Bus & coach · BUS AND BOAT TOURS IN ITALY
Every trip has one free morning too few. These 15 bus and boat tours in Italy justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get on with the day.
Review of Stresa’s Borromean Islands boat tour, with island highlights, costs, timing tips, and honest advice on palace tickets and boat schedules.
“The hop on hop off boat ride to The Borromean Islands was great. We had ample time to view the islands and the boat service was punctual.”
Review of Baveno’s Borromean Islands boat tour, with practical advice on timing, island highlights, costs, dogs, weather, and value.
“Excellent service. Ran in time. Enabled us to see all 3 islands easily”
Explore Isola dei Pescatori and Isola Bella from Stresa by boat, with island walks, lakeside dining, palace gardens, and flexible hop-on access.
“The guys were so kind helping my 83 yr old Mama! We had a Blast!”
Review of Stresa’s Borromean Islands boat tour, with island highlights, costs, timing tips, and honest advice on whether it is worth booking.
“Beautiful Isobella!!! Viator stated hop on off all day. Boat taxi only let us do 2 stops and the rude boat captain grabbed our tickets and said it impossible to go on more !!”
Review of Rome’s Tiber River boat tour, with route details, stop-by-stop advice, price value, practical tips, and honest drawbacks.
“The boat only runs until 7:00 so it’s not as useful transport as it could be have been. We paid for the all day transport but only used it for one stop in the afternoon so it wasn’t a great deal. Downstairs in the boat was a lot of fumes so everyone wanted to to sit upstairs in the open of course. But there weren’t a lot of seats and several of us stood. There is no tour guide talking so I don’t know what that part of the rating survey was about. It’s a nice little boat ride on the river, but if you are planning a ride, I…”
Explore Isola Bella from Stresa by boat for $9, with flexible departures, Alpine gardens, lake views, and free time to visit at your pace.
Explore Capri from Naples by ferry, minibus, guided walks, Anacapri, Capri, Augustus Gardens, and a one-hour coastal boat ride.
“Excellent boat bus boat day trip. Safe reliable transportation. Excellent guide”
Explore Lake Maggiore from Stresa with flexible boat service to Isola Bella, Isola Madre, or Isola dei Pescatori.
“très belles îles et très pratique cette activité en bateau qui nous dépose et peut nous récupérer tous les 30 min, ça nous laisse gérer notre temps sur les différentes îles. même si on a choisi que 2 îles pour débarquer, on nous débarque quand même sur le 3 ème...à nous de choisir d'y descendre ou pas... il faut juste bien regarder sur quelle île on arrive pour éviter de perdre 30 min pour rien si on y débarque alors qu'on n'avait pas prévu de la visiter 😅 plus de taxe de débarquement de 0,50 € par personne, mais une taxe destinée au service de police de la ville correspondant…”
See Rome’s major sights by open-top bus and Tiber River boat with a flexible 24-hour ticket, audio guide, and eight land stops.
“I have very bad experience with the validation of this activity. I had combo trio snd the lady in the bus refused to issue a ticket for me. She told I should ''change the ticket" in the river. So, I whent on the river boarding plase, of course the people there told me they can not CHANGE my ticket. So I went back, waited another bus to come. That time yhe agent inside the bus was very clever znd polite. He issued the combo ticket based on the bar code I presented and everything was fine then. But I lost long time with this first attempt to go in the…”
Explore Lake Maggiore by boat with a flexible one-day ticket from Stresa to Isola Pescatori, with island stops, seafood, markets, and private options.
Explore Lake Maggiore’s Borromean Islands by flexible boat from Stresa, with gardens, palaces, island views, and practical tips.
“Departure was fine. The kiosk to the left of the NAVIGAZIONE ISOLE BORROMEE building will give you a dock colour to go to. Small speedy taxi boat to Madre. Be aware seeing this island costs 20 Euros pp. It was worth it and we had a lovely time. No swimming possible on Madre. Boat to next island was a short wait in the shade. It stops at Pescatori but we didn't have that in our itinerary. It looked good for swimming and had several restaurants. Bella was the most tourist friendly with many shops, restaurants, a pleasant shady stroll, easy family swimming. You can pay 23 euros pp for the…”
Review the Stresa to Isola Bella boat ticket, with ferry timing, island stops, extra costs, value, and practical booking advice.
“it's not easy to find your boat with no signs whatsoever. You had to ask around, not to mention that you also need to exchange your voucher with boat driver! Other than this, islands are great places to visit.”
Explore Isola Pescatori and Isola Bella from Stresa by hop-on hop-off boat, with flexible island time, commentary, and low-cost travel.
“Pleasant and well organized experience, Friendly and clear staff in the Explanations. Maybe I would recommend a better location of the boat to take. RecommendedAuto-translated”
Review of the private Borromean Islands boat tour from Stresa, with practical advice on stops, price, fees, timing, and who should book.
“Lorenzo was perfect …. Dependable, prompt, polite and communicated with us constantly. Highly recommended !!!”
Cruise from Stresa to Isola Pescatori and Isola Bella, with free time for lunch, gardens, shopping, and lake views for $14.
“Pas cher. En bateau. Plusieurs arrêts. Plusieurs heures. Solution économique”
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