The “Vittoriale degli Italiani” is a complex of buildings, streets, squares, an open-air theater, gardens and waterways erected between 1921 and 1938 in Gardone Riviera, on the Brescia side of Lake Garda, by Gabriele d'Annunzio.
Beautiful lakeside of Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda Brescia side, at the first sun of the morning it fills up with people while in the evening it becomes in the summer months the place to take an ice cream, an aperitif or where to go for dinner in an elegant restaurant.
Toscolano, famous for its paper mills and Maderno, open to tourism for a long time, both home to fishermen, can count on two small, welcoming and beautiful bays, ideal for lovers of sailing, fishing and all water-related sports, without forgetting the walks in the hills and mountains behind them.
On the lakeside, as evidence of glorious times, the Palazzo del Podestà or Captain Rector, built to a design by Jacopo Sansovino (1524), was the seat of the Council of the "Magnifica Patria", today used as the Town Hall; a part of the current building is a reconstruction of the original lost during the earthquake of 1901.
The Oriented Nature Reserve of the Rocca and of the Sasso, a precious casket of endemic species, an open-air museum that tells the landscape, the nature and the history of a unique territory. The pearl of the Rocca di Manerba, unmistakable reference of the profile of Lake Garda, now has more support to remain faithful to its identity in the times to come..
Garda by bike as a whole is a 190 km cycle route along Lake Garda, located at the crossroads between the two routes Eurovelo EV7 "Central European Itinerary" and Eurovelo EV8 "Mediterranean Itinerary", thus connected to the European cycle network.
The MuSa, inaugurated in June 2015, through the collections, the preparation and even more through the initiatives that make it a living place of culture, wants to be a place in which to gather, interpret, communicate to the community and to those who visit Salò and Garda , the identity of the city, its treasures, its contribution to national history.
Limone sul Garda is a small jewel inhabited by just over a thousand souls. Located on the Riviera of Brescia, it is highly appreciated for its lemon houses, fine olive oil, the picturesque harbor and the marvelous view that can be enjoyed from the Church of San Rocco, located right above the town.
The cathedral of Salò is the most important religious building in the city. Dedicated to Santa Maria Annunziata, it holds within it paintings by Romanino, Moretto, Zenone Veronese and Paolo Veneziano. The new construction in the place where the previous church was located was curated by Filippo delle Vacche from Caravaggio, who coherently with his formation, suspended between the Gothic and the Renaissance, built a church of late Gothic style. The facade is unfinished.
Andrè Heller has opened the doors of his Garden. The recipe of fortune not as a secret place reserved for the few, but an invitation to all those who want to enjoy it, and who are ready to treat the realm of sensitivity with care and attention.
The Valle delle Cartiere that you can visit in Toscolano Maderno is a real Eco Museum, an open-air museum. You can take a nice walk along the Valle delle Cartiere at any time of the year and the route does not present great difficulties, so it is suitable for everyone.
Salò is at the center of a beautiful gulf at the foot of Mount S. Bartolomeo (m. 568), and considered the "capital" of the Upper Garda area of Brescia. The historic center of Salò, is a dense network of streets, alleys and small squares with stately homes, elegant shops, numerous restaurants.