The De Santis family has transformed their properties on Lake Como into art-infused hospitality experiences. Their latest project, Casabianca, features three apartment-style suites and showcases around 50 works of post-war Italian art. The family has a history of revitalizing heritage buildings, including the Grand Hotel Tremezzo and Passalacqua. Paolo De Santis emphasizes the beauty of intertwining art and living spaces, aiming to provide guests with a peaceful environment to appreciate art in a home-like setting.
""Every step I have taken in my life has led me here, now," says Paolo De Santis, reading the words on a stone slab that marks the threshold of the two wings of Villa Mondolfo on Lake Como."
"We wanted to share the experience of living with art in a home, where you can admire the work in peace."
"Look at how beautifully all the parts are intertwined," says De Santis, a smartly dressed 70-something."
"In the mid-1970s, Paolo's father-in-law turned the Grand Hotel Tremezzo on Lake Como, purpose built for the leisure classes in 1910, into a chic, five-star property."
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