The Mount Baldo chain, with its tallest peaks Mount Telegrafo (2,200 m) and Mount Altissimo (2,070 m), offers endless possibilities for hiking and trekking on various levels of difficulty. Its position as a divide between the Adige Valley and Lake Garda allows the people who climb its peaks to enjoy splendid panoramas that span from the Brenta Dolomites to the West, to the Stivo and Mount Cornetto to the North, to the Pasubio chain and Lessini mountains to the east, and to the blue waters of Lake Garda to the south.
Monastero Hotel is a brand-new establishment set in Soiano del Lago, pleasant town in the Lake Garda area. Enjoy elegant rooms, wellness treatments within the premises, and delicious regional cuisine. The Monastero Hotel offers extremely spacious, terraced rooms, all overlooking the hotel's private park and the outdoor swimming pool.
Pleasant, family-run Villa Clara in Torbole sul Garda is a great choice for sports-lovers of any kind, offering a variety of free services. Everyone will appreciate its great location 200m from Lake Garda. Torbole town centre, with its shops, restaurants and pubs is also just a short walk from Villa Clara. On Torbole's nearby lakefront you will find the area's renowed windsurf school and biking and trekking itineraries start from close by.
Thomas Mann was thirty the first time he visited the Varone Waterfall near Riva del Garda. The great German writer was awed by the striking atmosphere and spectacle of that fascinating ravine. The Varone Waterfall is not a sunny place: it is cavern inside a gorge that was created by water erosion over millions of years. It is not a powerful, crystalline waterfall or a dazzling and noisy mass of water: here the water penetrates the bowels of the earth and disperses, creating a whirling cloud of droplets that turns into a colorful kaleidoscope when hit by the sun rays.
Hotel Corte Valier in Lazise is on extensive parkland on eastern shore of lake Garda. It offers a large on-site wellness centre and lake-view rooms and restaurant. The Corte Valier Hotel's soundproofed rooms are large with modern furnishings. Each one provides LCD satellite TV, air conditioning, free wired internet access and a view of the lake.
The Lake Garda offers a variety of dishes and recipes ranging from traditional cuisine from the Alps region and Po Valley to specialities from Trentino, Lombardy and Veneto. Both meat and fresh water fish are featured. Even the most finicky eaters and gourmands will find flavors and tastes suitable for the most elegant table.