enjoy tour

Lake Garda is an area of outstanding natural beauty and is the largest lake in Italy. It’s popularity as a holiday destination first began in the late 19th century when the middle and upper classes visited during the summer to take in the clean mountain air and gentle climate. It is located in northern Italy, between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan. The outstanding natural beauty of the place is helped by a particularly mild climate that favours the growth of some Mediterranean plants, including olive and citrus trees. On the south of the lake sits the ancient fortified town of Sirmione, home to the Virgilio & Catullo Spa Complexes and their precious sulphurous water, containing sodium chloride, bromine and iodine, flowing naturally from the depths of the lake. The mineral properties in the water help in the cure of problems of the respiratory system, the treatment of rheumatic complaints and motory rehabilitation, and has made Sirmione one of the most important thermal spas in Europe. The Dolomites are a stunning mountains range located in northeastern Italy and are a result of geological activity some 230 million years ago, giving them a gorgeous pink and lime-green hue. The foothills are strikingly green pastures dotted with the occasional small shepherd’s house, there are a few sheep and goats here and there and pine forests stretch into the distance. Interestingly, you could believe you were in another country as the houses in the picturesque tiny hamlets resemble Swiss or Austrian style chalets, low and sloping roofs with enormous window boxes crammed with flowers of every imaginable colour. The people are somewhat different too, generally taller than Italians and speaking a dialect of German!