Lake Como - Small Group Day Tour from Milan with Boat Cruise
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. Explore the ancient Como city.
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.
ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Como, Como, Lake Como, Lombardy
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.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Villa Olmo, Via Simone Cantoni 1, 22100, Como Italy
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.
Pass By: Villa Erba, Largo Luchino Visconti 4, 22012 Cernobbio Italy
Used as a location for the movie ''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.
Pass By: Cernobbio, Cernobbio, Lake Como, Lombardy
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 meters.
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 movie The Pleasure Garden in this location.
In June 2009, it was selected as the best hotel in the world by the Forbes magazine.
Pass By: Torno, Torno, Lake Como, Lombardy
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.
Pass By: Villa Carlotta, Via Regina 2, 22016, Tremezzina Italy
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.
Pass By: Villa del Balbianello, Via Guido Monzino 1 Località Lenno, 22016, Tremezzina Italy
Villa del Balbianello is one of the most famous villas of Lake Como and is also an important film location, where such movies as James Bond Casino Royale & Star Wars were filmed. This villa is particularly famous for its elaborate terraced gardens.
Stop At: Bellagio, Bellagio, Lake Como, Lombardy
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.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Varenna, Varenna, Lake Como, Lombardy
After lunch in Bellagio, you will take a ferry to Varenna together with your guide and discover this ancient village with your guide.
Duration: 1 hour
Informacion Adicional
"Not wheelchair accessible"
"Stroller accessible"
"Service animals allowed"
"Near public transportation"
"Infants must sit on laps"
"Not recommended for travelers with back problems"
"Not recommended for pregnant travelers"
"No heart problems or other serious medical conditions"
"Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level"
"All time for transportation (train, ferry, subway, etc) is already included in the tour duration."
"Not suitable for travelers with mobility impairments"
"This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund"
"This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers"
"Confirmation will be received at time of booking"
Duração: 10 Hours
Ponto de partida: 1: Central Station area, Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
2: Louis Vuitton Milano Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, 20123 Milano MI, Italy
3: Como S. Giovanni, P.le S. Gottardo, 22100 Como CO, Italy
Cancelamentos e reembolsos:
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
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