Seraphima Nickolaevna Bogomolova | May 27, 2018

Villa Diodati is a historical place for two major reasons. It was a holiday rental place of Lord Byron and his mistress Claire Claimont in summer of 1816, the most cold and rainy one in the history of the region and it is also the place where partly out of boredom, partly out of writing competition between Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and Claire's half-sister, Mary Godwin, the manuscript of Frankenstein story emerged. Originally, intended to be a gothic story it turned out to be more of a science fiction one - the genre that Mary Godwin, the author of the manuscript, unwittingly invented by writing the story of the experiment went wrong! The novel was published in 1818 and was a phenomenal sussess.

jennifer liu | Nov 26, 2016

What a nice garden! The collection is so amazing, must see!

musab altenaiji | Nov 5, 2015

My new fav spot in Geneva, quite and peaceful away from the city noise, superb & fab view to the lake and the other side of the city, highly recommended 1 hour before the sunset in a sunny day.

Teresa Bonnet | Sep 3, 2015

la busco por la novela de William Ospina,magnifica llena de referencias a la villa y al encuentro que tuvo lugar allí,una novela cargada de referencias ,y que remite a otras obras que también buscaré.

John DeArmon | Apr 10, 2016