Cadenabbia to Bellagio ferry: a 10-minute hop, 24 sailings each way every day

Go to the car ferry landing on the main road, not the passenger boat pier: between Monday 2 November 2026 and Sunday 14 March 2027 there are 24 ferries a day from Cadenabbia to Bellagio, between 05:50 and 21:55 Monday to Saturday and between 06:55 and 21:45 on Sundays and holidays. Coming back, the first weekday boat leaves Bellagio at 05:40 and the last at 21:40; on Sundays and holidays they run from 07:05 to 21:30.

Allow ten minutes on the water and €5.50 for a walk-on adult ticket. Drive on with a car shorter than 3.5 m and the fare is €10.10, driver included. Unlike the crossings that touch Varenna or Menaggio, this one starts the winter without any notice of pier works.

Twenty-four ferries each way, seven days a week

Navigazione Lago di Como winter timetable, valid 2 November 2026 to 14 March 2027. Christmas Day 2026 and New Year's Day 2027 have a reduced service with separate times. Checked 30 October 2026.   Navigazione Lago di Como – Lake Como winter timetable 02/11/2026 – 14/03/2027 (PDF) · 2026-10-30

Ten minutes, stage-three prices

The crossing is short but it is priced like the longer mid-lake ferries: Cadenabbia and Bellagio are three fare stages apart, which puts an adult on foot at €5.50 and children between four and eleven at €2.80. A return is charged as two singles.

Drivers pay by car length, and the usual price includes the driver: €10.10 up to 3.5 m. The operator also lists a cheaper vehicle-only price, €4.60 for the same car, but that only applies if the driver already holds another valid ticket such as a season pass. Most visitors with a hire car will pay the driver-included fare.

Passenger and ferry fares in force from 1 April 2026. Checked 30 October 2026.   Navigazione Lago di Como – vehicle ticket prices from 1 April 2026 (PDF, Italian) · 2026-10-30

Main road in Cadenabbia, lakefront promenade in Bellagio

In both places the car ferry has its own landing, separate from the passenger boats, and tickets show it with the word Traghetto in brackets. Any pier works, with their dates and the sailings affected, are posted in Navigazione Laghi's notices.

From Griante to the tip of the Bellagio headland

Cadenabbia belongs to the municipality of Griante on the western shore, in the province of Como. Bellagio faces it from the point of its headland, in the same province. The winter leaflet allows 10 minutes for the crossing in either direction, every day.

Tips for crossing from Cadenabbia

• Head for the ferry landing

  In the winter leaflet Cadenabbia appears only in the car ferry tables, not in those for the Como–Colico passenger boats. In Bellagio the passenger boats use Piazza Mazzini instead.

• Hire cars welcome

  Every sailing in this timetable takes vehicles. Cars are charged by length, and the limits are 4 m in height and 400 quintals (40 tonnes) in gross weight.

• Tap to pay on board

  Adults travelling on foot can pay through NaviTap with a contactless bank card or a phone wallet, tapping in and out. Children's tickets, bikes and cars need a ticket from the office.

• Buses at both ends

  Cadenabbia is on ASF line C110 between Como, Menaggio and Colico. Bellagio has C130 to Como and C136 to Asso.

• One free bag

  Each passenger may bring one bag free of charge up to 60 cm on its longest side and 40 litres; further bags are paid for.

• Twenty minutes early

  The operator advises getting to the ticket desk some 20 minutes ahead of the sailing. Wind or high waves can cancel sailings; the freephone 800 551801 has updates.

Carrying on to Varenna or Menaggio

A handful of sailings from Cadenabbia continue past Bellagio to Varenna, taking 30 minutes: the 20:45 on weekdays and the 07:20, 07:45 and 20:35 on Sundays and holidays. The weekday 07:00 and 07:50 follow the same route but carry foot passengers only, as does the 05:50, which goes via Menaggio instead. For the full set of times to the eastern shore, see the Varenna–Bellagio ferry page.

Menaggio, further north on the same shore, is on the C110 bus route; from there the Varenna–Menaggio ferry crosses the lake directly. For five days at the start of November (Monday 2 to Friday 6), though, vehicles cannot board or leave that ferry at Menaggio.

Cadenabbia – Bellagio ferry: what visitors ask