Maggiore Centro Art And Gardens:
visit the Villa Taranto botanical garden and Landscape Museum with a single ticket

Explore and discover the beauty of Lake Maggiore, the Villa Taranto botanical gardens and the Museo del Paesaggio with the 1-day hop-on hop-off ticket. Taste delicious regional dishes accompanied by quality wines.

What is it

With this special ticket you will have the chance to spend a day in the beauty of the local artistic heritage and the most famous gardens of Lake Maggiore.

After a lake cruise on board a Lake Maggiore ferry company, you will discover the beauty and harmony of the botanical gardens of Villa Taranto and the Pallanza Landscape Museum. You can also stop to visit the other islands along the way (entrance tickets to the Palace and gardens of Isola Bella and Isola Madre are not included). Before Villa Taranto, the ferry stops in Pallanza, where you will visit the Museo del Paesaggio and have an aperitif at the gourmet café and restaurant Vincent Bistrò (from 10:00 to 12:00 or from 16:00 to 19:00). You will taste the best cheeses and cold cuts the region has to offer, accompanied by a glass of red wine, or white wine, or beer. You can arrange the tasting at your convenience during the restaurant’s opening hours. We recommend that you book your tasting between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.: check the departure time of the last ferry back to the original embarkation point.

How it works

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Choose your travel pass
Maggiore Centro Art and Gardens
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Dowload the Shipping Company timetable and organize your trip
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Buy your travel pass on our website
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Show your ticket – digital or printed – at ticket offices or on the ferry
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Enjoy your trip!

Maggiore Centro tickets

Maggiore Centro Classic

36€ adults / 26€ children 4-11 years old
+ 1,50€ disembarkation tax

• Boat/ferry ticket (Navigazione Lago Maggiore)
• Bus ticket (Autolinee Varesine)
• Laveno cableway ticket
• Entrance fee Hermitage S. Caterina del Sasso

Maggiore Centro Art and Gardens

63€ adults / 51€ children 4-11 years old
+ 1,50€ disembarkation tax

• Daily free circulation ticket Stresa-Isole Borromee-Intra (Navigazione Lago Maggiore)
• Entrance to the Museo del Paesaggio
• Entrance to Villa Taranto
• Tasting of cold cuts, wines and cheeses at Caffè delle Rose, Pallanza

Maggiore Centro Gardens

89 € adults / 77 € children 4-11 years old
+ 1,50€ disembarkation tax

• Daily free circulation ticket Stresa-Isole Borromee-Intra (Navigazione Lago Maggiore)
• Entrance to the Isola Madre palace and gardens
• Entrance to Villa Taranto Gardens
• Cold Cuts, Wine and Cheese Tasting at La Casera Restaurant, Intra 

Maggiore Centro Gardens Gourmet

69 € adults / 55 € children 4-11 years old
+ 1,50€ disembarkation tax

• Daily free circulation ticket Stresa-Isole Borromee-Intra (Navigazione Lago Maggiore)
• Entrance to Villa Taranto Gardens
• Cold cuts, Wine and Cheese Tasting at La Casera Restaurant, Intra

Route / What is included

Maggiore Centro Art and Gardens allows you to travel for one day, with a free ticket, between Stresa, the Borromean Islands, Villa Taranto and Intra. The Navigazione Lago Maggiore ticket includes every intermediate stop along the route.
At the time of purchase, you must choose the stop of departure.
Please set your first embarkation point when buying your ticket.

Departure points
(Navigazione Lago Maggiore landing piers)

Stresa
Carciano
Isola Bella
Isola dei Pescatori
Baveno
Verbania Pallanza
Villa Taranto
Verbania Intra

Maggiore Centro Art And Gardens also includes entry to the gardens of Villa Taranto, entry to the Verbania Pallanza Landscape Museum and a cheese, cold cuts and wine tasting at the gourmet café and restaurant Vincent Bistrò in Verbania Pallanza.

Info

Timetable / Reservation

Every ticket is nominal and may be used on the reservation day only. The 1-Day shipping company travel pass is valid on any Navigazione Lago Maggiore ferry, on the routes between Stresa and Verbania Intra. All stops in between are allowed.

Please note that the last ferry to reach Baveno, Borromean Islands and Stresa from Intra sails at 17:50!

Tasting at Vincent Bistrò in Verbania Pallanza can be booked between 10 a.m. to 12 am or from 4pm to 7 p.m.

Please tell us at which time you wish to book your food and wine tasting after purchasung your ticket.

Note

Timetable in force from 13 March to 5 October 2025, operating from Monday to Sunday. Service not available on Tuesday.

€ 1,50 (per person) local disembarkation tax is automatically added to each ticket purchased.

What to see and visit

Ente Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto
www.villataranto.it

Central Lago and Borromean Islands
www.visit-lakemaggiore.com

Vincent Bistrò
Via Alessandro Manzoni 4, 28922 Verbania (VB) località Pallanza lungolago

Shipping Company

Navigazione Lago Maggiore
www.navigazionelaghi.it