Bellagio: Villa Balbianello Shared Boat Tour with Tickets

Perfect way to visit Villa del Balbianello. Thomaso was an excellent guide, very knowledgeable about the area. The villa gardens is the mist beautiful place we’ve ever visited, absolutely stunning. On the boat, Thomaso pointed out the names of the other beautiful villas as we passed slowly by and their histories. A huge bonus was that there was only one other couple on the excursion which made it very comfortable. The boat was a beautiful open-top wooden-style craft with comfortable seating. It was a fantastic day!

This is a genuine ‘must do’ activity. I travelled with my daughter and wanted a classic wooden boat experience, but private hire was really expensive. Most shared tours were not wooden boats and reviews for many options were mixed. This was perfect! Coming a trip to possibly the most picturesque villa on the lake - with enough time to explore the gardens and take the classic (Star Wars/Casino Royale) shots. Arriving by boat, straight into the gardens, definitely beat a 20 minute walk from the ferry dock! Matteo, our ‘skipper’ was friendly, helpful and informative - we travelled along the shoreline where he pointed out individual villas and their stories. It was a small group of just 8 which was also perfect. You will feel like you have had the classic Lake Como experience after this trip - highly recommended!

We were lucky that our tour was only half booked, so we had a decent amount of space and room. The lake is absolutely gorgeous. Our guide provided us details on the sites, however he was pretty quiet the rest of the time (granted the boat was loud while we were moving). It was nice to be able to visit Villa Balbianello, as well. An hour was a bit too much time for us since we only had garden access, but may be good for those that want to spend the extra money to purchase a villa tour. The sites and boat ride were wonderful and ultimately made us wish we had setup a longer boat day!

This was an activity well worth doing. Our guide Gabriele was informative and he joined in the fun with our group. The stop at Villa Balbianello was just long enough (one hour). Saw a beautiful bride and groom. The views of Lake Como from the villa are magnificent. The gardens are beautiful. We were lucky and shared our tour with 4 other delightful people. The ship was clean and plush. A few waves rocked us but that’s part of the experience. Highly recommend.

Overall excellent, I’ll start with the one negative, the dock is so busy with boats coming in and out you need to be really assertive in asking every driver as it’s not really clear which operator is what. A sign would be helpful. That said the driver was excellent, really informative and interesting facts about the villas we stopped at, the garden walk was great but busy, lots of professional insta photo shoots going on, and you queue to get a shot at the anakin and padme garden. The grounds are beautiful though. Drive was proper to arrive for the return journey but had to wait for the bigger boats to clear. Great return journey and the boat was exactly what I wanted. The classic wooden boat. Overall a great experience.

Погода, лодка, озеро и вилла - отлично. если будет возможность добраться на виллу другим способом, я бы выбрпл его. Приложение предлагало купить экскурсию со скидкой, фактически можно купить только по полной цене. никаких аудиогидов с несколькими языками нет, только рассказ капитана на английском. 4 остановки у знаковых мест и 2 минуты рассказа об интересном факте. все остальное время плыли и гуляли на вилле Balbianello. Сама вилла прерасна, индивидуальная прогулка 1 час достаточно для просмотра и фото.

The boat arrived late and all the passengers were confused about the correct pick up point. There was confusion over a booking regarding another passenger which was not Their fault but they were asked to get off the boat. When it was finally resolved, no fault of theirs, there was no apology. We were offered no audio guides or water as advertised. The boat was nice and the garden’s beautiful.

The activity itself including the guide and the transportation were fine. The issue is that the description of the activity is not fully accurate. The title should clearly state "Villa Balbianello Gardens ONLY". I only realized that the tour doesn't include the villa itself when I received a confirmation after the cancellation that stated "no indoor visit". This information should be included in the activity description. If I did it over I would choose a tour with a guided visit to the villa and more description of what we were seeing on the lake. The recommended phone audio guide had nothing to do with the sites we saw and was a waste of time to download.