Lake Garda Trips & Tours

At roughly 370 square kilometres, Lake Garda is the largest of Italy’s lakes and its wide shores are laidback and distinctly unfussy. In the north, pretty limonaie and lemon groves thrive beneath the Dolomites in a glorious microclimate of their own (in fact, the lake is generally milder and sunnier year round than its neighbours). Olives are also grown up here, and the resulting oil is delicate and fragrant – the perfect accompaniment to a long lunch of fresh lake fish. Sailors and windsurfers take advantage of the steady breezes in the north, whilst hikers and cyclists will be kept busy on the hilly trails. On the southern shores, it’s all about elegant promenades and pretty towns, including Sirmione with its Roman ruins and medieval castle, and some of the country’s hottest new restaurants…