Love Lake Garda and flew there from Gatwick to Milan. Stayed at Torbole but won't recommend the hotel as it was a small family run hotel. We were 3 hours on the coach from Milan airport (Verona is much nearer if you can get a flight to there). We weren't far from Riva, where car chase scenes from one of the James Bond films were filmed. .
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Como or Garda
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Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
Only done Lake Garda and went to Bardolino both times. Fantastic and so easy to tour the lake in a day by coach so you can see where you want to spend more time. Hop on a boat and just potter off to a different town. One end of the lake is more Mediterranean and the other has the mountains so the contrasts are superb and Venice is close enough for a trip.
I will never forget the view from the plane as it descended down over the lake with such amazing blue and green colours of the water.
I'm sure lake Como is just as nice so you won't be dissapointed whichever you choose
I will never forget the view from the plane as it descended down over the lake with such amazing blue and green colours of the water.
I'm sure lake Como is just as nice so you won't be dissapointed whichever you choose
Nigella's Cream Pie
Fingerlickin good
Stayed in Riva at top of Garda, visited other towns on the lake, all very nice.
Day trip to Verona, very good, would have gone a bit further to Padua or Venice if hadn't been to both before.
However, high spot was day trip north to Dolomites - this was in summer, not December, maybe you can go skiing.
Day trip to Verona, very good, would have gone a bit further to Padua or Venice if hadn't been to both before.
However, high spot was day trip north to Dolomites - this was in summer, not December, maybe you can go skiing.
The Maharajah of Sydney
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Totally concur with all of the above, particulary the plane arrival into Verona - that view !
I too have only visited Lake Garda and we also stayed in Bardolino - Hotel Gardenia.
A family owned hotel run by 3 brothers - a most convivial hotel you could not possibly find ; http://www.hotelgardenia.it/en/
Another highlight would be to take the ferry down to Sirimone - beautiful !
And as an unexpected bonus, due to the influx of holidaying Germans there's all these Munich wheat beers on tap in the bars sitting along nicely with the lovely Bardolino reds.
