# Three nights on Lake Garda from Verona: Sirmione, Monte Baldo, Limone by boat and windsurfing at Torbole Direct flight to Verona and a car: a night among vineyards near Sirmione and two at Torbole for Monte Baldo, the boat to Limone, windsurfing and the Varone waterfall. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lake-garda/itineraries/three-nights-from-verona-windsurf · Revisado: 2026-11-12 Dónde: Lake Garda Lake Garda is two lakes in one, and in three nights you see both. The south, wide and open, has Sirmione, its Roman villa and the Lugana vineyards; the north, narrow and wedged between mountains, has Monte Baldo, the wind that fills the water with sails and the villages linked by boat. You arrive with a direct flight to Verona from Madrid or Barcelona and get around in a hire car, with the boat for crossing the lake. ## How do you get there from Spain? By plane to Verona Villafranca (VRN), with direct flights from Madrid and Barcelona; from other Spanish cities there are more routes to Bergamo (BGY). Hire the car at the airport: Sirmione is about 40 minutes from Verona, and Torbole a little over an hour. Without a car it is possible, with a train to Desenzano or Peschiera and, for the north, a train to Rovereto and bus 411 to Torbole, but you lose half a day at each change. ## Where to stay? AccommodationAreaWho it suits Agriturismo ArmeaCountryside between Sirmione and DesenzanoRooms and apartments among vineyards, with a pool and trattoria Hotel CatulloHistoric centre of SirmioneIf you prefer to sleep inside the village, with a jetty for swimming Camping al PortoCentre of TorbolePitches, apartments and mobile homes a few metres from the water ## With children Garda works well with children: under-1.20 m do not pay for the cable car, the Limone walkway is flat and suitable for pushchairs, the Varone waterfall has a family ticket and Camping al Porto has a pool and a playground. For teenagers, swap the Saturday walk for a second windsurf lesson. ## El plan ### Thursday · 11:00 · Grotte di Catullo You land in Verona, pick up the car and in about 40 minutes you are in Sirmione. Park at Colombare and walk to the Roman villa at the tip of the peninsula: €10, free for under-18s; closed on Mondays. ### Thursday · 13:30 · Lunch at Antica Contrada Grilled Garda fish and homemade pasta on the way out of Sirmione, with a garden towards the water. Book. ### Thursday · 16:00 · Agriturismo Armea Ten minutes away, among Lugana vineyards. Pool in the afternoon and dinner in the house trattoria. ### Friday · 08:30 · Monte Baldo cable car An hour and a quarter by car to Malcesine along the east shore. Go up in the rotating cabins to 1,760 m and stroll along the ridge before the clouds arrive. €28 online. ### Friday · 13:00 · Lunch at Vecchia Malcesine The MICHELIN-starred table of the east shore, beside the cable car, with menus from €100. Closed on Wednesdays and on Thursdays at midday, and only open from April to October. ### Friday · 15:30 · Boat to Limone and the walkway Public boat from Malcesine to Limone, €7.50 one way, and about 2.5 km along the walkway hung from the rock over the water. Return by boat to Malcesine and continue by car to Torbole, about 25 minutes. ### Saturday · 09:00 · Windsurf lesson at Torbole A two-hour group lesson at Vasco Renna, with the gentle morning wind: €85 with equipment, plus €6 insurance. Book the day before. ### Saturday · 15:30 · Varone waterfall A quarter of an hour by car, near Riva: the water falls inside a gorge that you walk through two caves. €7. ### Saturday · 20:00 · Dinner at Al Volt Trentino cooking and lake fish under the vaults of the centre of Riva. Menus from €60. Book. ### Sunday · 10:00 · Riva and return A stroll round the harbour at Riva or along the Torbole promenade, and an hour and a quarter by car to Verona airport. ## Un consejo más To cross between the two shores without going round the north, the Maderno – Torri del Benaco car ferry runs all year. ## Cuándo no ir Do not try to see both entire shores by car on the same day in July or August: you will spend more time in traffic jams and car parks than in the villages. