One of the passenger-only ferries on Lago Maggiore — Intra, Italy

Leaving the ferry terminal in Intra, Italy.

Mui ready to drive the car off the ferry in Laveno ... I will join him on shore.

Waiting for the 5:05p ferry to depart Laveno, Italy.

Panorama of Laveno, Italy as the ferry prepares to depart.

Departing Laveno for the return ferry ride to Intra.

Looking back at a part of Lago Maggiore's Lombardy shoreline.

From shore to the ferry ... on the way back from Laveno, Italy.

Verbania: D5 … A Ferry Ride

August 4 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F

The car went for a ferry ride on Lago Maggiore today … and took us along, too.

Wanting to avoid the heavy traffic on the lakefront road heading south from Verbania and around the tip of the lake, we decided to take one of the ferries that ply the lake daily. When we couldn’t make the passenger-only ferry schedule work, we turned to the Servizio Traghetto, which regularly ferries vehicles between Intra and Laveno … a ride of approximately 20 minutes.

We had a beautiful, blue-sky day for our ride … especially in the afternoon. On the way to Laveno, we opted to enjoy the ride from the passenger deck. On the way back to Intra, we had a front row seat, which allowed us to enjoy the ride from the car … though I did hop out for some photos and videos.

Today turned out to be a photo-heavy day, which I am going to have to split into several footprints … starting with this footprint about today’s car ferry rides.Read more