Beautiful Garda Lake

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Beautiful Garda Lake

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Wedged between the lake and the foothills of Monte San Bartolomeo, Salò exudes an air of courtly grandeur, a legacy of its days as Garda’s capital when the Venetian Republic held sway over the lake. These days it’s better known as the erstwhile de facto capital of the Italian Socialist Republic, the puppet state led by Mussolini for 20 infamous months between 1943 and 1945.
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Salò
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Wedged between the lake and the foothills of Monte San Bartolomeo, Salò exudes an air of courtly grandeur, a legacy of its days as Garda’s capital when the Venetian Republic held sway over the lake. These days it’s better known as the erstwhile de facto capital of the Italian Socialist Republic, the puppet state led by Mussolini for 20 infamous months between 1943 and 1945.
Poet, soldier, hypochondriac and proto-Fascist, Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863–1938) defies easy definition, and so does his estate. Bombastic, extravagant and unsettling, it's home to every architectural and decorative excess imaginable and is full of quirks that help shed light on the man. Visit and you'll take in a dimly lit, highly idiosyncratic villa (for which the tour is guided), three distinct museums and tiered gardens complete with full-sized battleship. By 1914 d'Annunzio was an established poet, but his fame was cemented by a series of daring military adventures in WWI. His most dramatic exploit was an unsanctioned occupation of Fiume, now Rijeka, on the Adriatic. Outraged that it was to be handed over to Yugoslavia, not Italy, at the end of the war, he gathered a mini-army, invaded the port and proclaimed himself the ruler. Despite eventually surrendering he was hailed a national hero. In the 1920s d'Annunzio became a strong supporter of Fascism and Mussolini, while his affairs with wealthy women were legendary. In his main house, the Prioria, stained-glass windows cast an eerie light on gloomy rooms with black-velvet drapes (he had an eye condition that made exposure to sunlight painful). The rooms are crammed with classical figurines, leather-bound books, leopard skins, gilded ornaments, lacquer boxes and chinoiserie. Highlights include the bronze tortoise that sits on the guests' dining table (in admonition of gluttony; it was cast from a pet that died from over-indulgence); the bright blue bathroom suite with more than 2000 pieces of bric-a-brac; his spare bedroom where he would retire to lie on a coffin-shaped bed and contemplate death; and his study with its low lintel – designed so visitors would have to bow as they entered. Guided visits, in Italian only, tour the house every 15 minutes and last half an hour. If you aren’t already overwhelmed by d’Annunzio’s excesses, the estate's Museo della Guerra is housed nearby in the art-nouveau Casa Schifamondo ('Escape from the World'). It is full of mementoes, banners and medals of d'Annunzio's war-time exploits, while the gardens offer the chance to wander the deck of the full-sized battleship Puglia, which d’Annunzio used in his Fiume exploits.
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Il Vittoriale degli Italiani
12 Via al Vittoriale
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Poet, soldier, hypochondriac and proto-Fascist, Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863–1938) defies easy definition, and so does his estate. Bombastic, extravagant and unsettling, it's home to every architectural and decorative excess imaginable and is full of quirks that help shed light on the man. Visit and you'll take in a dimly lit, highly idiosyncratic villa (for which the tour is guided), three distinct museums and tiered gardens complete with full-sized battleship. By 1914 d'Annunzio was an established poet, but his fame was cemented by a series of daring military adventures in WWI. His most dramatic exploit was an unsanctioned occupation of Fiume, now Rijeka, on the Adriatic. Outraged that it was to be handed over to Yugoslavia, not Italy, at the end of the war, he gathered a mini-army, invaded the port and proclaimed himself the ruler. Despite eventually surrendering he was hailed a national hero. In the 1920s d'Annunzio became a strong supporter of Fascism and Mussolini, while his affairs with wealthy women were legendary. In his main house, the Prioria, stained-glass windows cast an eerie light on gloomy rooms with black-velvet drapes (he had an eye condition that made exposure to sunlight painful). The rooms are crammed with classical figurines, leather-bound books, leopard skins, gilded ornaments, lacquer boxes and chinoiserie. Highlights include the bronze tortoise that sits on the guests' dining table (in admonition of gluttony; it was cast from a pet that died from over-indulgence); the bright blue bathroom suite with more than 2000 pieces of bric-a-brac; his spare bedroom where he would retire to lie on a coffin-shaped bed and contemplate death; and his study with its low lintel – designed so visitors would have to bow as they entered. Guided visits, in Italian only, tour the house every 15 minutes and last half an hour. If you aren’t already overwhelmed by d’Annunzio’s excesses, the estate's Museo della Guerra is housed nearby in the art-nouveau Casa Schifamondo ('Escape from the World'). It is full of mementoes, banners and medals of d'Annunzio's war-time exploits, while the gardens offer the chance to wander the deck of the full-sized battleship Puglia, which d’Annunzio used in his Fiume exploits.
