.95(112)

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We film each house room by room. Villa Ferrata is in the schedule — until then, the photographs are all honest.

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  • Your own jetty

    And a 1962 Riva-style launch, with a driver, included two mornings a week.

  • The garden is the point

    Two hectares of terraced cypress and camellia, laid out in 1834 and never rebuilt.

  • Frescoed dining room

    Original, restored in 2018, and still the room everyone ends up in.

Villa Ferrata was built in 1790 for a Milanese silk family and has been in the same hands ever since — Alessandro is the seventh generation. It sits just north of Lenno with two hectares of terraced garden behind it and its own jetty in front.

The house has been kept rather than renovated. The dining room frescoes are original and were restored properly in 2018. The kitchen is new and hidden. The bedrooms are large, cool and slightly formal, in the way that old Italian lake houses are.

The boat is included two mornings a week with Marco driving. Villa del Balbianello is four minutes away by water and about forty by road, which tells you how to get around here.

Where you’ll sleep

Lake suite

King bed · ensuite · balcony over the water

Fresco room

King bed · ensuite

Camellia room

Queen bed · ensuite

Garden room

Queen bed · shared bath

Attic room

Two singles · shared bath

What’s here

  • Private jetty
  • Boat with driver
  • Lake view
  • Heated pool
  • Terraced garden
  • Full kitchen
  • Air conditioning
  • Fast wifi
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking for four

Alessandro Rota

Trusted host

Host · hosting since 2010

“The boat is included and so is my cousin Marco, who drives it. Ask him to take you to Comacina for lunch.”

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4.95

· 112 reviews

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“Ten of us for a 60th. The garden, the jetty, the frescoed dining room — it was like renting a small piece of history. Marco took us to Comacina and it was the day everyone talks about.”
KatherineEdinburgh · September 2026
“Proper old villa, not a hotel pretending. Alessandro's family clearly love it and it shows in the details.”
YoussefCasablanca · August 2026
“The morning on the terrace with the lake completely still is worth the whole price. Very slow, very quiet.”
BiancaRome · July 2026
“Magnificent. It is an old house — a couple of the shared bathrooms are small and the stairs are steep. Neither bothered us but worth knowing.”
GregChicago · June 2026
“The garden alone justifies the stay. Two hectares of it, all yours, and almost no one uses it.”
SanneUtrecht · May 2026

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House rules

  • Check-in after 4:00 PM
  • No events without prior agreement
  • Boat use by arrangement, mornings only
  • No smoking indoors
  • Children must be supervised at the jetty

$1,560night

4.95· 112