Villa Napoleon I, Lake Como, Italy - FOR RENT

The Villa Napoleon I, a luxury villa rentals in Lake Como, is a national monument for Italy. It was constructed in the 1700’s by Count Passalacqua who had been granted the property by the Odescalchi Family—a Northern Papal family.

It’s most famous long term visitor was Vincenzo Bellini who lived here from 1829-1833 and wrote his most famous operas here (Norma and Sonnambula). The Swiss architect, Felice Soave, designed the house to have a simple symmetrical façade with a richly elaborate interior. The ceilings on the public rooms as well as the bedrooms are ornately decorated and painted. The floors are a beautiful mixture of Cotto Lombardo, Seminato, and dark antique wood.

The Villa is filled with beautiful paintings, sculptures, rugs, tapestries and Venetian chandeliers. The Villa ha also a smaller sister house, Villa Josephina. The Kitchen is large and airy with subzero refrigerators and wine coolers, Viking and Gaggeneau ovens, grills and ranges, 4 disposals, 2 dish washers, a vegetable and fish steamer and a fryer. The counter tops are made of Verona marble and the cabinetry is richly decorated, hand-carved wood.

The most prominent feature of the kitchen is two 8 foot high stone fireplaces that are original to the Villa and bear the family emblem. The Dining Room is an oval shaped room with 16 marble columns. The most important fresco in the Villa sits above the dining room table. It is a fresco by Andrea Appiani who was Europe’s foremost neoclassical artist at the turn of the 19th century. The Tuscan Dining Room is more casual and filled with period Tuscan furniture.

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Luxurious Villa Ricca Ibiza

 Overlooking the glamorous yacht-studded bay of Cala Jondal, Villa Rica makes for an exclusive hillside getaway on the vibrant island of Ibiza. The mansion features 4 elegant en-suite bedrooms fitted with luxury amenities, a gorgeous infinity pool with stunning sea views, and a series of well-appointed outdoor venues where you can relax, dine and soak up the Spanish sun’s rays. Other services include full time personal chef and pampering spa facilities, including luxury treatments, thermal detox sauna, gym and steam room. The villa’s rooftop terrace, the hot tub and the underwater disco/bar are outstanding.

 Super cool and radiant in the Ibiza sunshine, Villa Rica is like a brilliant white ice sculpture, defying the Mediterranean heat. Hedonists will love the laid-back indoor bar, opening out onto the crescent shaped terrace, beside the infinity pool. And surely the submerged pool windows, looking in to the private nightclub, have been designed for underwater frolics.

 So where would you like to eat your freshly grilled fish and mouth-watering salad? Perhaps reclining under the rooftop chill out tents. Perhaps around Villa Rica’s 12-seater dining table, overlooking the pool. Or perhaps under a palm tree lit by fairy lights in the BBQ garden. In fact, after dinner why not throw a party and have the butlers serve Champagne and caviar to the sound of the Balearic beat?

 Afternoons of luxurious beauty treatments in Villa Rica’s spa area. Evenings lounging in the alfresco Jacuzzi, watching the boats out in the bay. Going back home is always a disappointment. But never mind, the butler can hand you a tissue whilst carrying your bags to the taxi, and you can always return next year.

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