LAKE GARDA - PESCHIERA DEL GARDA
LET'S DISCOVER ITALY! TODAY WE GO TO LAKE GARDA, IN PESCHIERA DEL GARDA!
PESCHIERA DEL GARDA RISES RIGHT WHERE LAKE GARDA TIGHTENS AND BECOMES A RIVER. A BEAUTIFUL BIKE PATH STARTS FROM PESCHIERA DEL GARDA AND CONNECTS LAKE GARDA TO THE CITY OF MANTUA, 25 MILES SOUTH OF PESCHIERA, AND IT FOLLOWS THE FLOW OF THE RIVER MINCIO.
ONE OF THE MOST SUGGESTIVE AREAS OF PESCHIERA DEL GARDA IS THE ONE CLOSE TO THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT CROSSES THE EXTERNAL CANAL OF THE ANCIENT FORTRESS AT THE HEIGHT OF PORTA BRESCIA, THE ANCIENT WESTERN GATEWAY TO THE FORTRESS.
PESCHIERA DEL GARDA, TOGETHER WITH MANTUA, VERONA AND LEGNAGO IS PART OF A HUGE DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE BUILT BY THE AUSTRIANS.
PESCHIERA RISES ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN PART OF LAKE GARDA, ON AN ISLAND THAT OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN EQUIPPED WITH DEFENSIVE WALLS AND BASTIONS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF PESCHIERA DEL GARDA. AN ANCIENT PATROL WALKWAY THAT JOINS THE BASTIONS IS STILL ACCESSIBLE: DON'T MISS IT! BECAUSE WALKING ALONG IT WILL PLEDGE YOU A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OVER LAKE GARDA AND PESCHIERA AND YOU WILL APPRECIATE GLIMPSES THAT OTHERWISE YOU WOULD MISS.
AS YOU ENTER THE OLD TOWN OF PESCHIERA AND FOLLOW THE DEFENSIVE WALLS, RIGHT BEYOND THE TOGNON BASTION YOU REACH THE HARBOR WHERE BOAT TRIPS LEAVE THE OLD TOWN OF PESCHIERA DEL GARDA TO GO DISCOVER THE MAIN TOWNS ON LAKE GARDA. CONTINUING, YOU WILL FIND AN HISTORICAL BUILDING KNOWN AS THE “PALAZZINA DI COMANDO”.
IN THIS VERY BUILDING RIGHT AFTER THE DEFEAT OF CAPORETTO THE GLORIOUS RESISTANCE ON THE PIAVE RIVER WAS PLANNED; INSIDE, THE HALL WHERE ON NOVEMBER 8TH 1917 THE KING VITTORIO EMANUELE III AND THE ALLIES GATHERED FOR THE HISTORIC CONFERENCE IN PESCHIERA DEL GARDA. THAT ROOM HAS BEEN UNTOUCHED FOR OVER 100 YEARS!
THE TOUR OF THE DEFENSIVE WALLS LEADS TO THE VOLTONI BRIDGE, WITH BEAUTIFUL COTTO TILES ARCHES, OVERLOOKING THE CENTRAL CANAL OF PESCHIERA DEL GARDA WHERE THE FISHERMEN'S BOATS OF LAKE GARDA STAND ORDERLY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE YOU CAN ALSO ADMIRE THE ISLET WITH ITS LUXURIANT VEGETATION, BEYOND WHICH THE WATERS OF LAKE GARDA POUR INTO THE RIVER MINCIO.
THANKS TO THE HISTORICAL RELEVANCE, THE SUNNY BEACHES, THE MOST POPULAR AMUSEMENT PARKS IN ITALY, TODAY PESCHIERA DEL GARDA IS A FIRST-RATE TOURIST CENTRE ON LAKE GARDA: HOTELS, CAMPSITES, HOLIDAY HOMES ARE LITERALLY RUSHED BY MORE THAN 800,000 TOURISTS EVERY YEAR. YOU KNOW, DURING THE SUMMER PESCHIERA DEL GARDA DOUBLE ITS POPULATION!