Limone sul Garda is the most worthwhile stopping-off point on the west bank between Gargnano and Riva del Garda. Here, stone houses tumble down steep slopes and cobbled lanes meander towards a waterfront lined with pastel-painted houses. Inevitably in the summer it's besieged by tourists (nearly 10,000 a day) and the trinket sellers and snack bars are there in force. The town gets its name from the lemons that once grew here in large glasshouses and lemon-inspired souvenirs are still all the rage.
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Limone Sul Garda
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Limone sul Garda is the most worthwhile stopping-off point on the west bank between Gargnano and Riva del Garda. Here, stone houses tumble down steep slopes and cobbled lanes meander towards a waterfront lined with pastel-painted houses. Inevitably in the summer it's besieged by tourists (nearly 10,000 a day) and the trinket sellers and snack bars are there in force. The town gets its name from the lemons that once grew here in large glasshouses and lemon-inspired souvenirs are still all the rage.
Straddling the Toscolano torrent are the twin villages of Toscolano and Maderno, joined at the hip and co-occupants of a stubby headland boasting some good beaches, arguably Lake Garda's finest. To the southwest, pretty, pastel-coloured Maderno marks the location of Benacum, the principal Roman town on the lake, while more industrial Toscolano, to the northeast, once supplied nails for Venetian galleys and thick, creamy paper for Martin Luther’s Bible.
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Maderno
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Straddling the Toscolano torrent are the twin villages of Toscolano and Maderno, joined at the hip and co-occupants of a stubby headland boasting some good beaches, arguably Lake Garda's finest. To the southwest, pretty, pastel-coloured Maderno marks the location of Benacum, the principal Roman town on the lake, while more industrial Toscolano, to the northeast, once supplied nails for Venetian galleys and thick, creamy paper for Martin Luther’s Bible.
Built on the end of an impossibly thin, appendix-like peninsula sticking out from the southern shore of Lake Garda, pretty Sirmione has drawn the likes of Catullus and Maria Callas to its banks over the centuries, and today millions of visitors follow in their footsteps for a glimpse of Lake Garda's prettiest village and a dip in its only hot spring.
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Sirmione
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Built on the end of an impossibly thin, appendix-like peninsula sticking out from the southern shore of Lake Garda, pretty Sirmione has drawn the likes of Catullus and Maria Callas to its banks over the centuries, and today millions of visitors follow in their footsteps for a glimpse of Lake Garda's prettiest village and a dip in its only hot spring.
An easygoing commuter town 9km southwest of Sirmione, Desenzano del Garda is not nearly as pretty as some of Garda's other lakeside settlements, but its ancient harbour, broad promenades and vibrant Piazza Matteotti and Piazza Malvezzi make for pleasant wanderings. Thanks to its mainline train station Desenzano is a popular jumping-off point for car hire and other transport around the Lake Garda area.
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Desenzano del Garda
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An easygoing commuter town 9km southwest of Sirmione, Desenzano del Garda is not nearly as pretty as some of Garda's other lakeside settlements, but its ancient harbour, broad promenades and vibrant Piazza Matteotti and Piazza Malvezzi make for pleasant wanderings. Thanks to its mainline train station Desenzano is a popular jumping-off point for car hire and other transport around the Lake Garda area.
A dream becomes a reality in the botanical garden Hruska at Lake Garda! For a romantic day in a beautiful ambience, this green space, which was acquired by Viennese artist André Heller, is precisely the right place. The unique climate in Gardone Riviera makes it possible to join the flora of the Alps with that of the tropics. The result is an extraordinary collection of trees, shrubs and flowers from all over the world - from Africa and South America, Asia, Europe and Australia. There is edelweiss in the midst of orchids. There are metre-high tree ferns next to pomegranate trees. Behind streams and waterfalls, you find ponds with sacred koi carp and trout, with dragonflies floating on the water. You will see hills of dolomite rock next to cactus and towers of ivy. he paths that run through the lush garden lure you further and further, enticing you into the next unknown paradise, only to be enchanted by its beauty! Hruska Botanical Garden is open every day from March to October, with various events organised in summer.
