Plan your visit
An eclectic villa, a terrace on the lake, a route through history, tradition, and botany. This is what Villa Monastero has to offer you.
Please note that the ticket purchased online (through Vivaticket) is not a reservation and the entrance time indicated on the ticket is not binding.
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Days and times 2023
House Museum and Botanic Garden
Days and times 2024
House Museum and Botanic Garden
House Museum: closed.
Botanical Garden: closed.
House Museum: closed.
Botanical garden: closed.
House Museum: on 1° March closed.
From 2 March 2024, the House Museu opens from 10:00 to 17:00 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Botanical Garden: on 1° March closed.
From 2 March 2024, the botanical Garden opens every day from 10:00 to 17:00.
House Museum: from Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays from 9:30 to 19:30.
On 1° April, the House Museum is open.
Botanical Garden: daily from 9:30 to 19:30.
House Museum: daily from 9:30 to 20:00.
Botanical Garden: daily from 9:30 to 20:00.
House Museum: from Tuesday to Sunday, from 9:30 to 19:30.
Botanical Garden: daily from 9:30 to 19:30.
House Museum: from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00.
Botanical Garden: daily from 10:00 to 18:00.
House Museum: on 1° November 2024, from 10:00 to 18:00.
On 2-3-9-10-16-17-23-24-30 November 2024 from 10:00 to 17:00.
Botanical Garden: on 1° November 2024, from 10:00 to 18:00.
On 2-3-9-10-16-17-23-24-30 November 2024 from 10:00 to 17:00
House Museum: on 1-6-7-8-14-15-21-22-23-24 and from 26 to 31 December from 10:00 to 17:00.
Botanical Garden: on 1-6-7-8-14-15-21-22-23-24 and from 26 to 31 December from 10:00 to 17:00.
Entrance to the Botanical Garden
and the House Museum 2023
Full price / Reduced price
Full price: € 13,00
Reduced price: € 9,00 for people over 65 years old, groups of more than 20 people, members of Touring Club Italiano, FAI members, ICOM members.
€ 7.00 for young people aged from 15 to 25.
Access to the House Museum in the closing days:
€ 20.00 per person (minimum 40 people)
Free
Free for children from 0 to 14 years old, disabled people and one companion, participants in educational courses and institutional visits approved by the Provincia di Lecco, for residents in Varenna.
Free for licensed tourist guides and environmental hiking guides when accompanying a group.
Free for 1 group leader every 20 paying visitors.
School groups
Free for teachers accompanying pupils.
Educational activities
€ 100.00 per class for half-day educational activities (€ 80.00 for schools in the province of Lecco)
€ 170.00 per class for one-day educational activities (€ 150.00 for schools in the province of Lecco)
Cumulative ticket with Villa Cipressi Botanic Garden
It can be purchased only on the opening days of Villa Cipressi garden.
€ 22,00 full price.
€ 15,00 reduced for people over 65, groups of more than 20 people, members of Touring Club Italiano, FAI members and ICOM members.
€ 11,00 reduced for children from 15 to 25 years old
Free for children from 0 to 14 years old
It is possible to buy the combined ticket with the botanical Garden of Villa Cipressi only at the ticket offices of the Villas, and during their opening days and times.
Instead, the combined ticket mentioned above which includes the entrance to the House Museum is purchasable only at the ticket office of Villa Monastero.
Access with boats
Access to Villa Monastero, Botanic Garden and House Museum by boat:
Free mooring with boats for those who go to Villa Monastero for visiting purposes, access to the Villa Monastero mooring is allowed to boats and taxi boats exclusively to pick up and drop off people for the visit of the Botanic Garden and the House Museum, by contacting in advance the Villa Monastero ticket office on +39 0341/830129.
The dimensions of the docking platform are given below: width 6.30 m x 2.70 m, connected to another platform on the ground by a footbridge 1.10 m wide and 6.50 m long.
Entrance
to the Botanical Garden 2023
Full price / Reduced price
Full price: € 10,00
Reduced price: € 7,00 for people over 65, groups of more than 20 people, members of Touring Club Italiano, FAI members, ICOM members.
€ 5.00 for young people aged from 15 to 25.
Entrance on closed days:
€ 20.00 per person (minimum 40 people)
Free
Free for children from 0 to 14 years old, disabled people and one companion, participants in educational and institutional visits approved by the Provincia di Lecco, for residents in Varenna.
Free for licensed tourist guides and environmental hiking guides when accompanying a group.
Free for 1 group leader every 20 paying visitors.
School groups
Free for teachers accompanying pupils.
Educational activities
€ 100.00 per class for half-day educational activities (€ 80.00 for schools in the province of Lecco).
€ 170.00 per class for one-day educational activities (€ 150.00 for schools in the province of Lecco).
Cumulative with Villa Cipressi Botanic Garden
It can be purchased only on the opening days of Villa Cipressi garden.
€ 19,00 full price.
€ 13,00 reduced for people over 65, groups of more than 20 people, Italian Touring Club members, FAI members, ICOM members.
€ 9.00 for children aged from 15 to 25
Free for children from 0 to 14 years old
It is possible to buy the combined ticket with the botanical Garden of Villa Cipressi only at the ticket offices of the Villas, and during their opening days and times.
Instead, the combined ticket mentioned above which includes the entrance to the House Museum is purchasable only at the ticket office of Villa Monastero.
Access with boats
Access to Villa Monastero, Botanic Garden and House Museum by boat:
Free mooring with boats for those who go to Villa Monastero for visiting purposes, access to the Villa Monastero mooring is allowed to boats and taxi boats exclusively to pick up and drop off people for the visit of the Botanic Garden and the House Museum, by contacting in advance the Villa Monastero ticket office on 0341/830129.
The dimensions of the docking platform are given below: width 6.30 m x 2.70 m, connected to another platform on the ground by a footbridge 1.10 m wide and 6.50 m long.
- The ticket office will close 45 minutes before the closing time of the Villa.
- Tickets for the Botanic Garden and the House Museum can be purchased online through Vivaticket.
- Access to the Botanic Garden and the House Museum is allowed to individuals and families without prior booking.
- Access to the Botanic Garden and House Museum for small groups by prior arrangement (in the House Museum groups of a maximum of 25 people).
- To book visits for groups, please write to villa.monastero@provincia.lecco.it at least 3 days before the visit.
- Dogs are allowed only in the Garden and must be kept on a leash
- Villa Monastero takes part to Abbonamento Musei Lombardia: free entrance for the holders of the card “Abbonamento Musei Lombardia”.
- Villa Monastero is a sales point of the Abbonamento Musei Lombardia card.
- The cumulative ticket with Villa Cipressi cannot be purchased online.
Transport information
According to the Ordinance n.27/2023 tourist buses cannot enter the town of Varenna from March 15th to October 15th .
For further information please contact the Municipality of Varenna.
Other services
Possibility of using some spaces of Villa Monastero for photo and video shoots (both commercial and for private use) and for fiction, upon reservation and by paying a fee.
For information and bookings please write to villa.monastero@provincia.lecco.it.
