Dear Visitor,
welcome to Villa Monastero.
As we are reopening to visitors starting from May 23rd 2020, we ask you to read and follow these simple rules to your safety, dealing with the current coronavirus emergency.
As this is a place rich in history and surrounded by a unique natural environment, you need to know that some activities are not allowed, in order to preserve the botanical garden and the House Museum.
€ 8,00 for adults.
€ 5,00 for senior visitors over the age of 65, groups of more than 10 people, Italian Touring Club members, residents in the province of Lecco.
€ 3,50 for young people between 12 and 18 and students between 18 and 24.
FREE for children of 11 and under, disabled visitors, ICOM members, Abbonamento Musei Lombardia Milano holders, residents in Varenna, journalists.
Free entrance is guaranteed for professional guides and tour leaders, only together with a group.
Tickets can be bought until 30min. before the closure time.
From September 1st 2020 a new service of online sale is available through the channel Vivaticket.
Individuals and families are allowed to visit the Botanical Garden and House Museum without reservation. Small groups are admitted with reservation while the entrance is forbidden to larger groups.
For reservations of wedding photo shootings and small groups visits please write us to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at least three days before your visit.
Cumulative ticket with Villa Cipressi Botanical Garden
€ 15,00 for adults
€ 9,00 senior visitors over the age of 65, groups of more than 10 people, Italian Touring Club members, residents in the province of Lecco
€ 6,00 for young people between 12 and 18 and students between 18 and 24
*purchasable only on the opening days of the Villa Cipressi garden.
Boat access: docking at Villa Monastero is free for visit purpose; the access to the dock is allowed to boats and taxi boats only for the time needed to get off and on the boat to visit the Botanical Garden and the House Museum, after asking the ticket office (telephone number 0039 0341 830129).
Berthing platform: width 6,30 m x length 2,70 m, connected to another platform on the shore through a gangway 1,10 m wide and 6,50 m long.
€ 10,00 for adults.
€ 7,00 for senior visitors over the age of 65, groups of more than 10 people, Italian Touring Club members, residents in the province of Lecco.
€ 5,00 for young people between 12 and 18 and students between 18 and 24.
FREE for children of 11 and under, disabled visitors, ICOM members, Abbonamento Musei Lombardia Milano holders, residents in Varenna, journalists.
Free entrance is guaranteed for professional guides and tour leaders, only together with a group.
Tickets can be bought until 30min. before the closure time.
From September 1st 2020 a new service of online sale is available through the channel Vivaticket.
Individuals and families are allowed to visit the Botanical Garden and House Museum without reservation. Small groups are admitted with reservation while the entrance is forbidden to larger groups.
For reservations of wedding photo shootings and small groups visits please write us to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at least three days before your visit.
Cumulative ticket with Villa Cipressi Botanical Garden
€ 17,00 for adults
€ 11,00 senior visitors over the age of 65, groups of more than 10 people, Italian Touring Club members, residents in the province of Lecco
€ 7,50 for young people between 12 and 18 and students between 18 and 24
*purchasable only on the opening days of the Villa Cipressi garden
Boat access: docking at Villa Monastero is free for visit purpose; the access to the dock is allowed to boats and taxi boats only for the time needed to get off and on the boat to visit the Botanical Garden and the House Museum, after asking the ticket office (telephone number 0039 0341 830129).
Berthing platform: width 6,30 m x length 2,70 m, connected to another platform on the shore through a gangway 1,10 m wide and 6,50 m long.
Commercial photo shootings, video, movies and fictions: IN THE GARDEN: € 1000,00 (whole day), € 700,00 (half day) IN THE HOUSE MUSEUM: € 2000,00 (whole day), € 1400,00 (half day)
Wedding, pre-wedding and non commercial photo shootings (to be made in the Garden only): € 250,00.
For all kind of photo shootings, reservation is compulsory. For information and reservations, contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Villa Monastero hosts a cafeteria and snack bar service inside the Botanical Garden, open to visitors in the following days and times:
May and June: every day from 10am to 7.30pm
July and August: every day from 10am to 7.30pm
