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3 slow days: Gardone Riviera

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A 3-day slow trip across 4 towns based out of Gardone Riviera, drawn from the 1,000 Italian communes most travelers skip.

3 days · May · food & wine-first · moderate walking

Gardone Riviera

Gardone Riviera, 3 days

Base yourself in Gardone Riviera and make these your day trips.

4 towns · qualifying pool of 4 from 60 candidates

Lakeside towns in the province of Brescia. Borghi Più Belli d'Italia.

Getting around

Rent a car for this corner. Gardone Riviera, your base, has no station, so plan to arrive by car. Only 0 of the 4 towns have a railway station; the day trips assume driving.

Your timing

May sits in this corner's best window: open, temperate, and short of the crowd months.

Day 1 · Arrive in Gardone Riviera

Settle in. Gardone Riviera is your base for the next 3 days. Take the afternoon to walk the centro, find your bearings, eat something local.

Gardone Riviera

Province: Brescia

Gardone Riviera

A western Garda lakeshore town whose hillside holds an estate turned into a monument to one man's self-image.

Picked for:art and history · lakeside

Day 2 · Day trip to Manerba del Garda

First outing. Head to Manerba del Garda for the day. Take the slow road, leave time to wander, be back in Gardone Riviera for dinner.

Manerba del Garda

Province: Brescia

Manerba del Garda

A Valtenesi commune anchored by a limestone cliff that held a Roman temple to Minerva and a medieval fortress.

Picked for:lakeside · spring travel

Day 3 · Day trip to Limone sul Garda

Last day trip in this corner, to Limone sul Garda. Make a day of it, then back to Gardone Riviera.

Limone sul Garda

Province: Brescia

Limone sul Garda

The northernmost lemon-growing town in the world, at 46 degrees north on the western shore of Lake Garda, reached by road only in 1932.

Picked for:food and wine · lakeside

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