The long and narrow strip of land extending out into the lake garda between Desenzano del Garda and Peschiera del Garda is utterly enchanting. Caius Valerius Catullus, Giosuè Carducci, Antonio Fogazzaro, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce extolled its beauty. The most populous district of the community is Colombare, which is the location of many public buildings (Town Hall, pharmacy, schools, library, travel agencies, etc.). The other districts are La Rovizza and Lugana, which was the site of the Lucana woods with fir trees, beech trees, ash trees and oaks and many types of deer and wild boar.
Once a fishing village, Sirmione on lake Garda is now one of the most famous and popular tourist spots offering a wide range of modern facilities. Besides its fine hotels and camping sites, it is also the home of the Boiola hot springs and has a center for the treatment of rhinogenous deafness.

Certainly of Lombard origins (8th century), the church sits near a Roman villa on the top of the highest hill of the peninsula of Sirmione (according to some scholars, Mavina derives from "summa vinea", which means highest vineyard). It has only one nave with an irregular rectangular layout, one large central apse and two smaller ones on the side. The 9th century Romanesque bell tower is 17 meters high.

Three parish churches are worth visiting in Sirmione on lake garda: Santa Maria Maggiore, which dates back to the end of 15th century and has only one nave and five altars; San Francesco d'Assisi, which was inaugurated in 1969 in Colombare; and Santa Maria di Lugana, which was built between 1910 and 1913. The S. Vito and Sant'Orsola churches are also very interesting.

The Venice Republic had the castle built in the 15th century upon the ruins of a Roman fortress for the Della Scala family in exchange for their control of the fiefdom. The first courtyard was once a garden where guards on duty controlled the mainland from the embrasures. The prison was located below the 47 m tall keep. A stairway with 150 steps could be taken to the top for a lovely view of the lake garda and surrounding area. The imposing structure, which was recently restored, is one of the main attractions in Sirmione.