Bardolino is a corner tower: 183 cm tall on a 55 × 45 cm base, shaped so the mass sits into the angle of a room rather than along a wall. That is where most people have space left.
Four ways to lie down, none of them the same
Two enclosed houses for a cat that wants to be out of sight. Two top platforms of about 50 × 30 cm each, with raised plush rims, so two cats can hold the high ground at once. A round hanging basket of roughly 35 cm that moves slightly under a cat's weight. And a square hammock of about 55 × 35 cm, slung and low. Different cats — and the same cat at different times of day — want different things, and Bardolino covers the range on one frame.
Six posts and a staircase, all sisal
This is the tower's real strength. Six scratching posts spread across the height, plus a sisal-covered staircase between levels, means a cat meets a scratchable surface on almost every step of the climb rather than only at the bottom.
A stepped climb
The levels are arranged as a staircase rather than a ladder, so a cat moves up in short hops. Two hanging balls sit at different heights along the route.
The weight limit is per cat, and it is 7 kg
Worth reading before you buy: the limit is 7 kg per cat. That rules out the heaviest Maine Coons, and it is the number to check against your own cat rather than the tower's height.
Build and setting up
Particleboard under a plush covering, 17 kg assembled, shipped flat at 57 × 47 × 27 cm and 18 kg. Components are labelled with serial numbers, which makes a multi-level assembly considerably less frustrating. An anti-tip kit is supplied — at 183 cm, use it. Hair and dust lift off the plush with a lint roller or a vacuum.