Lake Garda - Sirmione

stockport1965 · 2 Jun 20, 05:25 PM

We have a one way flight from Venice to Manchester. (we did have another outbound flight booked to Zadar but Ryanair cancelled)
The trip is for early October.

We are thinking about maybe flying into Verona? and heading for Lake Garda and basing ourselves there for 5 nights, before having 2 nights in Venice.

Does it matter where in Sirmione we stay, is one part more lively than the other for restaurants?

**quartergill** · 2 Jun 20, 07:38 PM

We tend to stay at the south end of the peninsula Sirmione is on as it is handier for getting elsewhere. There are plenty of shops, bars and restaurants there and is handy for the bus route. Sirmione old town is lovely but gets very crowded in summer months (never been in October). The benefit of being there is the ferry stop. It is a lovely place. Enjoy.

hvasey · 2 Jun 20, 08:40 PM

We stayed in Desenzano del garda, half an hour on the train from Verona and you get the boat across to Sirmione. It�s far less crowded and far less expensive, there is a little harbour surrounded by restaurants. We stayed at Hotel Benaco, 5 mins walk from the station and a 10-15 min walk down to the harbour and castle. Sirmione is gorgeous but crazy busy.

hvasey · 2 Jun 20, 08:43 PM

Oh and treat yourself to a 1st class train ride to/from Venice, puts our trains to shame. I think it was around an hour and 15 minutes from Desenzano back to Venice, although we got off at Mestre station on the mainland to go to the airport via the airport bus.

Melbatb · 3 Jun 20, 09:46 AM

Love Lake Garda. We have started three times in Riva Del Garda. Lovely town with lots of restaurants and ice cream shops. The ferry to the other towns is easy to use too

tweety-pie · 5 Jun 20, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by Melbatb

Love Lake Garda. We have started three times in Riva Del Garda. Lovely town with lots of restaurants and ice cream shops. The ferry to the other towns is easy to use too

We�ve stayed in Riva three times too, we love it, one of our favourite places in the world!

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	2 Jun 20, 07:38 PM quartergill VIP Dibber ✓Premium Member
quartergill VIP Dibber Join Date: Mar 06 Location: South Lanarkshire	We tend to stay at the south end of the peninsula Sirmione is on as it is handier for getting elsewhere. There are plenty of shops, bars and restaurants there and is handy for the bus route. Sirmione old town is lovely but gets very crowded in summer months (never been in October). The benefit of being there is the ferry stop. It is a lovely place. Enjoy.