The Neighborhood:
At the port, there is a ferry, a high-end restaurant, a gelato shop, and a walking path along the lake with benches and a small beach. It’s a five minute walk to a popular and inexpensive full-service pizzeria and restaurant, a small market with essentials, and a new high-end seafood restaurant. The Villa is four km from the beautiful lakeside city of Salo, with restaurants and bars galore, great shopping, a movie theatre and a green market.
About the area:
The Villa is situated on the southeast corner of the lake. It is ideally located to visit all areas of the lake by car or by ferry. 4 km from Salo, 168km from Malpensa Airport (less than 2 hours), 90 km from Bergamo International Airport (1 hour), less than 1 hour to Verona (62km), 2 hours to Venice (172km), 3 hours to the Dolomites, 2.5 hours to Lugano, Switzerland. Rent a car at Malpensa and drive to the Villa, or take a 53 minute train from Milan to Brescia or Desenzano, where you can rent a car and drive to the Villa in approximately 35 or 25 minutes, respectively.
Lake Garda is truly stunning and deserves to be explored. 370 square km and 158 linear km of coastline, this is a unique environment for recreation and fun. From nature trails, canyoning, amusement parks, water-sports, archaeological sites, wine tours and much, much more.
Do you know that there are many things to do on Lake Garda?
There are many places to visit on Lake Garda and a lot of tourist attractions, like Gardaland, the Grottoes of Catullo, etc.
Here we have summarized the best places to visit on Lake Garda.
Brescia
The provincial capital Brescia is Lombardy’s second most important city after Milan. Brescia has a fairly important textile and metal industry (including shotguns) and is also the trading centre for products from the whole region. The old town is the largest Roman archaeological area in Northern Italy and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ancient Brixia had been a Roman colony since Emperor Augustus. The old town, which is worth seeing, has a square ground plan and contains not only remains from the early Roman imperial period, but also beautiful Renaissance buildings. The old Visconti Castle towers over the city. There are beautiful squares (Piazza del Duomo, Piazza Loggia and Piazza della Vittoria) with imposing buildings (Duomo Nuovo, Rotonda, Torre del Popolo) and the old Roman city with the Tempio Capitolino and the Museo Romano, as well as impressive museums such as the Museo Santa Giulia and the Museo dell’Età Cristiana. For car lovers, there is the Museo Mille Miglia. Brescia is well worth a visit.