Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este: Frequently Asked Questions
Dates, tickets, Saturday, Sunday, accommodation, arrival, attire: everything we are asked before a weekend at the Concorso.
Last updated 6 October 2026 · 3 min read
The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2027 takes place from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 May in Cernobbio, on the shore of Lake Como: more than fifty rare cars, judged by class. The Saturday, 22 May, at Villa d'Este — jury, public vote for the Coppa d'Oro, parade on the terrace — remains largely reserved for participants and their guests; on Sunday 23 May, the public day is held at Villa Erba. The organisers sell their tickets online and have announced those for 2027 for late 2026. Guests arrive by jet or by scheduled flight to Milan, then with a chauffeur. TGZ Conciergerie composes the stay — tickets or packages sourced on request, accommodation, journeys — without reselling tickets.
The Concorso
The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este was born on 1 September 1929, in the gardens of two villas on Lake Como; interrupted and revived several times, it has been held every year since 1999. Every spring, rare cars, from the pre-war era to the 1990s, are judged there on their originality, their design and their historical importance.
It keeps a tradition born in 1930: the public vote, which today awards the Coppa d'Oro Villa d'Este. Since 2002, an award has also recognised concept cars and prototypes.
Tickets, packages and cars
The public day on Sunday at Villa Erba opens with a ticket sold online by the organisers. The Saturday at Villa d'Este remains largely reserved; a limited number of packages give access to it. The cars, for their part, are selected by application.
TGZ resells no tickets: we source tickets and packages on request, origin and conditions confirmed before any commitment. Our guide How to Attend the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este? compares each route.
Stay and logistics
You stay in Cernobbio, in Moltrasio, elsewhere on the west shore, in Como or in a villa on the lake. You arrive by jet in Milan or Lugano, or by scheduled flight to Malpensa or Linate, then with a chauffeur.
Our guides Where to Stay for the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este? and How to Get to the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este? set out each option; Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este: The Weekend Programme helps you compose the days.
Frequently asked questions
Friday 21 to Sunday 23 May 2027, in Cernobbio: Saturday 22 May at Villa d'Este, Sunday 23 May at Villa Erba.
From the organisers, online; they have announced 2027 sales opening in late 2026. If you entrust your stay to us, we source them on request, origin and conditions confirmed; we resell no tickets.
It remains largely reserved for participants, their guests and the press; the organisers open a limited number of packages for it. We source them when they exist, and tell you frankly when they do not.
Selection is by application, with the organisers. We can neither submit an application on your behalf nor influence the selection.
The Villa d'Este hotel, with a long-standing partner. TGZ Conciergerie plays no part in it: we are an independent house.
In Cernobbio to do everything on foot, in Moltrasio or elsewhere on the west shore for calm, in Como, or in a private villa on the lake. Book from the autumn for late May.
No code is published for the day, but a polished appearance is expected; shoes made for gravel and lawns, and a layer for the evening by the lake.
No. TGZ Conciergerie is an independent house, with no affiliation to the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este or to the Villa d'Este hotel, and no official status whatsoever.
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Ask us: we answer frankly, including when something is not possible, and compose the complete stay — tickets or packages, accommodation, arrival, chauffeur, boat — on quotation.