Four hours on the water
4 hour private boat tour Lake Como
A full half-day to explore both shores of Lake Como: Bellagio, Varenna, Villa del Balbianello and time for a lakeside lunch stop.
Four hours on the water
What four hours unlocks
With four hours you can cross from one shore to the other and back again. We usually head to Comacina Island and Villa del Balbianello, then continue to Bellagio for a walk through the stepped alleys, before crossing to Varenna to watch the sunset light on the coloured houses.
This is the tour for guests who want to say they have really seen Lake Como. There is time for an aperitivo on board in the Bay of Venus, or a lunch reservation at a waterfront restaurant in Bellagio or Varenna.
4 hour private boat tour Lake Como
Highlights of the 4-hour tour
Villa del Balbianello
The iconic loggia and terraced gardens seen from the lake at the perfect angle.
Bellagio
Time ashore in the pearl of the lake: shopping arcades, gardens and the Punta Spartivento view.
Varenna
The ochre and rose houses of the eastern shore, best seen as the sun starts to drop.
Lunch or photo stop
A longer cruise means time for a table at a lakeside restaurant or a quiet bay for photographs.
4 hour private boat tour Lake Como
The villas you'll see
Your skipper slows down in front of each villa and explains what you are looking at.
- Villa Balbiano · Tremezzo
- Fifteenth-century villa built over Roman remains, with terraced gardens that run down to the water at Balbiano.
- Villa La Cassinella · Laglio
- Eighteenth-century villa on its own wooded peninsula, reached only by water, among cypresses and olive trees.
- Villa del Balbianello · Lenno
- Late eighteenth-century villa built by Cardinal Durini on the Lavedo promontory; its loggia and gardens starred in Star Wars and Casino Royale.
- Villa Melzi · Bellagio
- Neoclassical villa built for Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Napoleon's vice-president in Italy; its English-style gardens are open to visitors.
- Villa Serbelloni · Bellagio
- Park on the very tip of Bellagio's promontory, laid out over older monasteries; the villa itself is now a Grand Hotel.
- Villa Monastero · Varenna
- Former Cistercian convent turned eighteenth-century lakeside villa, with botanical gardens and a museum along the shore.
- Villa Cipressi · Varenna
- Fifteenth-century villa with terraced gardens above the lake, once a lemon grove and now part of a lakeside hotel.
Info
Plan your 4-hour cruise
- Boarding
- Como, Cernobbio, Bellagio, Menaggio, Varenna or your hotel jetty.
- Best start time
- 10:00 or 10:30 from Como to reach Bellagio and Varenna with the best light.
- Ideal for
- Groups who want a complete Lake Como experience in a relaxed half-day.
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