What are the least touristy towns on Lake Garda?

Maderno, Salo and Gargnano on the other side of the lake can be quieter and less touristy. Maderno, in particular, can be incredibly quiet because the tourists are either sunbathing by the pool or visiting more interesting places like Garda Town or Torri on the ferry.



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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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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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  1. Sirmione. Located on the South shore of Lake Garda, Sirmione is probably the most popular tourist destination on the lake. ...
  2. Malcesine. Malcesine, the pearl of Lake Garda, is located in a very picturesque setting. ...
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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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Apart from holiday weekends you'll find Garda relatively tranquil and this time of year is the ideal time to venture off-the-well-beaten path to hike and walk amongst the hills and mountains that surround the Lake.

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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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Italy Among the quietest but most picturesque is Lake Iseo, surrounded by mountains, with the Camonica valley to the north and Franciacorta wine country to the south.

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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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It's really worth seeing all pentagon-shaped fortifications surrounding Peschiera del Garda Old Town that have been registered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Porta Verona is the main sight to behold and one of the two entrances to the very heart of the Old Town.

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Limone sul Garda is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, at the western bank of Lake Garda.

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