Maggiore Centro Gardens Gourmet:
discover Lake Maggiore with a one-day travel pass

Explore and discover the beauty of Lake Maggiore and the Villa Taranto botanical gardens with 1-day hop-on hop-off ferry ticket. Taste delicious regional cheeses and cold cuts accompanied by quality wines.

What is it

1-day Hop-on / hop-off ferry ticket (Navigazione Lago Maggiore) between Stresa, Borromean Islands, Villa Taranto and Intra. Possible embarcation points are: Stresa, Carciano, Isola Bella, Isola Pescatori and Baveno. Entry ticket to the Villa Taranto botanical gardens and gourmet food and wine tasting at the famous local food store and restaurant La Casera in Verbania Intra.
After a lake cruise on a Lake Maggiore shipping company ferry, you will discover the beauty and armony of Villa Taranto botanical gardens. You may stop and visit the borromean islands enroute (palace and gardens entrance ticket not included).
After visiting the Villa Taranto gardens a 500m walk will bring you to Verbania Intra, where you will have your aperitivo, brunch or lunch at the gourmet food store and restaurant La Casera (11am until 4pm). You will taste the best cheeses and cold cuts this region has to offer, accompanied by quality wines.
You may arrange the food & wine tasting at your leisure, during the restaurant opening hours. We suggest to book your food tasting between 11am and 4pm. In order to return to your original embarcation point, please check the last ferry departure time from Intra: at 17:50!

How it works

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Choose your travel pass
Maggiore Centro Gardens Gourmet
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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 Vincent Bistrot, 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 Gardens Gourmet you to travel for one day, with a hop-on hop-off travel pass, between Stresa, Borromean Islands, Villa Taranto and Intra. Every stop between Stresa and Intra is included in the Navigazione Lago Maggiore pass (Lake Maggiore Shipping Company).

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 Gardens Gourmet includes the entrance ticket to the Villa Taranto Botanical Gardens and a food tasting at the La Casera Restaurant in Verbania Intra, where you have a chance to sample the best cheeses, cold cuts and wines this region has to offer.

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!

You may book your food tasting at La Casera between 11:00 and 16:00.

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

Note

Available from 13 March until 05 October 2025, Monday to Saturday. Closed on Sunday

€ 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

Ristorante La Casera
Piazza D. Ranzoni 19 – 28921 Verbania Intra

Shipping Company

Navigazione Lago Maggiore
www.navigazionelaghi.it