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Information about different transport options around Lake Como.

These Lake Como ferry timetables are valid until 4 October 2009. They are a reworking of the official timetables, to make the information in them easier for visitors to follow:

Lake Como ferry service Monday to Saturday (Standard service between Como and Colico and reverse, Vehicle and passenger services between Bellagio, Menaggio, Varenna and Cadenabbia, Fast [...]

The Lake Como ferry service is primarily a public transport system for the tourism industry. It doesn’t really do ‘pleasure cruises’ but because of the beauty of the scenery that the boats travel through, a ride on a ferry is also the definitive Lake Como holiday leisure experience.
As public transport the Lake Como ferry service [...]

For many visitors a ride on a ferry boat will be the defining experience of their stay at Lake Como. ‘Pleasure cruises’ operate from Como town but regular services also connect the many ‘communes’ (villages) dotted along the lakesides.
Ferry rides are both a pleasure and a means of getting to places of interest. In the [...]

A ride on a ferry is the definitive Lake Como experience. But the detailed ferry timetables can take some working out, especially when they’re in Italian.
The good news is that there are English versions of the timetables on the website of the service provider – the Gestione Navigazione Laghi. These can be printed either as [...]

The official ‘Lago di Como’ ferry leaflet (available from ferry points around Lake Como) opens out to reveal one timetable on one side (Como – Colico and reverse) and four on the other (counting ‘there’ and ‘back’ schedules as one). To get the best from what follows, you need to have that leaflet open in [...]

These timetables are valid until 4 April 2009. They are a reworking of the official timetables, to make the information in them more relevant for visitors and easier to follow:

These timetables are valid until 2 November 2008. They are a reworking of the official timetables, to make the information in them more relevant for visitors and easier to follow:

Motorship service to destinations between Como and Piona.
Fast service to destinations between Como and Colico.
Vehicle and passenger service between Bellagio, Menaggio, Varenna and Cadenabbia.

Because the edges of Lake Como are dotted with dozens of small villages, a complex and comprehensive public ferry service has been developed to connect them. In the most visited part of the Lake, boats run more frequently than the buses. But there are circumstances in which you might want to take advantage of one [...]

On balance, driving yourself to Lake Como from Bergamo (Orio Al Serio), Milan Malpensa or Milan Linate airport will probably be more convenient than using public transport. See Driving: A Smart way to get to Lake Como for more on that.
There are both advantages and disadvantages to driving a hire car around the Lake. For [...]

Having hired a Smart two-seater at Bergamo airport, we used it on a daily basis for getting around Lake Como. We found that there were advantages and disadvantages to driving around Lake Como.
Advantages of driving around Lake Como

With a hire car, you can stay in quieter locations ‘behind’ the lakefront, which are otherwise too far [...]