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Lake Geneva
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Lake Geneva is one of the largest lakes in Europe.
Its Northern shores are in Switzerland and those in the South are in
France. Geneva lies at the Western end of the lake and
Montreux at the Eastern end. It is famous for its
classic paddle steamers operated by
CGN which ply from end to
end. There are also a couple of cross-border, cross-lake
routes operated by conventional motor boats.
- Paddle steamer
La Suisse, dating from 1910, heading for
Montreux in late evening sun.
- Paddle steamer
Savoie about to depart Geneva on its daily lunch cruise.
- Paddle steamer Savioe at Geneva
- As well as paddle steamers, CGN operates a
passenger service from Yvoire in France to Nyon in
Switzerland.
Col-vert is seen arriving at Yvoire with Nyon in the
background.
- Paddle steamer Rhone arriving at
Geneva.
- Clip1 : Rhone arriving at Geneva
- Clip2 : Valais arriving at Yvoire on a
commuter run from Nyon
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Lake Como is arguably the most pleasant of all the
lakes in central Europe. There is particularly poor
access via a tortuous narrow road from Como. This
results in most tourists visiting by boat which immediately limits
their numbers. The most popular destination is the
Bellagio/Menaggio/Varena triangle which is the place to see ferries.
Villa Carlotta, one of several grand villas on the lake is also a
short hop away. There is a mixture of car ferries,
ferries, catamarans and hyrdrofoils operated by Gestione
Navigazione
Laghi.
- Two preserved
paddle steamer exist including Concordia which operates
private hires and evening dining cruise as seen here passing
Colonno.
- Hyrdrofoil Voloire near
Menaggio heading for Como
- Renzo at
Bellagio, one of four sisters that provide stopping services in
the middle of the lake
- Fra Cristoforo
approaching Bellagio from Cadenabbia which can be seen in the
background.
- Seen at Varenna
is car ferry Ghisallo. Car ferries ply a triangle from
Bellagio to Varenna to Cadenabbia.
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Car ferry Lario leaving Cadenabbia
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Seen leaving Bellagio is car ferry Addo.
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Clip: Bisbino leaving Bellagio
- Lucia
about to leave Menaggio for Varenna
- The
largest ferry on the lake is Orione, seen arriving at
Villa Carlotta
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Lake Garda is undoubtedly the most touristy of all
the lakes in central Europe. Beloved by Germans some of
the more popular destinations can get swamped in the height of
summer. There is particularly poor access via a tortuous
narrow road from Como. The Southern part of the lake has
most of the scenic towns and it's easy to do a round trip of these
in a day using the regular car ferry across the middle of the lake.
As well as the car ferries there is a mix of passenger ferries,
catamarans and hyrdrofoils operated as in Como by Gestione
Navigazione Laghi.
- Car ferry
Adamello
at Torri del Benaco about to
depart for Toscolano Maderno
- Hydrofoil Goethe
leaving Toscolano Maderno
- Catamaran D'Annunzio moored at
Garda during lunch. The extensive quayside
restaurants can be seen behind.
- Passenger ferry Tonale
approaching Toscolano Maderno
- Clip: catamaran Verga
approaching Toscolano Maderno
- The massive Andromeda at
Desenzano del Garda
- Baldo arriving at the
picturesque town of Salo
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