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COSTERMANO: GARDA: Giardino delle Rane €€
Tre Camini €€ Italian
Italian Via Lungolago Regina Adelaide, 37016
Via Murlongo 82, 37010 Tel 045 725 52 78
Tel 045 720 03 42 Closed Mon Classic Italian and Mediterranean
Housed in a 15th-century farm- cuisine is the theme at this lively
house, this restaurant excels in à family-friendly lakeside eatery.
la carte fare. Try the gnocchi with Pizza and pasta feature strongly
truffle, followed by beef tartare on the menu.
with chives or foie gras escalopes.
Good Italian wine cellar. GARDONE:
Locanda Agli Angeli €€
DK Choice Italian
Via Dosso 7, 25083
DESENZANO DEL GARDA: Tel 0365 209 91 Closed Oct–mid-
Gelateria la Romana € July: Tue; Mon–Fri lunch
Café & Patisserie This charming restaurant can
Piazza Duomo 25, 25015 be found in a property full of
Tel 030 687 2057 beams and arches. The cuisine is
One of the patisseries and homely Italian and their risotto
ice cream parlours in the with lake trout is a speciality. Classy interiors of Esplanade, Desenzano
Romana chain, founded del Garda
in 1947, this bright eatery GARDONE: Villa Fiordaliso €€€
tempts with fabulous Gourmet PESCHIERA DEL GARDA:
creations. Cakes, pastries Corso Zanardelli 150, 25083 Ai Capitani €€
and ice creams are made Tel 0365 201 58 Closed Mon Italian
on the premises daily. Try Lying on the water’s edge, this is a Via Castelletto 4, 37019
the Piedmont hazelnut or welcoming restaurant. High qual- Tel 045 64 00 162
Marsala flavoured ice cream. ity ingredients, many organic, are A contemporarily restored
used to produce gourmet meat, fisherman’s house-turned-
fish and pasta dishes. restaurant is the setting for Ai
DESENZANO DEL GARDA: Capitani. The menu comprises
Antica Hostaria Cavallino €€€ GARGNANO: Tortuga €€€ Italian and Mediterranean cuisine,
Gourmet Italian focusing on fish.
Via Murachette 29, 25015 Via XXIV Maggio 5
Tel 030 912 02 17 Closed Sun Tel 0365 712 51 Closed Tue PESCHIERA DEL GARDA:
dinner & Mon A local favourite, Tortuga is a L’Osteria €€
An intimate restaurant, complete lakeside restaurant with a menu Italian
with a courtyard by the lake, of light, imaginative dishes Via Cavallotti 7, 37019
Cavallino serves gourmet fish and an excellent wine list. Meat Tel 045 755 05 45
dishes. Go for the caviar risotto and fish is often paired with the Authentic Venetian dishes
flavoured with Franciacorta wine. madernina and cedro di Salò lem- feature on the menu of this
ons that are grown in the grounds. cosy, rustic restaurant on the
DESENZANO DEL GARDA: promenade. Baby octopus with
Esplanade €€€ MANERBA: Capriccio €€€ polenta followed by tagliatelle
Gourmet Gourmet with pheasant as well as fondue
Via Lario 3, 25015 Piazza San Bernardo 6, 25080 with truffles are tempting.
Tel 030 914 33 61 Closed Wed Tel 0365 55 11 24 Closed Tue
Beautifully presented meat and A romantic restaurant with a PESCHIERA DEL GARDA:
fish dishes are created in the sophisticated menu and an Trattoria al Combattente €€
kitchen of award-winning chef 800-label wine cellar to match. Italian
Massimo Fezzardi. Choose from The artfully presented dishes Strada Bergamini 60, 37019
the excellent wine list and enjoy include sea bass with scallops, Tel 045 755 04 10 Closed Mon
the lovely lakeside location. fennel cream and grapefruit. Antipasti dishes of tuna-trout
mousse and pike in sardine
sauce, followed by pumpkin
tortilla and chargrilled fish, has
put this trattoria on the culinary
map. Welcoming staff and an
elegant ambience.
PESCHIERA DEL GARDA:
Piccolo Mondo €€€
Gourmet
Via Riviera Carducci 6, 37019
Tel 045 755 00 25 Closed Mon
Bright by day, intimate by night,
the sophisticated Piccolo Mondo
overlooks the lake and serves
delicious gourmet cuisine.
Go for the specials: tagliatelle
with lobster or trout with
The dining room at Tortuga done up in various shades of red, Gargnano almonds, plated with flair.
For more information on types of restaurants see page 167
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