Villa Monastero is located in Varenna, in the province of Lecco, on the shores of Lake Como. the villa houses a Botanical Garden that extends for almost 2 kilometers along the lake front from Varenna to Fiumelatte, a HouseMuseum and Conference Center, an international conference center overlooking Lake Como.
Among the conferences organized at Villa Monastero there is the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", organized by the Italian Society of Physics since 1953. The school has hosted speeches by more than thirty-four Nobel Prize winners.
Openings 2024
House Museum and Botanic Garden January 2024
House Museum: closed.
Botanical Garden: closed.
February 2024
House Museum: closed.
Botanical garden: closed.
March 2024
House Museum: on 1° March closed.
From 2 March 2024, the House Museu opens from 10:00 to 17:00 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Botanical Garden: on 1° March closed.
From 2 March 2024, the botanical Garden opens every day from 10:00 to 17:00.
April-May 2024
House Museum: from Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays from 9:30 to 19:30.
On 1° April, the House Museum is open.
Botanical Garden: daily from 9:30 to 19:30.
June-July-August 2024
House Museum: daily from 9:30 to 20:00.
Botanical Garden: daily from 9:30 to 20:00.
September 2024
House Museum: from Tuesday to Sunday, from 9:30 to 19:30.
Botanical Garden: daily from 9:30 to 19:30.
1st October – 1st November 2024
House Museum: from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00.
Botanical Garden: daily from 10:00 to 18:00.
November 2024
House Museum: on 1° November 2024, from 10:00 to 18:00.
On 2-3-9-10-16-17-23-24-30 November 2024 from 10:00 to 17:00.
Botanical Garden: on 1° November 2024, from 10:00 to 18:00.
On 2-3-9-10-16-17-23-24-30 November 2024 from 10:00 to 17:00
December 2024
House Museum: on 1-6-7-8-14-15-21-22-23-24 and from 26 to 31 December from 10:00 to 17:00.
Botanical Garden: on 1-6-7-8-14-15-21-22-23-24 and from 26 to 31 December from 10:00 to 17:00.
€ 7,00 for senior visitors over the age of 65, groups of more than 10 people, Italian Touring Club members, residents in the province of Lecco.
€ 5,00 for young people between 12 and 18 and students between 18 and 24.
FREE for children of 11 and under, disabled visitors, ICOM members, Abbonamento Musei Lombardia Milano holders, residents in Varenna, journalists.
Free entrance is guaranteed for professional guides and tour leaders, only together with a group.
Tickets can be bought until 30min. before the closure time
Cumulative ticket with Villa Cipressi Botanical Garden*
€ 17,00 for adults
€ 11,00 senior visitors over the age of 65, groups of more than 10 people, Italian Touring Club members, residents in the province of Lecco
€ 7,50 for young people between 12 and 18 and students between 18 and 24
* purchasable only on the opening days of the Villa Cipressi garden
Boat access
Docking at Villa Monastero is free for visit purpose; the access to the dock is allowed to boats and taxi boats only for the time needed to get off and on the boat to visit the Botanical Garden and the House Museum, after asking the ticket office (telephone number 0039 0341 830129).
Berthing platform: width 6,30 m x length 2,70 m, connected to another platform on the shore through a gangway 1,10 m wide and 6,50 m long.
