Wondering how many days to spend in Lake Garda? In this Lake Garda itinerary, we’ll walk you through several different options, from quick one-day visits to a full week on Lake Garda. Lake Garda is long, beautiful, and bigger than it looks on a map. The towns that ring the lake span three provinces: Trentino […]
This 10-day itinerary through Northern Italy features Venice, the Dolomites, Verona, Milan, and Lake Como, with hiking suggestions, hotel recommendations, and practical planning advice based on our numerous trips to Italy. We’ve visited Italy numerous times, exploring these destinations on separate trips over the years, hiking in the Dolomites, wandering the canals of Venice, strolling […]
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy, and one of the most rewarding destinations in northern Italy, if you time your visit right. Ringed by colorful lakeside towns, medieval castles, Roman ruins, vineyards, and mountains that plunge straight into the water, there is plenty here to keep you busy for days. The list of things […]
Known as the Pearl of Lake Garda, Sirmione is one of the most captivating towns in northern Italy, and one of the most visited. It sits at the very tip of a long, narrow peninsula that juts into the southern end of the lake, surrounded on nearly all sides by the turquoise water of Lake […]
Riva del Garda was our introduction to Lake Garda, and looking back, it was the highlight of our entire time there. We drove in from the Dolomites, stopping first at Villa Canale (amazing!) and Parco Grotta Cascate Varone, and then spent the remainder of the day visiting the historic city center, the MAG museum, Torre […]