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Giardino Botanico Fondazione André Heller
2 Via Roma
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A dream becomes a reality in the botanical garden Hruska at Lake Garda! For a romantic day in a beautiful ambience, this green space, which was acquired by Viennese artist André Heller, is precisely the right place. The unique climate in Gardone Riviera makes it possible to join the flora of the Alps with that of the tropics. The result is an extraordinary collection of trees, shrubs and flowers from all over the world - from Africa and South America, Asia, Europe and Australia. There is edelweiss in the midst of orchids. There are metre-high tree ferns next to pomegranate trees. Behind streams and waterfalls, you find ponds with sacred koi carp and trout, with dragonflies floating on the water. You will see hills of dolomite rock next to cactus and towers of ivy. he paths that run through the lush garden lure you further and further, enticing you into the next unknown paradise, only to be enchanted by its beauty! Hruska Botanical Garden is open every day from March to October, with various events organised in summer.
Madonna della Corona sanctuary, a spectacular church built in the rocky mountain overlooking the valley! Considered one of the most beautiful in the world for its particular position.
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Santuario della Madonna della Corona
1 Vicolo Santuario
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Madonna della Corona sanctuary, a spectacular church built in the rocky mountain overlooking the valley! Considered one of the most beautiful in the world for its particular position.
It's not often you get to explore such a stunning private island, villa and grounds. Anchored just off Salò, this speck of land is crowned with impressive battlements, luxuriant formal gardens and a sumptuous neo-Gothic Venetian villa. Boats depart from towns including Salò, San Felice del Benaco, Gardone Riviera and Sirmione, but in typical Italian fashion they only leave each location one or two times a week, so plan ahead. See the website for the precise timetable. The island is owned by the Contessa Cavazza, and she and her seven children still live on the island with their families; you may well see some of them strolling around.
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Isola del Garda
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It's not often you get to explore such a stunning private island, villa and grounds. Anchored just off Salò, this speck of land is crowned with impressive battlements, luxuriant formal gardens and a sumptuous neo-Gothic Venetian villa. Boats depart from towns including Salò, San Felice del Benaco, Gardone Riviera and Sirmione, but in typical Italian fashion they only leave each location one or two times a week, so plan ahead. See the website for the precise timetable. The island is owned by the Contessa Cavazza, and she and her seven children still live on the island with their families; you may well see some of them strolling around.
Occupying 2 hectares at Sirmione's northern tip, this ruined 1st-century-AD Roman villa is a picturesque complex of teetering stone arches and tumbledown walls, some three storeys high. It's the largest domestic Roman villa in northern Italy and wandering its terraced hillsides offers fantastic views. Despite the name, there's no evidence Catullus lived here, although the poet did have a home in the village. Significantly, the living quarters were on the top floor, offering 360-degree vistas of the surrounding waters; it seems the Romans too liked rooms with a view.
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Archaeological site of Grotte di Catullo
4 Piazzale Orti Manara
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Occupying 2 hectares at Sirmione's northern tip, this ruined 1st-century-AD Roman villa is a picturesque complex of teetering stone arches and tumbledown walls, some three storeys high. It's the largest domestic Roman villa in northern Italy and wandering its terraced hillsides offers fantastic views. Despite the name, there's no evidence Catullus lived here, although the poet did have a home in the village. Significantly, the living quarters were on the top floor, offering 360-degree vistas of the surrounding waters; it seems the Romans too liked rooms with a view.

