Sport and leisure time on Lake Garda

GOLF

Anyone who decides to spend a holiday on Lake Garda or to stay there for work, and has a passion for golf, can experience something unforgettable. The green hills around Lake Garda are the ideal place for playing golf, while admiring the splendid panoramas of Lake Garda.

Verona Apartments will give you information about some exclusive golf clubs on Lake Garda

Golf Club Paradiso
18 holes
Loc. Paradiso
Peschiera del Garda

Ca’ degli Ulivi Country House
18 holes
Via Ghiandare, 2
Marciaga di Costermano

Minigolf
Piazzale Aldo Moro
Bardolino

WATER SPORTS

Lake Garda offers very many possibilities to practice a wide range of water sports: sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, kayaking, and plenty more on top of that. Water sports are certainly one of the best ways of discovering and fully exploiting the beauty of Lake Garda's waters.

DIVING

The waters of Lake Garda are clear and limpid and invite you to dive down deep to discover the bed of Lake Garda. Lake Garda is an excellent 'gym' for those looking to enter the world of subaqua sports. Steep rocks and ancient Venetian galleys make Lake Garda interesting, even for expert subaqua enthusiasts.

Verona Apartments can supply some addresses useful for lovers of subaqua sports.

Peschiera del Garda Diving Center
c/o Camping San Benedetto
via Bergamini, 14
Peschiera del Garda

Sub Club Peschiera
Viale delle Rimembranze
Peschiera del Garda

Club Subacqueo South Lake Divers
c/o Hotel Continental
loc. san Felice
via Gardesana 26
Torri del Benaco

Brenzone Athos Diving
Loc. Assenza
c/o Hotel Villa Elena
Brenzone sul Garda

Dream Sub – ClubSub
Loc. Val di Sogno 29
Malcesine

SAILING, WINDSURFING AND KITE-SURFING

Lake Garda has always been the European paradise for surfing enthusiasts, especially at its northern end. There are three main winds on Lake Garda: Pelèr, which blows from the north in the morning, in sunny weather and at high pressure; Ora, which starts to blow in the afternoon from the south; Boscarola, the wind that blows in the evenings. The winds of Lake Garda have even created world champions and are often used the driving force of exciting regattas and competitions. Recently the kite surf fashion arrived on Lake Garda - a combination of wind surf and hang gliding, enabling you to literally fly over the water. Hotels and sports centres of Lake Garda hire wind surf, sailing and kite surf equipment.

Verona Apartments can supply some addresses useful for those looking to do wind surf, sailing and kite surf:

Fraglia Vela
Loc. Navene
Via Gardesana 205
Malcesine

WWWInd Square
Wassersportcenter
Loc.Sottodossi
Malcesine

Stickl Sport Camps
Loc. Val di Sogno
Malcesine

Associazione Velistica TEAM MAORI
c/o Marina di Navene
Malcesine

Sunrise Windsurfing
Loc. Molini
Malcesine

Nany
Loc. Navene
Malcesine

Yacht Club Acquafresca
c/o Associazione Polisportiva Culturale Fior d’Olivo
loc. Acquafresca
Brenzone sul Garda

Circolo Nautico Brenzone
Loc. Castelletto
Brenzone sul Garda

Compagnie delle Derive
Via Lavesino 8,
Brenzone sul Garda

Scuola di Vela Vito Steger
c/o Hotel Santa Maria
Brenzone sul Garda

HP Sports Nol Hans Peter
Loc. Castelletto
Brenzone sul Garda

Yachting Club Torri
Via Marconi 1
Torri del Benaco

Centro Surf Jean Pierre Ruegsegger
c/o Hotel Baia dei Pini
via Gardesana
Torri del Benaco

Gruppo vela L.N.I.
Lungolago Pincherli 1
Garda

Centro Nautico Bardolino
Lungolago Preite 10
Bardolino

Fraglia Vela Peschiera
Loc. Punta Marina
Via Punta Marina
Peschiera del Garda

Yacht Club del Garda
Via Mantova 1,
Peschiera del Garda

EXTREME SPORTS AND FREE FLYING

For all those who love shiver inducing panoramas and strong emotions, Lake Garda offers many opportunities to practice extreme sports in the splendid landscape backdrop of Lake Garda: parachuting, hang gliding, deltaplaning, canyoning, rafting, and mountain climbing.

Verona Apartments can supply some addresses useful for those looking to do extreme sports:

Deltaland – volo libero
Via Scrimei, 1
Loc. Platano
Caprino - Verona

Paragliding Club Malcesine
Via Navene 23
Malcesine

ULM Scaligero
Pista di volo
Valeggio sul Mincio

Herbert Planatscher – Paraflying
At Camping Serenella
Bardolino

X-mountain – canyoning, climbing and trekking
Guide Alpine Dolomiti X-Mountain di Verona
Ferrara di Monte Baldo

CYCLING AND MOUNTAIN BIKING

The bicycle is certainly an ecological and healthy way to experience Lake Garda. The most adventurous visitors can select a mountain bike and exploit the slopes of Monte Baldo sheer over Lake Garda.
Two-wheel lovers can just take their pick: the provincial ATV busses offer the Bus&Bike service, enabling you to take your bike to faraway places:

• by using the Prada-Monte Balbo chair-lift, or the Malcesine-Monte Baldo cableway, cyclists can tirelessly reach the highest points of the mountain, and then come down as fast as the wind toward Lake Garda.

