Bellagio & Varenna - Small Group Tour from Milan with Boat Cruise | 10 hours

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MEETING POINT CENTRAL STATION
2 Adults x $154.34
$308.68
Approx Total
$308.68
Meeting point Central Station: The meeting point in this option is in front of the Central Station of Milan, near giant apple statue.
MEETING POINT NEAR DUOMO
2 Adults x $162.74
$325.48
Approx Total
$325.48
Meeting point Piazza Duomo: The meeting point in this option is in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in front of Louis Vuitton store in Milan (near Duomo).
Starting point:
Louis Vuitton Milano Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, 20123 Milano MI, Italy

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Priority skip-the-line access for boat cruise & guaranteed prebooked seats on the ferry to Bellagio
  • Professional local expert English-speaking guide to make your experience informative & entertaining
  • Ferry tickets from Bellagio to Varenna are included in the cost
  • Lake Como boat cruise is included in the cost with guaranteed seats & reserved skip-the-line access
  • Train tickets (first class), ferry, subway & boat skip-the-line tickets are included in the cost
  • Stop 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.
  • Drinks

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 in Milan's Central Station.

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The tour will end in the Central Station of Milan.

Itinerary

  • Como

    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.

    50 minutes

  • 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 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.

  • 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 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.

  • 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 movies as James Bond Casino Royale & Star Wars were filmed. This villa is particularly famous for its elaborate terraced gardens.

  • Bellagio

    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.

    1 hour 50 minutes

  • Varenna

    After lunch in Bellagio, you will take a ferry to Varenna together with your guide and discover this ancient village with your guide.

    1 hour 30 minutes

Sample Menu

Additional Info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • All time for transportation (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 to return to Milan, 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 before 13:00 on the day of 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
  • In the winter time (November-March) the tour starts 1 hour earlier (7:55 AM meeting point in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and 8:15 meeting point in Central Station), while summer time (Aprile-October) the tour starts 1 hour later (8:55 AM meeting point in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and 9:15 meeting point in Central Station).
  • Not suitable for travelers with mobility impairments

Free Cancellation

February 05100% refund
February 06No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Reviews

4.9

416 reviews

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Reviews by TravelOne travelers

Showing 1-5 of 380 reviews with 5 stars

Very nice day tour with Mr Mauro seeing Lake Como, Bellagio and Varenna via train, walking , boat ride around Lake Como!

Published on Jan, 2025

Mr Mauro was a great tour guide and handle the train transfer and boat rides along with getting our family around these beautiful towns in the Lake Como area. Recommend this tour to experience and visit Lake Como!

Perfect Day Exploring Lake Como

Published on Jan, 2025

I don’t think this tour could’ve been any better. Our guide, Franco, was fantastic. He was very knowledgeable and entertaining. The tour covered most of Lake Como with plenty of time for exploring in Como, Bellagio, and Varenna. It was a perfect day. We highly recommend this company.

Excellent Tour Guide

Published on Jan, 2025

We really enjoyed our tour. Our tour guide Elma was great, very knowledgeable and went out of her way to assist everyone in the group. It was a great day, packed full of sights.

Amazing trip! Had a day of its kind!

Published on Jan, 2025

The trip was organised in a flawless manner.The duration of the trip was perfect with sufficient time available to explore the sites during the day. Our tour guide Alessandro is a friendly, well-informed guide who explained the points of the place well. I highly recommend travellers to opt for this group tour if keen to spend the day well and for full value of money. Amazing trip! We enjoyed it to the core!

Lake Como Day trip

Published on Jan, 2025

The tour flowed smoothly, Alessandro was such a wonderfully calm guide, with many interesting facts to share. It was a full day of exploring the beautiful lake and some of the gorgeous villages on shore. With personal time to enjoy good food along the way. Definitely a tour to recommend.

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