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How much does the getaway cost? Without flights, with mid-range accommodation, car, tickets, boat, a windsurf lesson and meals, from about €450 per person for the three nights. ### Can you do it in November? Not as it stands: the cable car closes from 2 November to 25 December, the scheduled boats stop and Vecchia Malcesine closes until April. ### Do you need a car? It is the most practical. Without a car there are trains and buses, but the getaway loses a day. ### Better north or south? Both: the south for villages, ruins and wine; the north for mountains, wind and boats. ## Dónde dormir if you're flying - **Hotel Catullo**: Hotel Catullo is one of Sirmione's historic hotels: according to the house, it holds the town's first licence for a public establishment. It is run by the Barelli family, with Fabio and Elena at the helm, and is inside the historic centre, in Piazza Flaminia, beside the lake and a few minutes' walk from the Scaligero castle and the Grotte di Catullo. Staying here is the way to see Sirmione early in the morning and at night, when the groups have gone. The rooms It has 56 rooms, all with lift access, private bathroom, air conditioning, free wifi, television, minibar and safe. The 44 standard rooms face the inner gardens or the village's streets and squares, and some give a glimpse of the lake; they have modern furniture. The 10 superior rooms have a balcony and an open lake view, with more classic decoration. If you are coming for the lake, ask for a superior when you book. The hotel and the lake The best thing about the house is its landing stage over the water, reserved for guests, with sun loungers and parasols, direct access for swimming and a small bar next to it. There is a garden, a covered terrace facing the lake and a restaurant with a menu, where breakfast is also served; in good weather you eat outside, over the water. Dogs and cats are accepted. Getting there and parking Sirmione's centre is a limited-traffic zone. The hotel has a private parking service at Grifo Parking in Piazzale Europa, 500 metres away, for €20 a day paid at the hotel; from there you walk or your luggage is taken in an electric vehicle. When you book they send you the instructions for entering. From Verona airport it is about 30 kilometres along the road on the south of the lake. The website does not publish an official star rating, check-in and check-out times or prices: check them when booking on its booking engine. - **Agriturismo Armea**: Agriturismo Armea is a farming estate in the south of Lake Garda, 4 km from Sirmione and 4 km from Desenzano, at the foot of the San Martino della Battaglia tower. The family has owned the farmhouse since 1968 and opened it as a farm stay in 1999. It has 6 hectares of vineyard on the clay soils of Lugana, a kitchen garden, fruit trees and farmyard animals, and what it produces ends up in the house trattoria. It is a quiet base in the countryside for those who want the south of the lake without sleeping in its crowded villages. The name According to the house itself, the name comes from the wars of the Risorgimento, around 1856, when the farm served as an arms depot for the Italian army: the sharecroppers began to call it “armi'a”, from armoury, and after unification it stayed as L'Armea. Rooms and apartments It has 3 spacious rooms with a view of the vines, a double bed with the option of two single beds, private bathroom, television, air conditioning, fridge and access to a large terrace. And 9 two-room apartments, with a double bedroom and a day area with kitchen and two more single beds, microwave, fridge, their own heating, air conditioning and television: they suit families of four. The furniture is country style, with wooden beams and terracotta floors. For guests there is a pool amid greenery, a porch and a garden. There is wifi and parking, and animals are accepted. The trattoria and the wine The house restaurant occupies two rooms with a large fireplace for cold days, and in summer you eat under the porch that faces the garden. Local cooking with its own produce and wines from its cellar: a Lugana, a Benaco red and a Riviera del Garda. The website does not publish the restaurant's hours: ask when you book. Getting there It is in the countryside, in the hamlet of San Martino della Battaglia, between the A4 motorway and the lake: you need a car. To Sirmione and to Desenzano, with its station on the Milan – Venice line, it is about 4 km. Verona airport is about 30 km away. ## Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Hotel Catullo**: Hotel Catullo is one of Sirmione's historic hotels: according to the house, it holds the town's first licence for a public establishment. It is run by the Barelli family, with Fabio and Elena at the helm, and is inside the historic centre, in Piazza Flaminia, beside the lake and a few minutes' walk from the Scaligero castle and the Grotte di Catullo. Staying here is the way to see Sirmione early in the morning and at night, when the groups have gone. The rooms It has 56 rooms, all with lift access, private bathroom, air conditioning, free wifi, television, minibar and safe. The 44 standard rooms face the inner gardens or the village's streets and squares, and some give a glimpse of the lake; they have modern furniture. The 10 superior rooms have a balcony and an open lake view, with more classic decoration. If you are coming for the lake, ask for a superior when you book. The hotel and the lake The best