Elisa Conti

I trained as a gardener before becoming a guide, so Villa Olmo's grounds and the public gardens along the lake interest me as much as any single building. My sessions move between the villa's neoclassical facade and the Giardini a Lago nearby, where I explain how both spaces were designed to be seen from the water as much as from land. I keep a calm, unhurried pace and like naming the plants and trees as much as the architecture. I am happy to slow down whenever something catches a viewer's eye.