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

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

By Memento Italy In Style
9.6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$661 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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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 pre-booked & guaranteed seats during the boat cruise along the lake with prioritary skip-the-line access to the ferry.

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. 18:45 in Milan.

Activity location

  • Como
    • Como, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Como San Giovanni
    • Piazzale San Gottardo
    • 22100, Como, Lombardia, Italy

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

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PRIVATE TOUR
  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h10h
  • English

PRIVATE LUXURY BOAT RIDE: This tour version includes a private luxury boat ride for 1 hour with a captain
PRIVATE GUIDE: This tour version includes a private guide only for your private group
COMO CITY: Visit of Como City is not included in this tour version (instead you will enjoy a private boat ride & villa visit)
HISTORICAL VILLA VISIT: This tour version includes a visit of a historical villa in Lake Como (the tickets are included in the cost)
Starting point:
La Mela Reintegrata, Central Station area, 20125 Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:45 am
Price details
AU$660.59 x 4 AdultsAU$2,642.36
Total
Price is AU$2,642.36
Until Thu, 19 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPriority skip-the-line access for boat cruise & guaranteed prebooked seats on the ferry to Bellagio
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional local expert English-speaking guide to make your experience informative & entertaining
  • What's includedWhat's includedFerry tickets from Bellagio to Varenna are included in the cost
  • What's includedWhat's includedLake Como boat cruise is included in the cost with guaranteed seats & reserved skip-the-line access
  • What's includedWhat's includedTrain tickets (first class), ferry, subway & boat skip-the-line tickets 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.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedDrinks

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 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 & schedule can change for operations reasons (eg train strike, bad weather, force majeure, technical issues of the boat, etc)
  • At the end of the tour the group will normally take the train from Varenna at 17:35, but if you wish you can stay in Varenna to spend more time there and take on of the next trains by yourself (we will provide the tickets - this must be comunicated at least 48h before the tour)
  • During the summer period, there is a small beach in Varenna if you want to swim a little
  • The tour is always confirmed in case of rain
  • Not suitable for travellers with mobility impairments

Activity itinerary

Como
  • 50m
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
  • 1h 50m
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 30m
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

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEComo San Giovanni
    • Piazzale San Gottardo
    • 22100, Como, Lombardia, Italy
  • PEOPLEPEOPLELa Mela Reintegrata
    • 20125, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
  • PEOPLEPEOPLELouis Vuitton Milano Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
    • Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
    • 20123, Milano, Lombardia, Italy

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