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International Traveller Magazine: “Top 10 health retreats around the world” Finalist at the Condè Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence as “Best Destination SPA” Guida “Ristoranti d’Italia 2020“ Gambero Rosso: "Due Forchette" to La Grande Limonaia Restaurant Guida “I Ristoranti d’Italia 2020” L’Espresso to La Grande Limonaia Restaurant Haute Grandeur Global Hotel Awards, Lefay Resort & SPA Lago di Garda: “Best Country Hotel”, “Best Eco Friendly Resort Europe”, “Best Suite Hotel Europe”, “Best Hotel View in Italy” Haute Grandeur Global SPA Awards, Lefay SPA Garda: “Best Destination SPA Europe”, “Best Eco SPA Europe”, “Best Health & Wellness SPA Italy” Condè Nast Traveller readers’ Choice Awards: “Top 30 SPA Destinations in the world” Wellness Heaven Awards: “Top 3 Best Locations in Europe” World Luxury SPA Awards: “Best Luxury Eco-SPA in Southern Europe” World Luxury SPA Awards: “Best Unique Experience SPA” World Luxury SPA Awards: “Best Luxury Destination SPA” in Italy European Health & SPA Award: “Best Destination SPA in Europe” European Health & SPA Award: “Best Signature Treatment” to “I Colori dell’Uomo” Italian SPA Awards: “Best Destination SPA in Italy” Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards: “Top 25 Luxury Hotels in Italy” Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards: “Top 25 Most Romantic Hotels in Italy” Guida "Ristoranti d’Italia 2019" Gambero Rosso: "Due Forchette" al ristorante La Grande Limonaia Guida “I Ristoranti d’Italia 2019” L’Espresso: “Primo Cappello” to La Grande Limonaia restaurant
Lefay Resort & SPA Lago di Garda
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International Traveller Magazine: “Top 10 health retreats around the world” Finalist at the Condè Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence as “Best Destination SPA” Guida “Ristoranti d’Italia 2020“ Gambero Rosso: "Due Forchette" to La Grande Limonaia Restaurant Guida “I Ristoranti d’Italia 2020” L’Espresso to La Grande Limonaia Restaurant Haute Grandeur Global Hotel Awards, Lefay Resort & SPA Lago di Garda: “Best Country Hotel”, “Best Eco Friendly Resort Europe”, “Best Suite Hotel Europe”, “Best Hotel View in Italy” Haute Grandeur Global SPA Awards, Lefay SPA Garda: “Best Destination SPA Europe”, “Best Eco SPA Europe”, “Best Health & Wellness SPA Italy” Condè Nast Traveller readers’ Choice Awards: “Top 30 SPA Destinations in the world” Wellness Heaven Awards: “Top 3 Best Locations in Europe” World Luxury SPA Awards: “Best Luxury Eco-SPA in Southern Europe” World Luxury SPA Awards: “Best Unique Experience SPA” World Luxury SPA Awards: “Best Luxury Destination SPA” in Italy European Health & SPA Award: “Best Destination SPA in Europe” European Health & SPA Award: “Best Signature Treatment” to “I Colori dell’Uomo” Italian SPA Awards: “Best Destination SPA in Italy” Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards: “Top 25 Luxury Hotels in Italy” Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards: “Top 25 Most Romantic Hotels in Italy” Guida "Ristoranti d’Italia 2019" Gambero Rosso: "Due Forchette" al ristorante La Grande Limonaia Guida “I Ristoranti d’Italia 2019” L’Espresso: “Primo Cappello” to La Grande Limonaia restaurant
A drop of water at 69 degrees centigrade: this is the temperature of the precious natural element underpinning the beneficial properties of Terme di Sirmione. It takes many years and a long journey for this same drop to acquire all its properties. Its origin dates back to around 10,000 years ago: raining from the sky onto the flood basin of Monte Baldo at a height of more than 800 metres, the water infiltratef the rock down to 2,500 metres below sea level, acquiring mineral substances and increasing its temperature before rising, after a journey of 20 years, from the spring. On 24 August, 1889, a diver by the name of Procopius was the first to plunge into Lake Garda to use a pick at a depth of 20 metres to finally bring the Boiola spring to light.
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Terme di Sirmione S.p.A.
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A drop of water at 69 degrees centigrade: this is the temperature of the precious natural element underpinning the beneficial properties of Terme di Sirmione. It takes many years and a long journey for this same drop to acquire all its properties. Its origin dates back to around 10,000 years ago: raining from the sky onto the flood basin of Monte Baldo at a height of more than 800 metres, the water infiltratef the rock down to 2,500 metres below sea level, acquiring mineral substances and increasing its temperature before rising, after a journey of 20 years, from the spring. On 24 August, 1889, a diver by the name of Procopius was the first to plunge into Lake Garda to use a pick at a depth of 20 metres to finally bring the Boiola spring to light.

