After exploring the town of Como on Lake Como (in Italy) in the morning, the group of us in the tour had a boat trip on the lake to go to Bellagio. I will cover Bellagio in another post, but I felt that Lake Como needs its own post because there was a lot to see. The trip itself from Como to Bellagio took two and a half hours in total. We left Como and were the second large group on the boat due to having to wait for one of the other tourists who was late, so that meant that we were late getting onto the boat and all of the seats on the upper decks were taken so I had to sit below in the covered area, which was not great, and my feet kept getting eaten by an insect. Also, two guides at least were giving commentary through a headset, but our guide's headset did not work and kept breaking up so that we couldn't hear anything. I was originally disappointed that I could not book this for my milestone birthday the day before as it was booked full, so it was done the day after my birthday. I am glad I did not do it on my birthday because it was a disappointing trip.
The boat we went on is the "Plinio", and here it is in Como. We were on the ground deck because all of the seats outside on the upper decks were taken, and we were one of the last on the boat due to what was stated above. The deck underneath the top is the restaurant, and it has a decent view but those seats were reserved by the windows by some of the guests in advance.
So the photographs are a mixture of the attractive Italian villages along Lake Como. Each one had colourful buildings and a church with a bell tower. The mountains are the foothills of the Alps. I also took photographs of the villas, but because of the audio issues cutting out, sometimes we were pointed out the villa but we could not hear the history or information about it. So, these photographs will be a lot of Italian villages and villas that I do not have any information about.
Part of the reason that the trip took two and a half hours is due to the fact that the boat stops at approximately 16 villages along the way to pick up and let off people.
The villa below with the green shutters and gazebo is owned by George Clooney.
Someone told me that the villa below is owned by Richard Branson.
The villa below is one of the most popular and is often the poster-villa for Lake Como villas. It is owned by George Lucas and was used in one of the "James Bond" films and in one of the "Star Wars" films of the 1990s, "Attack of the Clones". It has also been used in other Hollywood films. The villa is known as Villa Balbianello, and it can be visited.
I liked the blue flowery hill behind this villa.
Any help with any of the photographs of villas in this post would be much appreciated as I cannot locate any information about them. However, do check out my next post, which will be about the village of Bellagio on Lake Como.
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