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.