Sport & Adventure

A magic place where the lake landscape leaves space to a mountain environment. It was in this valley where the paper production was established during the early 1900. Just take a relaxing walk in this beautiful valley accompanied by the Maderno river surrounded by the nature.
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Valle delle Cartiere
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A magic place where the lake landscape leaves space to a mountain environment. It was in this valley where the paper production was established during the early 1900. Just take a relaxing walk in this beautiful valley accompanied by the Maderno river surrounded by the nature.
The long mountain ridge that towers above the northeast shores of Lake Garda is known as Monte Baldo. Ironically, the name doesn’t refer to its baldness (although the upper slopes are treeless), rather, it comes from the German word wald meaning forest. The Monte Baldo ridge reaches its highest point at Cima Valdritta (2218m), one of five significant summits that punctuate the ridge. Baldo is a hiking and mountain-biking paradise thanks to a combination of Google Earth lake views, well-maintained trails and easy access to high alpine terrain via the Monte Baldo cable car located at 1760m. From the summit station, hiking trails fan out in all directions including along the narrow ridge to the summit. Mountain bikers prefer the tumbling single-track descents that head down towards the base terminus in Malcesine. Another popular way of descending is by paragliding off the ridge utilising the thermals that caress the slopes on this part of the lake.
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Monte Baldo
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The long mountain ridge that towers above the northeast shores of Lake Garda is known as Monte Baldo. Ironically, the name doesn’t refer to its baldness (although the upper slopes are treeless), rather, it comes from the German word wald meaning forest. The Monte Baldo ridge reaches its highest point at Cima Valdritta (2218m), one of five significant summits that punctuate the ridge. Baldo is a hiking and mountain-biking paradise thanks to a combination of Google Earth lake views, well-maintained trails and easy access to high alpine terrain via the Monte Baldo cable car located at 1760m. From the summit station, hiking trails fan out in all directions including along the narrow ridge to the summit. Mountain bikers prefer the tumbling single-track descents that head down towards the base terminus in Malcesine. Another popular way of descending is by paragliding off the ridge utilising the thermals that caress the slopes on this part of the lake.
From Punta Larici the eye sweeps from the northern end of Lake Garda, with Riva and Monte Brione, to the south, where the lake widens up. One of the finest views over Lake Garda!
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Punta Larici
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From Punta Larici the eye sweeps from the northern end of Lake Garda, with Riva and Monte Brione, to the south, where the lake widens up. One of the finest views over Lake Garda!
The Scuderia Castello agritourism establishment, in addition to specializing in equestrian tourism, offers you the best of traditional Brescian cuisine. Surrounded by silence, among the pristine green of the Alto Garda Park in Brescia, a short way away from Toscolano-Maderno and the beaches on Lake Garda, the Scuderia Castello is equipped for hiking or horseback riding.
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Scuderia Castello
10 Via Castello
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The Scuderia Castello agritourism establishment, in addition to specializing in equestrian tourism, offers you the best of traditional Brescian cuisine. Surrounded by silence, among the pristine green of the Alto Garda Park in Brescia, a short way away from Toscolano-Maderno and the beaches on Lake Garda, the Scuderia Castello is equipped for hiking or horseback riding.
An unusual 100m waterfall that thunders through a vertical limestone tunnel rather than off an open cliff. With the help of metal walkways, you can enter the gorge to see the torrent – and get a soaking in the process. A botanical garden has taken root on the terraced hillside, making use of the perpetual downpour. The waterfall is just outside the village of Varone and 3km northwest of Riva's centre. Bus number 1 will get you there, or you can walk up on bike paths.
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Cascada de Varone
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An unusual 100m waterfall that thunders through a vertical limestone tunnel rather than off an open cliff. With the help of metal walkways, you can enter the gorge to see the torrent – and get a soaking in the process. A botanical garden has taken root on the terraced hillside, making use of the perpetual downpour. The waterfall is just outside the village of Varone and 3km northwest of Riva's centre. Bus number 1 will get you there, or you can walk up on bike paths.
Dreamlike and at the same time vertiginous is the view from the “Terrazza del Brivido” to Lake Garda. The so-called “terrace of shudder” is part of Hotel Paradiso in Pieve di Tremosine and is accessible for both hotel guests and restaurant guests.
