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€6.50/4; h9.30am-6.30pm
Apr-Oct), which run right
down to the lake and are
adorned with classical GLENN VAN DER KNIJFF/GETTY IMAGES ©
statues couched in blush-
ing azaleas.
Barindelli’s (%338
2110337; www.barindellitaxi
boats.it; Piazza Mazzini; tours
per hour €140) operates
slick, mahogany cigarette
boats in which you can
tool around the headland
in for a sunset tour
(boats seat 10 people).
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The Drive » The best way to
reach Tremezzo, without driving
all the way around the bottom of
the lake, is to take the ferry from
Piazza Mazzini. One-way fares
cost €4.60, but for sightseeing
ITALY 2 THE GRAcEFUL ITALIAN LAKES
you may want to consider the
one-day central lake ticket,
covering Bellagio, Varenna,
Tremezzo and Cadenabbia,
for €15.

7 Tremezzo
Tremezzo is high on
everyone’s list for a
visit to the 17th-century
Villa Carlotta (%034 44
04 05; www.villacarlotta.it; Via
Regina 2; adult/reduced €9/7;
h9am-7.30pm Apr–mid-Oct),
whose botanic gardens
are filled with orange
trees knitted into pergo-
las and some of Europe’s
finest rhododendrons,
azaleas and camellias.
The villa, which is
strung with paintings
and fine alabaster-white
sculptures (especially
lovely are those by An-
tonio Canova), takes its
name from the Prussian
princess who was given

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