The lights of Ariston Theater they are about to light up FantaSan Remo they have already been organized in Italian homes. It seems that everything is ready for the new edition of the festival, but there is still something to mark on the agenda. In fact, a few steps from Milan, there is a place that observes the Sanremo Festival with the complicity of those who wrote history behind the scenes. Villa Arconatithe “little Versailles” of Lombardy, jewel of Italian Baroque, has revealed itself over the years as a true talisman for competing artists.
There is an invisible thread, but documented by the cameras, which links them frescoed rooms Hey monumental gardens of the villa on the highest step of the Sanremo podium. To celebrate this magical link between architecture and musicthe Augusto Rancilio Foundation offers a calendar of special guided tours on February 25, 26 and 27 to 3:00 p.m., offering the public the opportunity to explore the same floors that have seen the birth of the most resounding successes of recent years.
Villa Arconati, where the Sanremo champions were born
This is not just a suggestion for architecture enthusiasts: the numbers say that going through this Villa Arconati you are definitely lucky! The most striking case is undoubtedly that of Moonlight: before conquering the world and first place in Sanremo 2021, the group chose the villa in 2018 for the music video for “Coming Home”. “Marlena’s house” therefore came to life between the hunting room, the pink room and the majestic Fetonte room, environments which today breathe the rock energy which then overwhelmed Europe on the occasion of theEurovision Song Contest 2021.
Before the triumph of 2022, even a very young White ran in the French parterre and danced in the pink room for the video of “Flower Thief”. And what about 2023? A golden year for the villa, which saw them both reach the podium Lazza (second place), which was filmed here “Netflix” between the Theater of Pompey the Great and the noble rooms, both Mr. Rain (third place), who chose the red room and the emblematic century-old cedar for its “Chrysalises”. Even the victory of Giovanni Caccamo among the New Proposals of 2015 finds its roots between the ballroom and the Busca Library.
Guided tours of Villa Arconati
THE guided tours at the end of February they represent a unique opportunity to discover the villa in a less institutional and decidedly more rhythmic light. In addition to the winners, the rooms welcomed Achille Lauro In “You’re not like me.”Andrea Mirò, the rap of Hernia (who chose these spaces in September 2025 for the single “Per te”) and Coez and Frah Quintale.
But visitors’ attention will also be focused on the present. Among the protagonists of Sanremo Festival 2026In fact, there is no shortage of artists who have already left their mark within these walls. This is the case of Elettra Lamborghiniwho transformed the ballroom into the setting for his “Music (and the rest disappears)”and say Nowho took advantage in 2024 of the spectacular grand staircase and the monumental garden for the video of “Some lies”.
Tours are scheduled for February 25, 26 and 27, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. and last approximately 75 minutes. Tickets are expensive 10 euros per person and it is reservation recommended on the official website.