The Beautiful Lake Garda the largest lake in Italy DRONE VIDEO – Highlights and Attractions #travel

The Beautiful and Amazing Lake Garda (Italy) DRONE VIDEO – Highlights and Attractions #travel #italytravel #travelvlog #italia

00:00 Lake Garda
00:30 Beautiful Lake Garda
01:12 Die Felsenkirche Madonna von Monte Castello
01:48 Scaligerburg (Sirmione)

Lake Garda (Italian: Lago di Garda [ˈlaːɡo di ˈɡarda] or (Lago) Benaco [beˈnaːko]; Eastern Lombard: Lach de Garda; Venetian: Ƚago de Garda) is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location in northern Italy, between Brescia and Milan to the west, and Verona and Venice to the east. The lake cuts into the edge of the Italian Alps, particularly the Alpine sub-ranges of the Garda Mountains and the Brenta Group. Glaciers formed this alpine region at the end of the last ice age. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Brescia (to the south-west), Verona (south-east) and Trentino (north).

Lake Garda – the largest lake in Italy

Lago di Garda, as it is known in Italian, is one of northern Italy’s most popular tourist destinations. Tyroleans and Bavarians regard it as a home away from home only a few hours’ drive to the south, while the advent of cheaper flights to the many nearby airports has increased the attraction of Italy’s largest lake for those hailing from the north of Europe.

The villages and towns around the lakeshore have a different character, depending on where visitors decide to stay for their Lake Garda holiday.

In the south with the towns of Peschiera del Garda, Sirmione and Desenzano del Garda, Lago di Garda is at its widest, with a mainly flat landscape behind the shoreline with some interesting history and lovely wine-producing areas. The motorway which runs from Milan past Verona and on to Venice is very accessible and Peschiera del Garda and Desenzano del Garda are the only resorts which can be reached by Italian rail services.

The southern resorts are also great locations for those who want to take a day trip to nearby cities, such as Brescia, Milan or Verona. Sirmione and Desenzano, as well as much of the western shoreline up to Limone sul Garda, are part of the Lombardy region of Italy.

Sirmione, the jewel of the southern shore, is without doubt the most popular Lake Garda town, with visitors thronging to see the picturesque town centre on the Sirmione peninsula and to take the short walk to the ruins of a Roman villa past the more modern thermal baths. The Roman ruins also offer a fabulous lake view.

On the eastern shore, Bardolino and Garda are two of the most beautiful places to stay on the lake, whether visitors are looking for a campsite next to one of the olive groves or a luxury villa. Bardolino is famous for its wine festival in late summer and the area behind the two towns is full of farms with vineyards and groves producing the famous olive oil from the area.

History of Riva del Garda

The second biggest settlement on Lake Garda with nearly 16000 inhabitants, Riva del Garda has long been seen as a strategically important town. The town controlled the northern half of the lake and also had an influence on trade routes north and south coming and going over the Alps. It’s not surprising therefore that much of its history and its important sights relate to wars and fortifications.

The original settlement was thought to have been in Roman times, although there are archaelogical remains in the area which may point to an earlier date in the days of the Etruscans.

Like many towns on trade routes in this region, the settlement experienced the waves of invasion from the north following the fall of the Roman Empire. Even entering a period of relative stability in the Middle Ages, it still had to worry about the warring Italian city powers of Trento and Verona nearby and the claims from further away of Venice and Milan.

Eventually this part of northern Italy came under control of the Tyrolean counts who ruled from Merano and then Innsbruck, and subsequently under the Austrian Hapsburg rulers. In fact, in common with the rest of the region, this area only became part of modern Italy at the end of the First World War. (In fact, the town was involved in the fighting, leading to some severe damage to buildings at the time.)