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Depart Bellagio<\/strong> at 11:35 from the Lido di Bellagio<\/strong> — with the gardens of Villa<\/strong> Melzi<\/strong> immediately visible to the south as the boat begins the crossing into the full expanse of the western branch of Lake Como<\/strong>. As the boat moves south, the Tremezzina<\/strong> comes into view on the right bank: the stretch of western shore where Villa<\/strong> Carlotta<\/strong> and the headland of Villa<\/strong> Balbianello<\/strong> form the most celebrated lakeside sequence in Italy. The Alps<\/strong> are visible to the north in the mid-morning light, and Como<\/strong>‘s skyline begins to appear on the southern horizon well before the boat docks at 13:00.<\/p>\n

Como<\/strong> offers over four hours of free time — from 13:00 to 17:20 — and the city rewards every minute. The Villa<\/strong> Geno pier delivers you immediately to the lakeside promenade: the Gothic<\/strong>-Renaissance cathedral<\/strong> is a short walk into the old town, and the Roman<\/strong> walls, the porticoed streets of the silk<\/strong> district, and the lakeside gardens fill the afternoon without any need for a programme.<\/p>\n

This is the most complete way to experience both ends of Lake Como<\/strong> in a single day. The outward crossing reveals the western shore at its finest — Villa<\/strong> Carlotta<\/strong>, Villa<\/strong> Balbianello<\/strong>, the full width of the lake. Four hours in Como<\/strong> is enough time to understand a city that shaped European silk<\/strong> production for centuries. And the return<\/strong> crossing at golden hour, with Bellagio<\/strong> growing larger on the horizon, turns the journey home into the finest moment of the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10494,"template":"","tour_destination":[64,109],"tour_type":[88],"class_list":["post-10491","tour","type-tour","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tour_destination-bellagio-europa-en","tour_destination-europe-en","tour_type-shared_boat_tour","tour_facility-trip_facilities_3d35fc13-afa7-4106-8382-a7b713c0fd05_en","tour_facility-trip_facilities_c79e05ce-6882-4071-b8ec-fde0f5f8c1cf_en","tour_facility-trip_facilities_675760dd-4707-4c29-80bb-35dd44321eaa_en","tour_facility-trip_facilities_4e027334-0531-4a70-911f-0d88fbac0bc7_en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour\/10491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tour"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tour_destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour_destination?post=10491"},{"taxonomy":"tour_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour_type?post=10491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}