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Activities and Events

Places, activities, cultural events

Lake Garda offers endless opportunities for a relaxing, in touch with nature trip with numerous opportunities for sports, hiking, shoping, amusement parks and boat rides.

It is a vantage point on the excellence of the three regions whose shores it bathes. The influences of Lombardy, Veneto, and Trentino give these places a unique cultural, social, historical, but also food and wine and environmental imprint.

AMUSEMENT PARKS

In the immediate vicinity of Lake Garda there are numerous large amusement parks that can cater for the needs of both children and adults.

Garland is amusement park.
Canevaworld is a water park
Zoo Safari is nature park that you drive through wild animal enclosures.
Sea Life is aquarium located inside Gardaland.
South Garda Karting is a track for gokarts.

And many others.

Ask our staff for more information. We will know how to give you appropriate directions both with illustrative brochures and websites to visit.

SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

The bicycle path from Limone sul Garda to the regional border with Trentino owes its spectacularity to a series of wooden and steel footbridges that, overhanging the lake waters, skirt the shores alongside the parallel Gardesana road.

The construction of this track is one of the most significant innovations in recent years. A number of municipalities have recently approved the allocation of funds for the construction of additional sections along the Western Gardesana.

However, there are many sports activities that can be done. From surfing and sailing to hiking in the mountains and climbing rock faces.

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SAIL

There are numerous sailing associations operating on Lake Garda.

Desenzano del Garda, the largest municipality on the lake and only five kilometers away from Padenghe has three sports associations that organize sailing lessons and competitions.

Also famous is the Centomiglia Velica, a freshwater regatta that is one of Garda’s most important sailing events and well known throughout Europe.

This event takes place every year in the first half of September.

GOLF

Lake Garda is also famous in Italy and Europe for having some golf courses in the lower lake municipalities.

The moraine hills surrounding the lower lake have been ideal territory for prestigious golf courses to be built.

The picturesque natural scenery in which these areas have been prepared make the golf clubs popular with fans of the sport from all over Europe

Some golf courses:

  • Arzaga Golf
  • Garda golf
  • Golf Chervò San Vigilio

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FOOD AND WINE TOURS

The most typical and characteristic element is extra virgin olive oil (PDO), renowned for its lightness and delicacy. It can be used as a condiment, in addition to vegetables, with fish in Garda cuisine and with meat dishes and polenta in the peasant tradition.

In western Upper Garda we have terraces where lemons are grown.

Garda citrus fruits, represent an important ingredient for the preparation of many typical products, including limoncino and Riviera dei Limoni cream, but also for Cedar Water or desserts.

Excellent pairings with each dish are the excellent wines produced in the Garda wine areas such as Merlot, Cabernet, and Groppello from Valtenesi and Lugana from lower Garda.

There are several itineraries that one can travel the wine and oil production areas to discover the flavors and aromas of the area.

NAVIGATION

An alternative way to move around Lake Garda and enjoy the view from a different putof-view than others is to sail by means of motorboats, boats or sailboats.

The Navigarda Company operates navigation from one location to another on fast hydrofoils and catamarans or boats to enjoy the tranquility of the Lake.

Some shipping lines connect Sirmione to other towns.

One can transfer one’s car from the western shore to the eastern shore and vice versa with the ferry that connects Toscolano – Maderno to Torri del Benaco throughout the year, and from Limone to Malcesine during the summer period.

To experience unforgettable moments hire a motorboat for day and night cruises, parties, meetings and weddings,

There are also many motorboat rental services with and without a driver in the coastal towns.

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