Navigation on Lake Maggiore - Digital map and timetables

Below you can find:

1. Digital maps, timetables (PDF) and timetables on-line,
2. Warnings for crossing the lake by bike,
3. Cycle routes, itineraries and resources.

 

The navigation on Lake Maggiore is run by two companies:
the Italian company Navigazionelaghi (in the Italian area) and the Swiss company Lakelocarno (in the Swiss area).

Digital maps of Lake Maggiore

 

1. Boats (PDF) - Arona-Locarno / Locarno-Arona

2. from Carciano to Isola Bella (PDF)

3. Car Ferry (PDF) - Intra-Laveno-Intra

4. from Locarno to Brissago (PDF) - (Swiss area)

 

1. Timetable online - Navigazionelaghi.it (only Italian area)

2. Timetable online - Lakelocarno.com (only Swiss area)

Once at the lake, there is a boat service taking you around all the beautiful towns and villages on the Lake Maggiore. Boats are frequent but the timetable does change depending on the time of year. Each local tourist information office will be able to give holiday makers a copy of the timetable and provide you with any additional travel information.
Scheduled services up, down and across the lake are run by Navigazione Lake Maggiore.

 

You can cross Lake Maggiore and visit the Borromean Islands (Isola Bella, Isola dei Pescatori, Isola Madre) by motorship or by car ferry with your own bike. Expecially in the spring/summer period are garanteed frequent connections among the villages and towns on the shores of the lake.
The transport of vehicles and bikes is always garanteed for crossing the lake by car ferry between Intra (West) and Laveno (East).

No problem on ferry between Intra and Laveno. The car ferry starts every 20 minutes. It takes 30 minutes to cross between Intra and Laveno.
However the boarding of the bike on the boats will be limited by Capitan's option based on contingent traffico conditions (numer of people, weather,etc.). We recommend small groups early in the morning, because the boats are not crowded.

Resources for the travelling cyclists who want to explore the lake, the mountains and the valleys: bike maps, routes, road cycling climbs:

1. Cycling all around Lake Maggiore

2. Cycling the upper Lake Maggiore

Lake Maggiore is Italy’s second largest lake and set against the resplendent backdrop of the Monte Rosa Massif. The lake road typically wider than around Lake Como, and quieter than Lake Garda. Lake Maggiore has tectonic-glacial origins. The lake has a surface area of about 213 sq km (82 sq mi), a maximum length of 66 km. (41 mi.) on a straight line and, at its widest, is 12 km (7 mi). Max depth 370 m (1,214 ft). Average depth 175 m (574 ft). Lake circumference 170 km (105 mi) The lake looks to West towards Piedmont, to East towards Lombardy penetrating into Switzerland to the North.

To help you make the most of your stay on Lake Maggiore We have created guides, packed full of information about:

1. tourist attractions.

2. Itineraries on Lake Maggiore (PDF) (from page 21 till page 47),

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