Lake Orta Tour

Excursions & day trips

Lake Orta Tour

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$69.00

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Language: English

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Duration: from 4 hours to 8 hours

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Why you’ll love this…

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.

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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

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Provider

TUI LAKES & MOUNTAINS

Booking fee

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

Cancellation policy

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

What people say about this experience

Excellent

4.6 /5

Based on 9 reviews from verified customers

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Value for money

4.5/5

Safety

5/5

Service

5/5

Staff

5/5

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Sue
Verified booking
5
July 23, 2025
Traveled as a couple
We enjoyed all the experience. The ferry ride was good. Luca the guide was very good and very informative. The island of st Julia was beautiful as was orta.
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Helen Henderson
Verified booking
4.6
July 19, 2024
Traveled as a couple
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.
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Nic
Verified booking
3.4
June 27, 2024
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.
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Joan
Verified booking
5
July 23, 2023
Traveled with a group of friends
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.
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Angela K
Verified booking
3.8
July 9, 2023
Traveled as a couple
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.
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Mandy Clark
Verified booking
5
June 25, 2023
Traveled as a couple
Beautiful lake and surrounding scenery. Our tour guide Luca is very knowledgeable and very friendly

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