MANY EVENTS ARE ORGANIZED OVER THE YEAR IN PESCHIERA DEL GARDA-LAKE GARDA:
• FESTIVAL OF STREET ARTISTS
• SAILING REGATTAS
• EXCURSIONS TO DISCOVER THE WINERIES OF LAKE GARDA
• A TOWN FESTIVAL WITH THE VENETIAN STYLE RACE AROUND THE FORTRESS WALLS;
• FIREWORKS FROM THE VOLTONI BRIDGE OF PESCHIERA;
• CAR RALLIES
AND SO ON
AND IN SUCH A PLACE OF COURSE YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF FUN! PESCHIERA DEL GARDA - LAKE GARDA HAS A LOTS OF RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, BARS, PUBS ... THE OLD TOWN OF PESCHIERA IS FILLED WITH! AND ITS STREETS ARE UNLIVEN 24 HOURS A DAY BY TOURISTS AND LOCALS!
LAKE GARDA AMUSEMENT PARKS
IF YOU PLAN TO STAY IN PESCHIERA DEL GARDA FOR MORE DAYS I SUGGEST YOU TO SPEND SOME TIME IN ONE OF THE MANY AMUSEMENT PARKS THAT HAVE HELPED MAKING LAKE GARDA AND THIS TOWN POPULAR. THERE ARE MANY, BUT THE MOST FAMOUS ARE:
GARDALAND, WHICH OFFERS MANY ATTRACTIONS, RIDES, ROLLER COASTERS, SHOWS AND ALSO MANY RESTAURANTS AND EVEN TWO HOTELS. www.gardaland.it/en/
CANEVAWORLD: THERE YOU HAVE A WATER PARK WITH MANY POOLS, ATTRACTIONS, SLIDES AND CHILL OUT AREAS, PLUS AN AMUSEMENT PARK CALLED “MOVIELAND”, DEDICATED TO MOVIES WITH STUNTMEN AND ACTORS WHO WILL SET-UP ENTERTAINING SHOWS TO MAKE YOU LIVE THE MAGIC OF HOLLYWOOD.
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PESCHIERA DEL GARDA BEACHES
CAPPUCCINI BEACH: HALF A MILE FROM THE CENTER OF PESCHIERA, YOU REACH THE CAPPUCCINI BEACH, YOU FIND IT AFTER THE HARBOR, AT THE END OF LUNGOLAGO MAZZINI. THE ACCESS TO THE BEACH IS FREE, YOU CAN RENT SUNBEDS, DECKCHAIRS, THERE IS A RESTAURANT, AND CHILDREN CAN ALSO HAVE FUN IN THE PLAYGROUND WITH SLIDES, SWINGS AND TRAMPOLINES.
BRACCOBALDO BEACH: ANOTHER HALF A MILE TOWARDS SIRMIONE YOU CAN FIND THE BRACCOBALDO BEACH, ALSO EQUIPPED WITH ALL THE FACILITIES YOU MIGHT NEED, AND IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST BEACHES IN ITALY WHERE IS ALLOWED TO BRING YOUR DOG.
LIDO AI PIOPPI: FULLY EQUIPPED BEACH, YOU FIND IT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE OLD TOWN OF PESCHIERA DEL GARDA, TOWARDS CASTELNUOVO DEL GARDA.
NIGHTLIFE IN PESCHIERA DEL GARDA:
IN THE EVENING THE STREETS AND SQUARES OF PESCHIERA DEL GARDA ENLIVEN, AND THE PUBS, THE RESTAURANTS AND CLUBS FILL WITH PEOPLE IN THE MOOD TO PARTY! THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST NIGHT ON LAKE GARDA, AND AMONG PUBS, RESTAURANTS, BREWERIES, DEHORS, COCKTAIL BARS AND MORE, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF CHANCES TO SPEND A GREAT NIGHT!