The most famous film location on Lake Como is Villa del Balbianello, at Lenno: it appears in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and in the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006). Our private tours from 2 hours pass in front of it, from €600 for the whole boat.
In Star Wars: Episode II the villa and its lakeside terraces are the retreat on Naboo where Anakin and Padmé marry. In Casino Royale it is where James Bond recovers after the poker game. The villa sits on the tip of the Lavedo point, surrounded by water on three sides.
The villa is best appreciated from the lake: from a boat you see the point, the terraces and the loggia in one frame. Visiting the villa itself is separate and follows its own opening times.
Villas and city, 3 hours for €800, reaches Villa del Balbianello and passes the Nesso waterfall and George Clooney's villa in Laglio on the way. Grand Lake Como, 6 hours for €1,350, adds Bellagio and Varenna. From a pier in the centre of the lake, the villa is closer and fits in a shorter tour.
Every one of these tours passes it. Prices are for the whole boat.
Villa d'Este, Moltrasio, Laglio · Clooney's villa, Villa Pliniana
€600 per boat3 hoursVillas and BalbianelloVilla d'Este, Moltrasio, Laglio · Clooney's villa, Nesso waterfall
€800 per boat6 hoursGrand Lake ComoVilla d'Este, Moltrasio, Laglio · Clooney's villa, Nesso waterfall
€1,350 per boat7 hoursIconic TourVilla d'Este, Laglio · Clooney's villa, Nesso waterfall, Isola Comacina
€1,500 per boatAt Villa del Balbianello, in Lenno, on the western shore.
Casino Royale (2006), with scenes at Villa del Balbianello.
No, it stays in the first basin. The villa is included from the 2-hour Classic.