Your best bet, if intending on booking a hotel at Lake Garda, is to try and start looking early as possible as Italian Hotels can be more expensive than other popular destinations but just the same are booked out early by Germans, Italians and other europeans. Compare prices here at lake garda.biz and try and secure the best possible deal - you can find. There is a great choice ranging from simple B&B's 5 star hotels, Villa's to rent and relaxing health spa's

Getting to Lake Garda Ryanair fly to Brescia Airport for as cheap as £15, which is located 20km from Brescia and 50km from Verona, which is very convenient for Lake Garda. There is a direct bus service to Desenzano del Garda for tourists with pre-booked hotels in the town but it's advisable to consult your hotel before departure. Otherwise, there are a few different bus services to Garda where you can catch another bus to any other village around lake Garda. Trains also run from Brescia to Desenzano del Garda roughly every half hour. The journey takes less than twenty minutes.

Useful Travel sites for Lake Garda

Gardaland amusement park

Towering over the eastern shore of Lake Garda is  Mount Baldo mountain range with the highest peaks reaching (2,078 m)The steep limestone slopes of the mountain descend to the lake in a succession of pastures, woods rocks, valleys,  trees, olive groves vineyards and a few isolated homes and villages like Limone Salò, Garda, Bardolino, Sirmione Malcesine & Lazise.

The local climate is softened by the presence of this large body of Lake water, which makes it comfortable for exploring the towns and villages on and close to the lake towns such as Garda, Lazise, Sirmione, Torri del Benaco, Bardolino, Limone and Peschiera which are wonderful places to visit with a great choice of hotels, B&Bs, villas and other accommodations or just for wandering around the cobbled streets filled with shops, hotels and restaurants and are home to bustling lakeside markets.

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The north and south parts of the lake offer quite different experiences and therefore it really depends on what you want to do when you get there. The North part is very mountainous and steep with lots of more extreme sporting activities. The south is a lot flatter with gentle slopes, longer beaches and is better for just relaxing by the lake. Where the lake goes from the wider south part to the narrower north part is where the landscape becomes very mountainous.

Gazing across Lake Garda from the town of Desenzano on its southwest bank, the view is quite spectacular. With it's unique ecosystem thanks to the large lake and surrounding mountians and beautiful botanic gardens Lake Garda’s has more in common with southern Italy.