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Join a boat cruise along the lake
Lake Como - Small Group Day Tour from Milan with Boat Cruise
Lake Como - Small Group Day Tour from Milan, Winter Edition
Lake Como - Small Group Day Tour from Milan, Winter Edition
Lake Como - Small Group Day Tour from Milan, Winter Edition

Bellagio & Varenna - Small Group Tour from Milan with Boat Cruise

By Memento Italy In Style
4,7 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is €147 per adult
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  • 10h
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Overview

Explore the most famous lake of Italy on an entertaining 10-hour guided tour in a very small group of max. 12 people. Avoid any tourist traps, crowds & queues on a well-planned trip with a professional local guide. Admire the Alps, film locations & celebrity villas during the lake boat cruise.

Firstly, you will meet your guide in Milan and take together an express train ride to Como.

Join a panoramic ferry cruise ride along the lake and immerse yourself in the lake's famous “golden triangle” section and visit Bellagio & Varenna.

Enjoy a lunch in a lake-view restaurant in Bellagio that your guide will suggest to you.

Admire the majestic historical villas of Lake Como during this entertaining day trip.

Take the express train back to Milan with your guide. The tour will finish at approx. 18:30 in Milan.

Activity location

  • Como
    • Como, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Louis Vuitton Milano Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
    • Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
    • 20123, Milano, Lombardia, Italy

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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MEETING POINT CENTRAL STATION
  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h10h
  • English

Meeting point Central Station: The meeting point in this option is in Milan at 9:20 AM in front of the Central Station of Milan, near giant apple statue.
Starting point:
Central Station area, Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy

Language options: English
Starting time: 09:20
Price details
€147.00 x 1 Adult€147.00
Total
Price is €147.00
Until Sun, 30 Jun
MEETING POINT NEAR DUOMO
  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h10h
  • English

Meeting point Piazza Duomo: The meeting point in this option is in Milan at 8:55 AM in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in front of Louis Vuitton store.
Starting point:
Louis Vuitton Milano Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, 20123 Milano MI, Italy

Language options: English
Starting time: 08:55
Price details
€155.00 x 1 Adult€155.00
Total
Price is €155.00
Until Sun, 30 Jun
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLake Como boat cruise is included in the cost
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll train, ferry, subway & boat tickets are included in the cost
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional expert English-speaking guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedFerry tickets from Bellagio to Varenna are included in the cost
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedStop by a lakeside restaurant in Bellagio to enjoy authentic Italian cuisine. Your guide will suggest you a couple of wonderful lake-view restaurants. Lunch cost is not included in the tour.

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • All time for transport (train, ferry, subway, etc) is already included in the tour duration.
  • The tour programme can change for operations reasons (Eg train strike, bad weather, etc)
  • Not suitable for travellers with mobility impairments
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Como
  • 30m
Take a walk in Como City with your guide. Como has a long history dated back even before Roman empire, was ruled by multiple Italian, German and Austrian emperors due to its strategic location. You will stop by the Duomo of Como, the last Gothic Duomo built in Italy and the most important religious site of the city. After that, you will join a boat cruise along the lake that will start in Como City.
Villa Olmo (Pass by)
Admire the Alps, film locations & celebrity villas during the lake boat cruise. Start the lake boat cruise from Como City. Firstly, you will be able to admire Villa Olmo and Villa D'Este. Villa Olmo was constructed after Villa d’Este in 18th century with neoclassic design. Its beauty is complemented with extensive and elegant lake front symmetric gardens, sculptures, fountains and immense English garden in the back.
Villa Erba (Pass by)
Used as a location for the film ''Ocean 12'' with Brad Pitt, George Clooney & Julia Roberts, this famous villa was originally built in late 19th century by Luigi Erba, brother of the prominent Italian businessman Carlo Erba (founder of the Erba pharmaceutical company), to express his grandiosity.
Cernobbio (Pass by)
After Villa Olmo, you will pass near Cernobbio and Villa D'Este, a 15th-century villa, originally called Villa del Garovo. It is a Renaissance patrician residence & a park of approximately 100,000 square metres. Villa D'Este was converted into a luxury hotel for the royal people in 1873 and since then kept the name Villa d'Este because of the apparent connection with the famous Villa d'Este in Tivoli in Rome. In 1925 the famous director Alfred Hitchcock made his film The Pleasure Garden in this location. In June 2009, it was selected as the best hotel in the world by the Forbes magazine.
Torno (Pass by)
Admire Torno, one of the most charming villages of Lake Como. It hosts Villa Pliniana, which took its name from Pliny the Elder, who was originally in Como. Pliny the Elder was a Roman Empire author, naturalist, natural philosopher, and naval and army commander (in the Roman Empire), and a close friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic ''Naturalis Historia'' (Natural History), which became an editorial model for the future encyclopedias.
Villa Carlotta (Pass by)
Villa Carlotta is an important villa and a botanical garden in Tremezzo town on the left shore of Lake Como. Today the villa is also a museum, whose collection includes works by various sculptors. The villa was built in the late-seventeenth century by Marquis Giorgio Clerici of Milan.
Villa del Balbianello (Pass by)
Villa del Balbianello is one of the most famous villas of Lake Como and is also an important film location, where such films as James Bond Casino Royale & Star Wars were filmed. This villa is particularly famous for its elaborate terraced gardens.
Bellagio
  • 2h
Your boat cruise will end in Bellagio, the jewel of Lake Como. You will immerse yourself in the lake's famous "golden triangle" section, known for its remarkable villas, and breathtaking villages. Discover quaint boutiques with local art and stop by a lakeside restaurant to enjoy authentic Italian cuisine. Your guide will suggest you a couple of wonderful lake-view restaurants.
Varenna
  • 1h
After lunch in Bellagio, you will take a ferry to Varenna together with your guide and discover this ancient village with your guide.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESComo
    • Como, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLELouis Vuitton Milano Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
    • Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
    • 20123, Milano, Lombardia, Italy
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEComo San Giovanni
    • Piazzale San Gottardo
    • 22100, Como, Lombardia, Italy
  • PEOPLEPEOPLECentral Station area
    • Milano, Lombardy, Italy

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