Wednesday, June 5, 2024
We made minimal plans for this day, to get a break from the busy agenda. A private boat tour of Lake Como was scheduled for 9am.
The boat took off from Tremezzina. We found some free parking, up the hill from the city, near a graveyard, and walked back down to the pier.
Once on the boat, we had 4 hours scheduled to just travel around the lake, seeing several of the Villas and hearing stories of which celebrities owned or visited them. At Bellagio, we chose to get off the boat for a while and enjoy the city since this would have been either a far drive from the Airbnb or a ferry ride, if we chose to do this later in the week.
We hadn’t eaten breakfast yet, so first we stopped at Bar Sanremo, which had a covered seating area out near the lake. After breakfast, we spent 30 minutes just walking around Bellagio and going in and out of the shops before getting back on the boat.
For the next few hours, we cruised around and enjoyed the sun and sights. The kids even laid out on the back of the boat for a quick nap. The tour ended at 1pm and we stopped at Ristorante Giglio for lunch. Afterward we took a quick trip to the grocery store just up the hill from our place, grabbing some essentials for the next day’s breakfast, before heading back to our place, where we rested out on the patio overlooking the lake, read and played games until dinner.
For dinner that night, we wanted something quick and easy, so we drove down to Dongo and ate at Bierreria Tre Pievi. Typical pub style food, nothing fancy, but was good enough and quick, so we could hit the sack early.
Logistics
- 9am – Private boat tour – Cantiere Cadenazzi
- Bellagio
- Nesso waterfall
- Menaggio
Restaurants
- Tremezzina – Ristorante Giglio
- Dongo – Birreria Tre Pievi
Gleitz Well Traveled 