THING TO DO

We are just a mile from Lake Garda, Italy’s largest lake, set in partly Alpine scenery and partly rolling hills. On the lake itself visitors can go boating, travel from medieval village to medieval village on passenger boats, go windsurfing in the northern lake and swim at such pretty beaches as Baia delle Sirene near Torri del Benaco.

Dotted all round the lake there are villages, mostly with castles, to walk around.

There are good views of the area from the top of Monte Baldo, which can be reached by cable car from the lakeside at Malcesine.

Close by you can walk in the pre-Alps or in the Lessinia hills just to the north east where you can also visit the cool and refreshing waterfall park at Molina. In the Lessinia there is an interesting and quite different culture and architecture.

Near us on the lakes there are the large pleasure parks of Gardaland, AcquaParadise and Movie Studios. The water park is fun with all kinds of pools and slides, as well as quiet shaded areas. Slides range from the gentle to the moderately terrifying.

There is much to do on the cultural front, with the Opera season at the open air Roman amphitheatre in Verona (30 minutes away), a city that also has much that is worth seeing. To the south 35 minutes is the city of Mantua which is also has a large medieval centre consisting mainly of the palace complex and squares of the Gonzago family (figuring in Shakespeare). Talking of Shakespeare, Juliet’s house (or one of the period) is in Verona and the Merchant of Venice plied his trade about an hour’s drive or convenient train ride to the east. Or take a day trip to Milan and immerse yourself in one of the great shopping cities of Europe, just an hour's drive to the west.

We will be very happy to provide you with many other suggestions of things to do and fill you in on the history of the area.
It is also easy to hire bicycles and mountain bikes, scooters, jet skis and the like if you wish to ‘relax’ on the move.