Villa Cagnola in Gazzada Schianno, near Varese, hosts meetings, conferences, training courses, team building and weddings. It offers ten rooms for meetings, with a main hall of 160 seats, plus 70 bedrooms, an in-house restaurant and a historic park. Business events come first here: the villa works as a residential meeting center and also takes wedding receptions in its Italian garden and 18th-century portico.
Seminars and company events
The villa lists ten rooms for meetings and congresses, equipped for the purpose, with seating of up to 160. The Sala Paolo VI is the largest, with 160 seats and armchairs with writing tablets. The Sala Cagnola, the Sala Multimedia and the Giardino d'Inverno are set up to the client's layout. The Giardino d'Inverno is an exhibition space with a double-height ceiling and a large glass wall. Smaller historic rooms suit board meetings and workshops: the Salottino del Conte, with terracotta floors and a coffered ceiling, the Sala Belvedere on the second floor of the Villa Antica, with three terraces facing Monte Rosa and Lake Varese, the Biblioteca, the Sala Vescovi and the Sala San Girolamo. A video conference link between several rooms is possible. Fast Wi-Fi is free, and parking is free inside and outside the grounds. The villa also lists team building, indoors and outdoors.
Weddings and receptions
Receptions are described as a long-standing specialty of the house. The Gran Buffet del Conte is served in the Italian garden, with a view of Monte Rosa and Lake Varese. The venue lists the in-house restaurant, the bedrooms, the 18th-century portico, the Italian garden, the historic park and the art collection among its wedding settings. Couples fill in a form to request a quote or an appointment. The villa also hosts first communion and confirmation lunches.
Rooms and capacities
Ten rooms are offered. The Sala Paolo VI holds 160. The Sala Belvedere and the Sala Vescovi are on the upper floors of the Villa Antica, and the Sala Vescovi has a painted coffered ceiling and a small balcony. The Biblioteca has Venetian terrazzo floors and a large collection of old books and connects to the Sala Vescovi. The Suite Villa Antica and the Sala San Girolamo, with period parquet and stucco ceiling, are also named. The site gives seating figures only for the Sala Paolo VI, so ask for the other rooms.
Accommodation
The villa has 70 bedrooms with private bathroom, Wi-Fi, air conditioning, minibar and safe: single, double, twin, triple, accessible rooms, a junior suite and a Suite Villa Antica of over 100 square meters. Reception is staffed 24 hours. Breakfast is served from 6:30 to 10:00.
Catering
Catering is in-house: coffee breaks, working breakfasts and lunches, aperitifs, structured receptions, banquets and Christmas dinners. Menus are designed for each event, with attention to the wine list.
History and setting
The complex combines an 18th-century villa, a historic church, a park of about 27 hectares that is open to the public, and a private art collection with gold-ground panels, ceramics, sculpture, tapestries and furniture.
Getting there
The villa stands in the village of Gazzada, in the province of Varese. Parking is free.
