The three Borromean Islands with a private tour guide
- 6–8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Private tour
Highlights
Discovering the three Borromean Islands: isola Bella, Fishermen's Island and isola Madre with a tour guide. Admiring the scenery of the lake and the beautiful gardens. Wandering around the narrow streets of the Fisherman's Island.
Inclusions
What's included
- Local guide
- Private tour
What's not
- Boat: 16,50 euro per person shared boat (the private guide will come with you)
- Entrance fees: Isola Bella and isola Madre ticket: 37 euro per person
- If you are more than 5 people, radio guides are mandatory, the price is 3 euro per person
- Private boat for less than 10 people costs 250 euro, for more people you have to ask the price.
Itinerary
we will meet in Piazzale Lido Stresa at 9.30
During the day we will visit the Baroque palace on Isola Bella and the luxuriant Italian-style garden, which reaches a height of 37 metres and is laid out on ten terraces.
Then we will visit the Isola Pescatori (Fishermen’s Island), or Upper Island because of its more northerly situation than the other islands in the Gulf, is the most picturesque of the Borromean Islands, as well as the only one to be permanently inhabited. Distinctive features of its ancient little village are narrow lanes with characteristic two-storey houses, with long balconies traditionally used for drying fish; the island’s inhabitants earn their living mainly by fishing and tourism. I can suggest you a nice place for lunch to taste the lake fish.
Finally we will visit the Isola Madre: it is the largest and perhaps most characteristic of the three islands in the Borromean Gulf. Its palace was built in the 16th century and the garden is a paradise with tropical flowers, where peacocks and pheasants wander in freedom.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Piazzale Lido Stresa in front the cable car
- Pickup
- Pickup is offered, or you can meet at the starting point.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Giulia Ferrari
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Tour Exclusions:
- Isola Bella and isola Madre ticket: 37 euro per person
- Public boat 16,50 euro per person or private boat 250 euro for all the group
- If you are more than 5 people, radio guides are mandatory, the price is 3 euro per person
How it compares in Lake Maggiore
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 18 day trips we list in Lake Maggiore.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 8 of 18.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Lake Maggiore
Lake Maggiore is a long Alpine lake shared by Italy and Switzerland, with the Borromean Islands, villa gardens and mountains at its back.
Lake Maggiore stretches for some 60 km from the Swiss canton of Ticino south into Piedmont and Lombardy, and it is the second largest lake in Italy after Garda. Its western shore holds the resort towns of Stresa, Baveno and Verbania, with grand 19th-century hotels along the water and mountains rising behind. The mild climate allows palms, camellias and azaleas to flourish in the lakeside gardens.
Top-ranked sights in Lake Maggiore: Palazzo Borromeo, Gardens of Villa Taranto (Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto).
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