The news of the past few weeks relating to the purchase of a house by Fedez and Chiara Ferragni in Pognana had opened the 2023 of the “VIPs” on Lake Como. The “hot” season, understood as the spring-summer phase, was instead inaugurated by Belen Rodriguez and her family (including her sister Cecilia and her future brother-in-law Ignazio Moser), with last weekend’s trip to Lake Como, documented through the “socials”. A trip that once again confirmed the love of the popular presenter and showgirl for places overlooking the lake.
The curiosity now is to see who will be the next personalities, national and international, who will take a trip to the Como area. The expectation for George Clooney’s holidays is obvious, who has had a villa in Laglio for years and who over time has brought guests of the caliber of former US president Barack Obama or basketball champion Michael Jordan. Among the famous Americans who have recently visited Lario are the heiress Paris Hilton, Jennifer Lopez and her husband Ben Affleck, Megan Fox, Jennifer Aniston, Ron Perlman, Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga. The latter, it should not be forgotten, was the protagonist of the film “House of Gucci”, shot here in 2021 with other big names such as Adam Driver, Jared Leto and Al Pacino. Mel Gibson, in view of his next film, showed up at Villa Balbianello, which could be a possible location.
A lake of Como that also likes singers like Dua Lipa, Mick Jagger and Robbie Williams, or models Kitty Spencer, Natalie Roser, Monica Bellucci and her daughter Deva Cassel. Bruce Springsteen could stay on the shores of the lake, as per tradition when he is in these parts, who will be in concert at the Monza racetrack on May 27th.
There will also be sportsmen and women: often on “social media” it is easy to intercept images of Juventus, Milan and Inter players in the most exclusive locations and hotels. When he was in black and white, Cristiano Ronaldo and his wife Georgina also often showed up here. Other “VIP” guests in recent times include the tennis player Maria Sharapova and the protagonists of Formula 1 Pierre Gasly, Valtteri Viktor Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen.
We must not forget personalities known in Italy such as Elettra Lamborghini, Alessandro Borghese, Carlo Cracco, Diletta Leotta or the evergreen Gianni Morandi, also fond of Lario and its beauties.
Among the events to mark on the agenda, then, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, dedicated to historic cars, this year on the calendar from 19 to 21 May. Among the well-known personalities who in the past have been spectators or protagonists, as jurors or participants, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, Duran Duran leader Simone Le Bon (with his wife Yasmin), singer Avril Lavigne, the car manufacturer Horacio Pagani, former F1 drivers Jackie Stewart, Bruno Giacomelli, Pierluigi Martini or entrepreneur and TV personality Joe Bastianich, sports manager Ion Tiriac, Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman.
An epic moment, linked to a great figure in history, dates back to 1963: the then US president John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a guest at Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio. Linked to that episode, a moment commemorating the prestigious visit was recently inaugurated in the “Pearl of the Lario”.