Milan & Lake Como

Your local guide will meet you at the pier in Ravenna. Travel to Lake Como, making a stop - en route in the Parma city district, which is famous for its production of Parmiggiano cheese and ham. You’ll visit a local producer for a tasting & lunch then be transferred to your Lake Como hotel. Check in and relax before dinner at your hotel. The rest of the evening is at your leisure.

Travel to Varenna where you’ll be joined by a local food connoisseur and town historian. Walking through the commune, your guide will take you “back in time” through the town’s monuments, old houses, palaces, streets, courtyards, towers, medieval walls, and churches. Along your way, you’ll make stops at local eateries, to mingle with local vendors and learn about their culture and traditions, while sampling some of their most famous specialties, including an aperitif with a tagliere of cured meats and cheeses, risotto and some customary desserts. Overnight to your Lake Como hotel, where dinner will be served this evening.

After breakfast in the hotel; meeting your guide to head to the local pier for a morning on Lake Como. Once onboard your boat, sit back, soak up the landscape, and enjoy old family and regional tales as told by your skipper while enjoying a glass of Prosecco. You will be given free time for lunch in Bellagio. Then, transfer to Milan where you'll meet your local guide and start the tour of Milan, discovery of one of the world’s design and fashion capitals, with visits to the Duomo, see from outside Castle Sforzesco and visit the museum inside the Scala opera house—the most celebrated opera house in Italy. Then you’ll be transferred to your Milan hotel, check in and relax. The rest of the day is at your leisure. Note: Free time will be given for lunch in either Bellagio or Milan, depending on schedule that day.

After breakfast, you’ll be escorted back to Milan for your onward flight.