Lake Orta Tour

Excursions & day trips

Lake Maggiore, Italy

from 8 reviews

4.6/5

Free Cancellation

Language: English , Italian

Mobile voucher accepted

Duration:2 hours

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Visit Lake Orta

Unspoilt area away from the tourist trails

Relaxing afternoon trip

What to expect

Known locally as La Cenerentola, or Cinderella, Lake Orta has an ethereal, unspoilt quality far away from the crowds. You'll journey along its shores during what promises to be a relaxing afternoon tour from Lake Maggiore.While Lake Orta is the smaller and less visited of Italy's subalpine lakes, it's considered one of the prettiest by many. You'll be able to judge for yourself on this tour, which takes you to its most scenic points along the shore. There's free time to sip a drink at a café in a lakeside piazza or just sit back and soak up the lake's mountain backdrops. It's a very romantic setting.You'll also catch sight of the islet in the middle of the lake, San Giulio, one of the northern Italy's best-kept secrets. Hop aboard a short boat ride across and make sure to visit its Romanesque basilica, famed for its frescoes.

What's included

Transport

Guide

Boat cruise

What to remember

The tour is suitable for guests with reduced mobility or wheelchair users, but they must be able to get on/off the bus

Some entrance fees and optional extras are payable locally

Provider

TUI LAKES & MOUNTAINS

Booking Fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Cancellation Fee

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins

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4.6/5

Based on 8 reviews from verified customers

All ratings (8)

Excellent (6)

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Great (1)

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Average (1)

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Helen Henderson

July 2024

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Excellent

Thoroughly enjoyed Lake Orta, well organised it included boat trip down the lake to San Giulio and then to isola San Giulio and a visit to the basilica. Lucca the guide was brilliant. very knowledgeable, humorous and kept everyone interested.

Nic

June 2024

From United States of America

Average

The guide Luca was fantastic, extremely knowledgeable. The bus driver was amazing, very impressive driving. The first island we went to was quaint and the basilica was breathtaking. Orta itself was a lovely little place. Didn't like much the first boat being a public boat took quite a while due to picking others up. We paid for the trip yet felt that this was not quite right. The boats were never on time which meant we stood around a lot waiting when we could have been sightseeing.

Joan

July 2023

From United States of America

Traveled as With friends - 60 years old

Excellent

Luca's excellent commentary and Andre's highly skillful driving made it a perfect trip. Loved the town of Orta and boat rides. Loved views across the lake and pretty villages on journey home. I was not so happy that people with mobility problems were forced to pay for a boat trip because the walk was too far.

Angela K

July 2023

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple - 56 years old

Great

Coach dropped us quite a walk from the centre in the pouring rain. Not even in the coach park ! There was a tourist information nearby so 4 of us booked a taxi to the centre. Cost 15 euros ! Could have warned us but could have been better in the pouring rain. This was the driver of the coach not the guide Luca. Luca was fantastic.

Mandy Clark

June 2023

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 42 years old

Excellent

Beautiful lake and surrounding scenery. Our tour guide Luca is very knowledgeable and very friendly

Anonymous

June 2023

From United States of America

Excellent

It was a very enjoyable tour with our excellent guide Luca who was very knowledgable, friendly and helpful

Carl Atkinson

September 2022

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Excellent

The TUI APP. is difficult to use, -it advertises tours which are not running, -it would not send the email with my boarding cards, -difficult to use when booking trips - took me 4 attempts with a TUI rep to book 1 trip, -when booking a second trip - it does not tell you why it won't, work or what info I've entered is wrong. Other people on our tour could not get it to work, they wanted to have a rep to talk to, but the reps can only be contacted by using the app.