Hotel Villa Flori hosts board meetings, conferences, private dinners and wedding banquets on the shore of Lake Como, with three conference rooms, a lakeside restaurant and hotel rooms for the whole group. The villa stands on Via Cernobbio, between the center of Como and Cernobbio, and belongs to the Lario Hotels group.
Seminars and company events
The hotel has three bright conference rooms that open onto a terrace above the lake, with current technology and fast Wi-Fi throughout the building. An in-house events service helps plan meetings, including requests made at short notice. Between sessions, participants can use the lounge bar, and the hotel's events page also mentions a spa and a wine cellar. For dinners, private lakeside rooms of different sizes can be reserved so a group eats apart from other guests.
Weddings and receptions
Ristorante Raimondi serves wedding banquets, with a veranda that opens onto the lake in the warm months. The gardens and the lakefront are used for photographs, and guests can arrive by motorboat at the hotel's private dock, which leads straight to the restaurant's outdoor area. The hotel sends a wedding brochure on request.
Rooms and capacities
The website does not publish capacities for the three conference rooms or the private dining rooms, so ask the events team for figures and layouts before shortlisting. Ristorante Raimondi, with its lakeside veranda, is the main space for banquets. Breakfast is served in the Sala Banchetti.
Accommodation
Rooms and suites come in nine categories: Standard, Classic, Superior and Deluxe rooms, then the Junior, Garibaldi Junior, Raimondi Junior and Corner suites. The Gran Lago Suite is a separate villa of about 180 m² with its own garden, suited to a small private party or an executive stay. The total number of rooms is not stated online.
Catering
Ristorante Raimondi, named after the villa's original owner, handles meals for events, from working lunches to banquets, and the Lounge Bar serves drinks, snacks and wine from morning to midnight. The hotel also hosts seasonal dinners open to the public, such as a Christmas fashion evening with a cocktail dinner.
History and setting
In 1859 Marquis Giorgio Raimondi enlarged the villa and gave it to his daughter Giuseppina as a wedding gift. She married Giuseppe Garibaldi, the general of Italian unification, on January 24, 1860, and the marriage ended almost at once. The restored interiors keep their original stucco work, floral frescoes and wooden floors. Two cedars of Lebanon screen the park, and the lobby windows look across the water to Torno, Blevio, the dome of Como Cathedral and Brunate with its Volta lighthouse.
Getting there
Como Cathedral is about 15 minutes away and Cernobbio three minutes. Milan city center is about 50 minutes by road. Milan Malpensa airport is 40 minutes away, Linate 50 minutes and Lugano airport 55 minutes. Groups can also arrive by boat at the private dock.
