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Loggia Rambaldi, in the Rambaldi
family palazzo. Bardolino is also
famous for its wine.
Lazise also boasted a pre-
historic civilization. A castle
was built in the 11th century
and the lords of Verona erected
the walls in the 1300s. The
16th-century Venetian Customs
House is all that remains of
the old harbour. Next to it is
San Nicolò (12th century), with
Giotto school frescoes.
The harbour at Torri del Benaco Y Terme di Villa dei Cedri
Piazza di Sopra 4, Località Colà
+ Castello Scaligero of Palazzo Carlotti designed by di Lazise. Tel 045-759 09 88.
Via Castello. Tel 045-657 03 33. Sanmicheli, and Santa Maria Open 9am–9pm Mon–Thu, 9–2am
Open Apr–Oct: 9:30am–7:30pm Maggiore (18th century) with Sat, 9am–11pm Fri & Sun. &
daily; Nov–Mar: 11am–6pm Sat, Sun a painting by Palma il Giovane
& hols. & and a 15th-century cloister. At e Peschiera
the new port is Villa Albertini,
with an English-style park, del Garda
0 Torri del Benaco while at Punta San Vigilio is Villa
Guarienti (1542), design ed by Verona. * 10,000. n Piazzale
Verona. * 2,500. n Via Fratelli Betteloni 15 (045-755 16 73).
Lavanda (045-722 51 20). Sanmicheli, where the WWF ∑ tourism.verona.it
offers a tour of the Bronze Age
Roman Castrum Turrium was rock engravings. Peschiera has retained its
a major stop between Riva military image more than any
and Garda and has preserved R Santa Maria Maggiore other town on Lake Garda.
the typical grid plan. Due to Piazzale Roma. Tel 045-725 68 25. The old town lies on an island
its strategic position, Torri was surrounded by a star-shaped
fortified and a castle was built; w Bardolino wall – “a fortress beautiful
it is now a museum, with old and strong”, says Dante. The
farm tools and prehistoric finds. and Lazise walls were reinforced by
Santissima Trinità has some Verona. * 6,800. n Bardolino the Scali geri of Verona, rebuilt
15th-century frescoes. Piazzale Aldo Moro (045-721 00 78). for the new Venetian rulers
( antiques, 3rd Sun of month. by Sanmicheli in 1556, and
E Museo del Castello com pleted with two forts by the
Via Fratelli Lavanda. Tel 045-629 61 11. The Cornicello and Mirabello Austrians two centuries later.
Open mid-Jun–mid–Sep: 9:30am– headlands enclosing Bardolino Besides the frescoed 18th-
1pm, 4:30–7:30pm daily; mid-Sep–Oct made it a natural harbour. century San Martino, there is
& Apr–mid-Jun: 9:30am–12:30pm, Originally it was a prehistoric the 16th-century Madonna
2:30–6pm daily. settlement and then became del Frassino sanctuary.
a Roman camp. The
historic centre has
q Garda two early medieval
churches, San Zeno
Verona. * 4,000. n Piazzetta
Donatori di Sangue (045-627 03 84). and San Severo.
The first still has
Built around a small bay, Garda its 9th-century
was one of the major towns Carolingian cruciform
along the lake, controlling the structure. Roman-
southern basin. Its name, esque San Severo
then given to the lake as well, was founded in
comes from the German Warten the 9th century but
(fortress), referring to the wall rebuilt in the 12th.
around the historic centre It has 12th–13th-
with its small port, accessible century fres coes with
through the Torre dell’Orologio battle scenes and
tower and gate. Among the biblical episodes,
historic buildings are the and a 10th-century
15th-century Palazzo del crypt. Among the
Capitano, the Iosa, the dock civic buildings is the Lake Garda as seen from a harbour in Peschiera

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