Garda Lake is the largest freshwater basin in Italy, and its shores are shared among three regions: Lombardy, Veneto, and Trentino Alto Adige. The climate of Garda Lake allows the cultivation of olive tree and the production of a DOP extra virgin olive oil: Garda DOP.

Mainly, the production is centre on the Venetian coast of the lake, called Riviera degli Ulivi. Let’s discover together four places to get to know better this territory!

Torri del Benaco

Torri del Benaco is a small town on the north side of the Riviera degli Ulivi. The first traces of this settlement date back to 2000 BC, and in its area, there are graffiti dated back to the Bronze Age. Don’t miss the visit to the Castello Scaligero of the late ‘300, which houses the Ethnographic Museum and the Serra dei Limoni, which has been intact since it was built, in the 14th century by the Franciscan monks.

Lazise

Lazise is a small town in Veneto that treasures many memories of medieval splendour, including the Castle, the Ancient Venetian Customs and the Romanesque church of San Nicolò.

In the town of Lazise, there are also the Terme di Colà, discovered in 1989, a spa complex of 13 hectares whose waters flow to 37°C.

Peschiera del Garda

Peschiera del Garda is the place where the Mincio river, the main emissary, flow out the lake, and where begins one of the most beautiful cycling trails in Italy, runs through all the towpaths of this river to Mantua. This small town is also the place where is located the famous shrine of the Madonna del Frassino. There, in 1510, a peasant saw a Madonna statuette in the fronds of an ash.

Garda

Garda is a medieval village where you can visit the Rocca of Garda, from the Lombardic period, and walk through the narrow streets, still unchanged over time. In Garda, there are also many villas, like the sixteenth-century Villa Guarienti, with its wonderful Italian gardens. From here you can embark on a visit to the largest and most important island of the lake, the Borghese Island, still private.