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Terrazza del Brivido
19 Viale Europa
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Dreamlike and at the same time vertiginous is the view from the “Terrazza del Brivido” to Lake Garda. The so-called “terrace of shudder” is part of Hotel Paradiso in Pieve di Tremosine and is accessible for both hotel guests and restaurant guests.

Food & Entertainment

On the shore of the Garda Lake, in Gardone Riviera (Brescia), there is Torre San Marco a fascinating place, intimate and romantic location which history makes it the perfect location for occurrences. The building that takes up about 5000 mq is open for public event, private and business ones and it can host up to 1500 persons. The magnificence of the place, the competence of the kitchen team (from Villa Fiordaliso) and a deep knowledge of the sector are those elements that make Torre San Marco one of the most prestigious Italian locations apt to manage and organize events. This fascinating tower in Brescia is characterized from different areas: the piano bar, a large and covered area at the ground floor; an elegant restaurant at the first floor, the winery and a fantastic garden, the dehoor, that can be set up for bridal banqueting and ceremonies. The tables can be arranged at the open air or under an elegant structure that guarantees protection in case of bad weather. BRIEF HISTORY Torre San Marco (ex Tower Ruhlan) was built as observatory by a German industrialist, Richard Langensiepen, at the beginning of the 1900s. In the 1950 Gabriele D’Annunzio bought Tower Ruhlan. He converted it in an extension of the Vittoriale and modified the style of the structure: from the neo-gothic to the venetian one. This transformation was entrusted to the architect Giancarlo Maroni who also was the designer of the Vittoriale. Gabriele D’Annunzio changed the name of the tower in Tower San Marco. Torre San Marco also was the secret location where Benito Mussolini and his lover Claretta Petacci meet themselves. In the wet basin there was docked the M.A.S. (acronym of MEMENTO AUDERE SEMPER= remember always to dare). It was the means of transport used for the famous Buccari’s joke and, now, it is arranged inside the Vittoriale.
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La Torre di San Marco
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On the shore of the Garda Lake, in Gardone Riviera (Brescia), there is Torre San Marco a fascinating place, intimate and romantic location which history makes it the perfect location for occurrences. The building that takes up about 5000 mq is open for public event, private and business ones and it can host up to 1500 persons. The magnificence of the place, the competence of the kitchen team (from Villa Fiordaliso) and a deep knowledge of the sector are those elements that make Torre San Marco one of the most prestigious Italian locations apt to manage and organize events. This fascinating tower in Brescia is characterized from different areas: the piano bar, a large and covered area at the ground floor; an elegant restaurant at the first floor, the winery and a fantastic garden, the dehoor, that can be set up for bridal banqueting and ceremonies. The tables can be arranged at the open air or under an elegant structure that guarantees protection in case of bad weather. BRIEF HISTORY Torre San Marco (ex Tower Ruhlan) was built as observatory by a German industrialist, Richard Langensiepen, at the beginning of the 1900s. In the 1950 Gabriele D’Annunzio bought Tower Ruhlan. He converted it in an extension of the Vittoriale and modified the style of the structure: from the neo-gothic to the venetian one. This transformation was entrusted to the architect Giancarlo Maroni who also was the designer of the Vittoriale. Gabriele D’Annunzio changed the name of the tower in Tower San Marco. Torre San Marco also was the secret location where Benito Mussolini and his lover Claretta Petacci meet themselves. In the wet basin there was docked the M.A.S. (acronym of MEMENTO AUDERE SEMPER= remember always to dare). It was the means of transport used for the famous Buccari’s joke and, now, it is arranged inside the Vittoriale.
Located on the shores of Lake Garda in Toscolano Maderno, the Carta Bianca Food & Drink is the best choice for spending a day away from the noise of the city. Carta Bianca is located on the western shore of Lake Garda, the Riviera dei Limoni, from which you can enjoy one of the most enchanting views of the lake and admire the elegance of nature that surrounds our restaurant.
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CARTA BIANCA food and drink
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Located on the shores of Lake Garda in Toscolano Maderno, the Carta Bianca Food & Drink is the best choice for spending a day away from the noise of the city. Carta Bianca is located on the western shore of Lake Garda, the Riviera dei Limoni, from which you can enjoy one of the most enchanting views of the lake and admire the elegance of nature that surrounds our restaurant.