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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.
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
The North part of Lake Garda 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 thelake goes from the wider south part to the narrower north
part is where the landscape becomes very mountainous.
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Explore Lake Garda
Explore the old town of Peschiera set in the middle of an enormous island fortress. Taste olive oil in Malcesine the olive riviera, swill wine in Marano di Valpolicella or take a trip around Parco Natura Viva safari park on the east coast. Pick up a bargain at the antiques market in Desenzano and stroll through the vast botanical gardens in Gardone.
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.
The contrast of dramatic mountains and sandy coves make Lake Garda arguably the most beautiful of the
Italian lakes. In the south, some 50 km away, you
can find
Hotels, and other
accommodations with
views that stretch
right across
beautiful Lake Garda.
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Lake Garda is the main Italian lake and one of the most important water reserves in Europe.
The
east bank of the Lake produces olive oil and famous wines, such as
Valpolicella and Bardolino. Looming above the area is Mount Baldo
with its three peaks. Projecting through the last glacial sheet, its
unique flora is a throwback to pre-glacial times. The rich soil and
mild climate of the lake area encourages an abundance of wildlife and
flora. Cedars, olives, lemon and palm trees flourish and the Gorgeous
shore line offers pristine beaches.
Useful
Travel sites
Gardaland amusement
park
Lake Garda Airport
Lake Garda zoo
Garda Taxi's
Lake Garda Ferry
services.
Windsurfing at Lake
Garda
There are two kinds of
wind here: Ora
and
Vento.
The Ora is a
thermal wind which
blows from the South
at around
midday or early
afternoon. It develops
when the sun
warms up the
mountain ranges to the
North which causes the
air to rise. The
Ora usually
reaches around 4-5
Beaufort on the
northern part of Garda
Lake near Torbole and
Riva.
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