Describing Baveno, a charming lakeside town overlooking the sparkling western shore of Lago Maggiore, is simple: a paradise reflecting in the water. This area offers fairytale views, the rugged pink granite hills and the intense blue of the lake. Here you can also find hidden houses for sale in Baveno of an unpredictable beauty, not only admired by tourists and potential foreign buyers but also desired by wealthy families and famous people.
Do you want to know why? Let's find out more about Baveno and its fabulous properties.
Where the simple homes of Roman merchants, active in the first century BC, once stood, were then built during the nineteenth century the splendid summer residences of the nobles who loved these evocative places. Many of these villas in Baveno have now been refurbished and are now for sale by chioce of the current owners, who bought or inherited them.
Despite the restoration works, the charm of these dwellings has remained unchanged. In fact, many have chosen to keep the materials and decorations of the time, not only to increase their value on the market, but above all to preserve their historical value and the architectural beauty of the past.
For the true connoisseurs, Baveno is the ideal place where to admire the artistic heritage left to us by the nobles in the past. It is indeed here, that you can visit villas reach in history and charm, starting from Villa Henfrey-Branca, with its pinnacles, the exposed bricks, the towers and the marble terraces.
And what about Villa Durazzo? Today it is home to Lido Palace Hotel, which in its golden days hosted famous people such as Winston Churchill. As well as Villa Brandolini d'Adda, built over an old convent, it still attracts tourists from all over the world, who come to admire the only garden in the world divided into four parts: Italian, English, French and Japanese.
A fairytale setting, full of splendid villas and houses for sale in Baveno waiting for somone to buy them and bring them back to life, but also summer residences that can be easily reached during holidays and weekends.
Baveno is easily accessible by car, train and ferry. It has an exit along the A26 motorway to reach the main cities of northern Italy. The train station on the Milan-Domodossola line is very convenient both for those who usually travel for work and those who just want to spend a weekend at the lake.
And if you would also like to see Lago Maggiore differently, just know that you can take a ferry from Baveno and reach many tuorist towns on the shores of our beautiful lake.
Would you like to know what villas for sale in Baveno are still available in our Engel & Völkers catalogue? Here's a tiny taste of them:
These and other fabulous houses for sale in Baveno really deserve your time and, who knows, maybe one of these will win you over at a first glance and become your next holiday home.
Lun - Ven 9/13 - 14/18 Sab 9/13 Domenica - Su appuntamento
Mon - Fri 9/13 - 14/18 Sat 9/13 Sunday - On appointment
Mo - Fr 9/13 - 14/18 Sa 9/13 Sonntag - Nach Vereinbarung