Two hours on the water
What a 2-hour Lake Como boat tour covers
Leave the first basin behind. On this two-hour cruise you reach the real lake — Torno, Laglio and the Orrido di Nesso — aboard a real wooden taxi boat.
Two hours on the water
What changes after two hours
With two hours the landscape changes. The mountains close in, villages become small clusters of houses clinging to the rock, and the villas hide behind cypresses. We pass Torno with its church at the water's edge, Laglio with the most private estates on the lake, and reach the Orrido di Nesso gorge with its waterfall.
This is the itinerary we recommend to understand how Lake Como is built without straying far from Como. It is also the perfect length for a sunset aperitivo: the light hits the western shore just as you turn back towards Como.
What a 2-hour Lake Como boat tour covers
Highlights of the 2-hour tour
Torno harbour
One of the prettiest villages on the eastern shore, with its church right at the water's edge.
Villa Pliniana
The famous intermittent spring and the historic hotel between Torno and Blevio.
Laglio
Private villas, stone boathouses and the village where George Clooney's Villa Oleandra sits.
Orrido di Nesso
The Romanesque bridge and waterfall that every photographer on Lake Como wants to capture.
What a 2-hour Lake Como boat tour covers
The villas you'll see
Your skipper slows down in front of each villa and explains what you are looking at.
- Villa Olmo · Como
- Neoclassical villa designed by Simone Cantoni and completed in 1797, named for the elm that once shaded its facade; the gardens are public.
- Villa Erba · Cernobbio
- Grand nineteenth-century villa with a park that runs down to the water; the film director Luchino Visconti grew up here.
- Villa d'Este · Cernobbio
- Sixteenth-century cardinal's residence above a cypress avenue, today one of the most famous hotels on the lake.
- Villa Fontanelle · Moltrasio
- Early eighteenth-century villa named for three springs; its columned loggia is one of the most photographed on the lake.
- Passalacqua · Moltrasio
- Eighteenth-century noble palace with a portico lined with statues, carefully restored as a small luxury hotel.
- Villa Oleandra · Laglio
- Early nineteenth-century villa behind olive trees, known worldwide as George Clooney's Lake Como house.
- Villa Pliniana · Torno
- Sixteenth-century villa standing on the water, famous for two springs that appear and vanish; Bellini and Stendhal stayed here.
- Villa Roccabruna · Blevio
- Eighteenth-century villa built against a red porphyry cliff, with gardens stepped down to private boat lifts.
- Villa Taverna · Blevio
- Seventeenth-century villa whose terraced gardens, fountains and small temple were admired by an Austrian archduke.
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Plan your 2-hour cruise
- Boarding
- Como, Cernobbio or your lakeside hotel. We can also start from Torno or Laglio by arrangement.
- Best timing
- Late afternoon for the warmest light on the western shore and a golden return to Como.
- Ideal for
- Couples, families and small groups who want scenery and comfort in a short half-day.
Reserve your 2-hour wooden boat tour
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