Villa Maria Taglioni Estate

Villa Maria Taglioni Estate is the combined rental of both sister villas on the eastern shore of Lake Como — Villa Maria Taglioni and Villa Maria Serena, taken together as one private waterfront estate. They sit side by side, interconnected, in seven acres of gated parkland, three miles from Como and directly across the lake from the Grand Hotel Villa d'Este.

Each villa has its own front door, its own staff and its own personality. Villa Maria Taglioni is the grand neoclassical one — frescoed entrance hall, a music room with a 1911 Steinway blond-wood Grand piano, a kidney-shaped heated pool curving into the hillside with a waterfall at one end, a wellness area with equipped gym, sauna and Turkish bath, and an elevator to all floors. Villa Maria Serena is the more intimate one — suspended over the water, every room watching the lake, a frescoed salon with a 1900 Blutner Grand piano, a frescoed cupola with central balcony, and a rectangular heated pool (12 × 3 m) above the water.

Between them sits a small historic harbour flanked by ancient terracotta statues. Together the estate has fourteen en-suite bedrooms (sleeps twenty-eight), thirteen bathrooms, two private docks with two courtesy speedboats, two heated pools, and a thousand feet of exclusive lake shoreline.

The estate sits down a quarter-mile gated road guarded by a quaint old gatehouse. A private gate in the property wall opens onto the harbour square of Blevio — old church, vaporetto dock, a small public waterfront park and a gourmet restaurant within a six-minute walk. For arrivals by air, the International Como Aeroclub seaplane base is three miles away — direct seaplane connections to Saint Moritz, Venice or Capri.

The two residences were restored in the early nineteenth century by the celebrated Swedish ballerina Maria Taglioni, who welcomed Bellini, Rossini, Franz Liszt, Ricordi and Giuditta Pasta in these rooms. Both villas have been beautifully refurbished, magnificently decorated with frescoes and furnished with antiques from the owner's collection.

Each villa is fully staffed: Villa Maria Taglioni has a resident butler, a chef and a grounds team; Villa Maria Serena has a butler and a chef. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served six days per week (cost of food extra). The two villas can also be rented separately if you only need one.

All utilities (electricity, water, A/C, heating) and final cleaning for both villas

Wi-Fi indoor and outdoor across the whole estate

Daily housekeeping (9:00 am – 12:00 pm) at each villa

Mid-week change of bed linen (Wednesday); daily change of bath linen

Garden and pool maintenance

Villa Maria Taglioni staff: 1 butler, 1 chef, 1 grounds staff

Villa Maria Serena staff: 1 butler, 1 chef

Breakfast 8:30–10:30 am · Lunch 12:30–2:00 pm · Dinner 7:30–9:30 pm (cost of food extra)

Two private heated swimming pools — Maria's kidney-shaped pool with waterfall (9 ft deep) and Serena's rectangular pool (12 × 3 m)

Villa Maria's wellness area with equipped gym, sauna and Turkish bath

Two private docks, one per villa, each with a courtesy speedboat (up to 510 kg / 1,124 lbs, 15–20 knots — fuel extra)

Elevator at Villa Maria, ample underground parking under both villas

Cook service available via the villa management team (no third-party caterers)

Optional: seaplane taxi service via the International Como Aeroclub

Saturday-to-Saturday rentals (7-night minimum)

Check-in 4:00–7:00 pm; check-out by 10:00 am

Children aged 8 and older welcome; younger children only with a nanny or dedicated minder

No pets

Non-smoking

The pool at Villa Maria is not easy to reach for guests with walking difficulties; the villa provides a golf cart for easier access

The two villas can also be rented separately if you only need one

Italian Visitor's Tax (approximately €1.50–€6.00 per person, per day for the first ten days) is payable locally in cash