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                                  Nightlife         DIRECTORY
                                  The best area
                                  for nightlife is    Activities
                                  Lake Garda,    Caneva
                                  which boasts
                                  internationally   Località Fossalta 58, Lazise.
                                  known nightspots.   Tel 045-69 69 900.
                                  Desenzano, in   ∑ canevaworld.it
                                  particular, has a   Giardino Botanico della
                                  number of pubs   Fondazione André Heller
                                  and other spots
                                  for evening   Via Roma, Gardone Riviera.
       Camels in the Natura Viva zoological park, at Bussolengo-  entertainment,   Tel 033-64 10 877.
       Pastrengo near Lake Garda  while in the   ∑ hellergarden.com
                                  outskirts are some   Parco Giardino Sigurtà
       Viva, a zoo located at   of the largest disco theques in   Via Cavour 1, Valeggio sul Mincio.
       Bussolengo-Pastrengo. A   Italy. The undisputed king is   Tel 045-637 10 33.
       pleasant walk among ancient   Coco Beach Club, a gigantic   ∑ sigurta.it
       oak trees and plants takes   and extremely popular place,
       visitors around the home of the   especially in the summer.   Parco Natura Viva
       1,000 specimens in this lovely   Another famous and very   Localitá Figara 40, Bussolengo-
       park. Cars are also allowed into   popular nightspot is Noname,    Pastrengo, Varenna.
       the safari park, where a 6-km   a multimedia disco where   Tel 045-717 01 13.
       (4-mile) tour brings you into   theme evenings feature. On   ∑ parconaturaviva.it
       closer contact with some of the   Friday there is funk, soul and
       wild animals of the savannah.  “rare groove” music, while    Nightlife
         Another popular place    the other evening (and night)
       for lovers of                programmes    Il Battello
       interesting                  are more    Corso Repubblica, Arona.
       plants is the                unconventional.  Tel 338-91 68 438.
       Giardino                     At Lake Como,    ∑ battelloarona.it
       Botanico della               a popular spot
       Fondazione                   for dinner and   Beba
       André Heller at   Logo of the Natura Viva   drinks with   Via A. Di Dio 46, Ornavasso
       Gardone Riviera:    zoological park  music is Vintage   (Verbania).
       1.5 ha (3.7 acres) of      Jazz Café, which   Tel 0323-837 137.
       land with over 8,000 plants    caters to a young and trendy   ∑ bebadiscobar.it
       from every climatic zone in    crowd. For more live music,
       the world. The Parco Giar dino   go to L’Ultimo Caffè.  Coco Beach
       Sigurtà lies 8 km (5 miles) from     At Lake Maggiore, do not   Via Catullo 5, Lonato.
       Peschiera. This 50-ha (123-acre)   miss La Rocca, a lively disco   Tel 030-207 77 57.
       garden is a temple to ecology.  situated on a steamer boat    ∑ cocobeachclub.com
          At Lake Maggiore the Villa   with a floating dock, and
       Palla vicino park (see p139) has a   Il Battello.  Noname
       lovely 20-ha (49-acre) botanical     At Verbania, go to Tony’s   Via Lavagnone 13, Lonato.
       garden with 40 different species   Diner Café; Beba, at Ornavasso,   Tel 340 767 5118.
       of animals.         is another lively spot.  ∑ nonameclub.it
                                                La Rocca
                                                Via Verbano 1, Arona.
                                                Tel 0322-48 051.
                                                Tony’s Diner Café
                                                Piazza Flaim 16, Verbania.
                                                Tel 0323-40 321.
                                                L’Ultimo Caffè
                                                Via Giulini 32, Como.
                                                Tel 031-27 30 98.
                                                Vintage Jazz Café
                                                Via Oliginati 14, Como.
                                                Tel 031-414 13 46.
                                                ∑ vintagejazzcomo.it
       Beautiful water lilies in a pond at Parco Giardino Sigurtà




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