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Sunday, 28th September 2008

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Lake Garda is the largest and most popular lake in Italy. It was formed in the last Ice Age and covers 370 sq. kilometres, reaching right up into the Alps. This beautiful mountain location makes it one of the most spectacular settings in the world. If you stay at any of our recommended hotels or holiday homes you will find yourself right at the heart of this landscape.
The contrast of dramatic mountains and sandy coves make Lake Garda arguably the most beautiful of theItalian lakes. In the south, some 50 km away, youcan find Hotels, and other accommodations with views that stretch right across the Po valley.

Some important museums are: the Museo Scaligero at Malcesine; the Civic Museum at Caprino Veronese; Museo Palazzina storica at Peschiera del Garda; the Napoleonic Museum at Rivoli Veronese; the Archeological Museum at Cavaion Veronese. The Museum Scaligero, located at Torri del Benaco, is very important for ethnological aspects and it shows some objects connected to the trades carried out in the area: one room shows the activities of the "calafati", artisans dedicated to repairing fishing boats of inland waters; in the room of the inhabitants there is the story of the fishermen guilds of the ancient inhabitants of Torri and Garda started in 1452 and still working today. One section illustrates the rock graffiti of Lake Garda which has prehistoric origins. Inside the castle a small botanical kitchen garden collects the main plants of the environment of the place (sub-Mediterranean vegetation) and, leaning on the southern part of the castle we find one of the few greenhouses for citrus fruit still working around Garda, it dates back to 1760. www.lakegarda.biz

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