Is Sirmione crowded?

It's one of the prettiest towns on the lake and is very popular, which of course means the old town is very busy through the day. You can, however, get away from the crowds at the Roman ruins (Le Grotte di Catullo) which are usually surprisingly quiet.



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Sirmione is one of the most beautiful places we have visited, with small narrow streets and lots of shops, bars, restaurants and amazing ice cream parlours. Lots of historical interests from medieval castle to Roman ruins. Sunsets were amazing on the lake with a glass of wine in hand watching life go by.

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Bardolino has more space to spread out, not to mention the lakeside path to Garda (45 minutes' stroll) or to Lazise (about an hour). It is also better located for travelling to other towns on the lake by boat, and there's a bus service to all the towns on the eastern shore as well as to Verona.

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Lake Garda's beaches clearly get busy in summer, so if you want to avoid the crowds, stick to the western shore or go as far north as you can. Makio beach near Salo is usually a less crowded option.

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Sirmione is probably the main destination for tourists visiting Lake Garda, and on the southern tip of the Lake there are too many campsites and with the Gardaland water theme park avoid this area in the summer months, as traffic can be horrendous.

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One of the most beautiful, most famous, and most visited towns of Lake Garda is certainly Limone del Garda, on the Brescian coast, 35km from the town of Salò and 9.5km from Riva del Garda, built along the 45 bis Western Gardesana Highway.

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SIRMIONE. Sirmione is one of the most popular places for tourists. It sits on a peninsula jutting out into the lake on the southern shore. If staying in Sirmione, you have some of the best-known sights in Lake Garda around the corner.

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Even in the south, a few miles down the peninsula from Sirmione is Pescheria del Garda - known for its remarkable citadel extant from around Napoleonic times - which many massive bulwarks. Sirmione is definitely a tourist trap that's worth a quick detour but not an overnight stop.

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Crowded in summer, evocative in winter and on every occasion: in Sirmione there are several beaches, located in various points of the territory, where you can get a tan, bathe in Lake Garda and walk along the shore.

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Train travel can be a very enjoyable and relaxing way to getting around and there are good links to the bottom part of the lake. Due to the mountains the main lines run East / West, which means such places as Milan, Verona and Venice are all within easy reach without a car.

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As compared to Lake Como, Lake Garda is less refined, but in a mystifying and wild way that makes you feel like automatically relaxed amongst the hues of greens, blues and wooden accents. Even the towns and villages sprinkling the shoreline are far more subtle and more traditionally Italian than Lake Como.

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1. Sirmione. Located on the South shore of Lake Garda, Sirmione is probably the most popular tourist destination on the lake. It should stand high on every list of best things to do in Lake Garda!

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Lake Garda is also very touristy. Maybe not as popular as Lake Como with Americans (maybe thanks to Rick Steves and George Clooney), but Lake Garda is the most visited lake in Italy, particularly by Germans and Austrians. Lake Maggiore is also nice, and very close to the Milan Malpensa airport.

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