{"id":10521,"date":"2026-04-07T15:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/tour\/como-lake-como-day-excursion-to-bellagio-and-return\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:10:12","slug":"como-lake-como-day-excursion-to-bellagio-and-return","status":"publish","type":"tour","link":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/tour\/como-lake-como-day-excursion-to-bellagio-and-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Como: Lake Como Day Excursion to Bellagio and Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 3pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">Depart <strong>Como<\/strong> at 13:10 from the <strong>Villa<\/strong> Geno pier &mdash; steps from the lakeside promenade of a city whose history extends from <strong>Roman<\/strong> foundations to a Gothic-Renaissance <strong>cathedral<\/strong> unique in Lombardy, whose <strong>silk<\/strong> industry dressed the courts of Europe, and whose waterfront frames <strong>Villa<\/strong> <strong>Olmo<\/strong>&#8216;s neoclassical facade and the <strong>Tempio<\/strong> <strong>Voltiano<\/strong>, dedicated to Alessandro <strong>Volta<\/strong>. As the boat moves north, <strong>Villa<\/strong> d&#8217;<strong>Este<\/strong> appears at <strong>Cernobbio<\/strong>: a sixteenth-century cardinal&#8217;s palace set in formal terraced gardens descending directly to the water, now ranked among the world&#8217;s finest hotels. At <strong>Laglio<\/strong>, <strong>Villa<\/strong> <strong>Oleandra<\/strong> &mdash; George <strong>Clooney<\/strong>&#8216;s private lake residence &mdash; is briefly visible among the trees before the boat enters the <strong>Tremezzina<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 3pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Tremezzina<\/strong> is the most celebrated stretch of the western shore. <strong>Villa<\/strong> <strong>Carlotta<\/strong> appears on the left bank &mdash; iron gates, a stone staircase, famous for its Thorvaldsen sculptures and azalea gardens in bloom from April to June. Near <strong>Lenno<\/strong>, the gardens of <strong>Villa<\/strong> <strong>Balbianello<\/strong> extend to the water on three sides: a filming location for Casino Royale and Star Wars, and one of the most recognisable views on the lake. The crossing ends at 14:40 at the Lido di <strong>Bellagio<\/strong> &mdash; the <strong>Pearl<\/strong> of the Lake, where the three branches converge at the <strong>promontory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 3pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">This is the most complete way to experience both ends of Lake <strong>Como<\/strong> in a single afternoon. The outward crossing reveals the western shore at its finest &mdash; <strong>Villa<\/strong> d&#8217;<strong>Este<\/strong>, <strong>Villa<\/strong> <strong>Carlotta<\/strong>, <strong>Villa<\/strong> <strong>Balbianello<\/strong>, the full width of the lake. Over an hour in <strong>Bellagio<\/strong> is enough time to reach the <strong>promontory<\/strong> viewpoint and understand why this village sits at the top of every list. And the <strong>return<\/strong> crossing at late afternoon, with <strong>Como<\/strong> growing on the horizon, turns the journey home into a panorama of its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10525,"template":"","tour_destination":[101,109],"tour_type":[88],"class_list":["post-10521","tour","type-tour","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tour_destination-como-europa-en","tour_destination-europe-en","tour_type-shared_boat_tour","tour_facility-trip_facilities_5cb2ad06-838c-43e3-a20e-7aff42e197b4_en","tour_facility-trip_facilities_675760dd-4707-4c29-80bb-35dd44321eaa_en","tour_facility-trip_facilities_4e027334-0531-4a70-911f-0d88fbac0bc7_en","tour_facility-trip_facilities_fb27d466-d1ec-49c1-916e-b2b11fd40a98_en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour\/10521","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\/10525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tour_destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour_destination?post=10521"},{"taxonomy":"tour_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellagioboatservice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour_type?post=10521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}