Lake Como hosts Autumn Festival from 2 October to 8 November
Published on 10/18/2026 at 05:26 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Lake Como hosts the Autumn Festival at Villa Carlotta (Tremezzina) from 2 October to 8 November 2026, giving the lake's autumn programme a fixed cultural setting. The venue is on the shore in the Como area, where the museum and botanical garden form one visitor site.
Autumn Festival brings a dated programme to Villa Carlotta
The festival is listed by Villa Carlotta as an event running from 2 October to 8 November 2026. The official programme includes the family activity Scenografi a corte on 18 October, a themed visit on 7 November and the family activity Questioni di famiglia on 15 November outside the festival period, so the last item is not part of this event. The dated programme is set out on the official festival page.
Other listed activities include a garden visit on 15 October, a pumpkin workshop on 24, 25, 30 and 31 October, a seed mandala workshop on 1 November and My winter garden on 8 November. These entries connect the seasonal theme with different parts of the estate rather than treating the festival as a single performance or exhibition.
Villa Carlotta links art collections with autumn gardens
Villa Carlotta overlooks Lake Como in Tremezzina, in the province of Como. The building was constructed in the late seventeenth century by the Milanese marquis Giorgio Clerici, according to the custodian's history of the site.
Giovanni Battista Sommariva acquired the villa in 1801 and assembled works by artists including Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen. In 1843, Princess Marianne of Prussia bought the property and later gave it to her daughter Charlotte. The museum still presents art collections alongside rooms and objects connected with the villa's later owners, as described by Villa Carlotta's history.
The festival's practical focus therefore sits within a place shaped by both collecting and horticulture. Autumn workshops and guided activities use the estate's gardens as their setting, while the museum supplies the historical and artistic context for the visit.
Historic terraces shape the autumn visit
The botanical garden includes an Italianate section with a symmetrical axis, clipped hedges, fountains, statues, terraces and stairs. The park also contains citrus tunnels dating from the period of the Clerici family and areas with monumental trees, camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons.
Several uphill paths cross the garden, and the custodian recommends comfortable shoes. This matters during the Autumn Festival because activities linked to seasonal plants and garden areas take place across a historic landscape rather than in one level indoor room. The garden information also identifies the formal terraces and the estate's agricultural section.
Visiting Lake Como: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The Autumn Festival runs at Villa Carlotta in Tremezzina from 2 October to 8 November 2026.
- The programme includes Scenografi a corte on 18 October 2026, pumpkin workshops on selected October dates, a seed mandala on 1 November and My winter garden on 8 November.
- The venue is Villa Carlotta, Via Statale 5605, Tremezzina, in the province of Como, on the shore of Lake Como.
- The botanical garden has uphill paths, terraces and stairs. Comfortable shoes are recommended by the custodian.
- Italy's official language is Italian, and its national currency is the euro.
For travellers, the result is a cultural stop combining a museum, historic interiors and a botanical garden with a specifically dated autumn programme.
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Como
When does the Autumn Festival take place at Lake Como?
The Autumn Festival at Villa Carlotta runs from 2 October to 8 November 2026.
What is Villa Carlotta?
It is a historic villa, museum and botanical garden in Tremezzina, in Italy's Como province.
Where is Lake Como and how do you get there?
Villa Carlotta is at Via Statale 5605 in Tremezzina, on the shore of Lake Como. The estate is reached through the Tremezzina area in the province of Como.
