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u Malcesine
* 3,500. @ ( Sat.
German visitors who come
to Malcesine trace the journey
taken by the poet Goethe in
1788. His travels were full
of mishaps, and at Malcesine
he was accused of spying
and was locked up.
From Malcesine, visitors
can take the rotating cable
car up to the broad ridge
of Monte Baldo (1,745 m/
5,725 ft). The journey takes
15 minutes, and on a clear
Looking across Lake Garda from Riva del Garda day it is possible to see
the distant peaks of the
y Riva del Garda the region’s prehistoric lake Dolomites, including the
villages, built by driving huge Brenta range. Footpaths for
* 16,000. @ n Largo Medaglie
d’Oro (0464 55 44 44). ( 2nd Wed piles into the lake bed to walkers are signposted at
(& 4th Wed in summer). Shops: support platforms. The lake the top. The lower slopes are
closed Mon (non-food) in winter. is popular with windsurfers. designated nature reserves;
∑ gardatrentino.it a good place to see the local
+ Rocca di Riva flora is the Riserva Naturale
Riva’s waterfront is overlooked Piazza Cesare Battisti 3/a. Tel 0464 57 Gardesana Orientale, just
by the moated Rocca di Riva, 38 69. Open mid-Mar–Oct: Tue–Sun to the north of Malcesine,
a former Scaligeri fortress. Inside (daily in Jul–Sep). & 7 = on the western side of
is a museum with exhibits from ∑ museoaltogarda.it Monte Baldo.

5 Sant’Ambrogio di 6 Gargagnago
Valpolicella The Alighieri wine
Trento Apart from red wine, this estate is owned by
village is a source of the pink a direct descendant
stone used for Verona’s palaces. of the medieval poet
Dante, and set around
a 14th-century villa
San Giorgio built by Dante’s son.
San Floriana Stone cottages at San Giorgio in Valpolicella
San Pietro 7 Pedemonte
in Cariana The Villa Santa Sofia
wine estate operates
out of a theatrical villa
designed by Palladio
but never completed.

Pescantina Adige

Biffi

Padova
1 Verona
0 kilometres 3 The city has numerous
0 miles 2 old-fashioned bars, called
osterie, where visitors can
go to sample local wine.

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