Bellagio by boat

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So … a whole day to explore Lake Como! Trying to avoid the “checklist” mentality, I do not have to see everything, in fact I don’t have to see anything; I just have to have fun. And so … I rented a boat!

These people rent cute little powerboats for exploring Lake Como!

Yes, after a nice lunch, I took a five hour tour of the lake, with stops for Aperol Spitzes of course, and ending in Bellagio of course. It was delightful. Some pictures…

the Grand Hotel in Terrazo – Western shore, roughly opposite Bellagio – where I began
truly Grand and highly reminiscent of the Grand Budapest Hotel 🙂
and I’m off
some serious mansions dot the shoreline of Lake Como
there’s a nice little summer cottage
island passage
some adorable towns … just *too* Italian, right?
Although in point of fact until recently Lake Como was Austrian
the famous “waterfall bridge”
visiting George Clooney 🙂
love love love these towns along the lake
and most are just residential, not tourist-y
how to store your Star boat!
wow

After many hours of tooling around – and *ahem* a few Aperol spritzes along the way – I headed back up toward Bellagio…

the town of Bellagio off in the distance
it sits on a peninsula of land between two legs of Lake Como

Fortunately I was able to tie up in the harbor and go ashore…

the teeny picturesque harbor of Bellagio
that’s my boat at the right front – one spot left!
the obligatory picture at the end of the jetty

I took a little time walking through the old town …

a Ferrari because of course
sunset at Bellagio harbor
bye, Bellagio, I’ll be back

And finally ended up with an amazing dinner at the Grand Hotel’s beach restaurant!

the Grand Hotel of Terrazo at night
as seen from the Beach restaurant

Well that was a nice day: How did I get here, indeed!

(By the way, yes, this all happened on Sept 11, 2021, and no I did not forget what happened 20 years ago. Never forget. Wow has it been 20 years already?)