thing about the house is its landing stage over the water, reserved for guests, with sun loungers and parasols, direct access for swimming and a small bar next to it. There is a garden, a covered terrace facing the lake and a restaurant with a menu, where breakfast is also served; in good weather you eat outside, over the water. Dogs and cats are accepted. Getting there and parking Sirmione's centre is a limited-traffic zone. The hotel has a private parking service at Grifo Parking in Piazzale Europa, 500 metres away, for €20 a day paid at the hotel; from there you walk or your luggage is taken in an electric vehicle. When you book they send you the instructions for entering. From Verona airport it is about 30 kilometres along the road on the south of the lake. The website does not publish an official star rating, check-in and check-out times or prices: check them when booking on its booking engine. - **Camping al Porto**: Camping al Porto is in the centre of Torbole, at the northern end of Lake Garda, a few metres from the water and beside the Sarca river. It is a three-star campsite run by the Tonelli family, who bought the land in 1950 and opened the campsite in 1985; today it is run by Lorenzo and Matteo. For those who come to the north of the lake to windsurf, sail or cycle, it is a practical base: everything is within walking distance, from the beach schools to the bars on the promenade. Where to stay There are four types of pitch, from small tent pitches without a car to large ones for motorhomes and caravans. If you do not bring a tent, you have ten apartments, each with its own layout and decoration, and more in the Casa Tonelli; ready-pitched glamping mini-tents; and, since 2026, two new mobile homes for two adults and three children or four adults and one child, which also accept dogs. Services Pool with sun loungers, jacuzzi with an adults-only sun deck on the roof and a bistro beside the pool; freshly baked bread every morning. For sport, hire of leisure bikes and storage for bikes and rigged sails. For children, a playground, covered table tennis and a baby room. There is a coin-operated laundry and dishwasher, a shared kitchen for the Eco pitches, a barbecue area, electric-car charging, a motorhome service area, free wifi and adapted bathrooms. Dogs are welcome, with their own shower. Getting there By car, leave the A22 Brenner motorway at Rovereto Sud – Lago di Garda Nord and continue about 10 km to Torbole; at the roundabout at the bottom of the descent, turn right towards Riva and, after about 200 metres, left, just before the bridge over the Sarca. By train, get off at Rovereto and take Trentino Trasporti bus 411 to Torbole. The website does not publish prices, check-in and check-out times or season dates: check them in its booking system. - **Agriturismo Armea**: Agriturismo Armea is a farming estate in the south of Lake Garda, 4 km from Sirmione and 4 km from Desenzano, at the foot of the San Martino della Battaglia tower. The family has owned the farmhouse since 1968 and opened it as a farm stay in 1999. It has 6 hectares of vineyard on the clay soils of Lugana, a kitchen garden, fruit trees and farmyard animals, and what it produces ends up in the house trattoria. It is a quiet base in the countryside for those who want the south of the lake without sleeping in its crowded villages. The name According to the house itself, the name comes from the wars of the Risorgimento, around 1856, when the farm served as an arms depot for the Italian army: the sharecroppers began to call it “armi'a”, from armoury, and after unification it stayed as L'Armea. Rooms and apartments It has 3 spacious rooms with a view of the vines, a double bed with the option of two single beds, private bathroom, television, air conditioning, fridge and access to a large terrace. And 9 two-room apartments, with a double bedroom and a day area with kitchen and two more single beds, microwave, fridge, their own heating, air conditioning and television: they suit families of four. The furniture is country style, with wooden beams and terracotta floors. For guests there is a pool amid greenery, a porch and a garden. There is wifi and parking, and animals are accepted. The trattoria and the wine The house restaurant occupies two rooms with a large fireplace for cold days, and in summer you eat under the porch that faces the garden. Local cooking with its own produce and wines from its cellar: a Lugana, a Benaco red and a Riviera del Garda. The website does not publish the restaurant's hours: ask when you book. Getting there It is in the countryside, in the hamlet of San Martino della Battaglia, between the A4 motorway and the lake: you need a car. To Sirmione and to Desenzano, with its station on the Milan – Venice line, it is about 4 km. Verona airport is about 30 km away.