Instead, those who enjoy their bike in a more relaxed manner, can select one of the many routes along Lake Garda:

• the easy Mincio cycling track which actually reaches Mantua from Peschiera del Garda;
• the cycling track between the stone carvings of Torri del Benaco;
• Gran Fondo Paola Pezzo, which goes from Monte Baldo to Rocca di Garda, through exciting climbs and descents, and splendid panoramas over Lake Garda;
• the along-the-lake track from Peschiera del Garda to Lazise or from Bardolino to Garda or to Punta S. Vigilio.

Verona Apartments can supply some addresses useful for cyclists holidaying on Lake Garda:

Bici Center di Cardi Ezio
Via Marconi 60
Bardolino

Velocifero Rent
Via don Gnocchi 36
Garda

Bike Store di Peretti G.&CO
Via della Repubblica 6/a
Costermano

Bike Shop Extreme
Via Panzano 10
Malcesine

HORSE RIDING

Horse riding lovers must not overlook a unique opportunity to admire the landscapes of Lake Garda, riding a horse along the morainic hills of Lake Garda, through the woods of Monte Baldo or along the river Mincio. There are numerous manèges on Lake Garda, offering courses and excursions to Lake Garda visitors.

Verona Apartments can supply some addressees useful for cavaliers of Lake Garda:

Circolo Ippico Ariano
Loc. Ariano
Valeggio sul Mincio

Centro Agriturismo Le Fornase
Via Fornace 2
Cavalcaselle - Castelnuovo del Garda

Centro Ippico Forte Belvedere
Via Forte Villa 7
Cavalcaselle – Castelnuovo del Garda

Centro Ippico Gardesano
Via Paolonga 1
Corte al Ponte
Loc. Sandrà
Castelnuovo del Garda

Centro Ippico Garda Equestrian Centre
Località Prussiana 96
Bussolengo - Verona

Maneggio c/o Camping La Quercia
Loc. Bottona
Lazise

Riding Club Westernmania
Località Caldane
Colà di Lazise

Centro Ippico Rossar
Via Montarion
Costermano

Maneggio Righetti Angelo
Via Porcino 1 - Barlott
Caprino - Verona

Gruppo Equibaldo
Loc. La Pora 16
San Zeno di Montagna

Genziana S.r.l.
Loc. Mezzavilla 10
Ferrara di Monte Baldo

MOUNTAIN AND SKIING

Monte Baldo, which extends along the whole length of the eastern shore of Lake Garda, is a destination loved by mountain enthusiasts, who stay on Lake Garda both in summer and winter. The peaks of Monte Baldo can be comfortably reached with the modern cableway which starts from Malcesine on Lake Garda. Monte Baldo is the ideal place for going on walks or taking the sun, in summer and winter, while enjoying the breathtaking views of Lake Garda. In winter, you can also go alpine skiing on the ski slopes of Monte Baldo. The ski slopes of Monte Baldo, the terrace overlooking Lake Garda, can also be reached on the chair lift of Prà Alpina, which can in turn be reached on the road from Avio.

Verona Apartments can supply information about the main alpine huts of Monte Baldo

“Fiori del Baldo” Hut
Monte Cornetto, m. 1.850
The hut is privately managed and has 16 beds for night accommodation. How to get there: on the Prada-Costabella (if in operation) ski lifts, or by the paths coming from Prada or Malga Valfredda.

“Barana” Hut
Telegrafo Peak, m 2.147
Managed by CAI of Verona, it has 50 beds for night accommodation. How to get there: on the Prada-Costabella (if in operation) ski lift, or by the paths coming from Prada, Novezza and Malcesine.

“Chierego” Hut
Costabella, m 1.911
Managed by CAI (Verona), it is located on the peak of the southern sector of Monte Baldo. How to get there: on the Prada-Costabella (if in operation) ski lifts, or by two paths coming from Prada.

"Capanna Baita dei Forti” Hut
Bocca Tratto Spino, m. 1.750
Arrival station of the Malcesine – Monte Baldo cableway: provides a restaurant service.

“Cedron” Hut
Novezza, m. 1.302
Privately managed, it is situated on the Graziana road and has about 20 beds for night accommodation.

“Novezzina” Hut
Novezzina, m. 1.205
Privately managed, it is located on the Graziano road near the Baldo Botanical Garden and has about 30 beds for night accommodation.

“Damiano Chiesa” Hut
Monte Altissimo of Nago, m 2.060
Managed by SAT (Trento), and has about 20 beds for night accommodation.

Verona Apartments, Farm Holidays, Bed and Breakfast, Country House Hotels, Residencies in Verona, Valpolicella, and Lake Garda,

advise all those wishing to experience sports on Lake Garda to find accommodation in the following structures:

San Ciriaco Relais Country House Hotel and Bed and Breakfast for Farm Holidays in Verona Valpolicella (Italy): the ideal place for those wishing to stay in a completely relaxed and reserved manner, in a hilly zone immersed in greenery.

Residenza San Tomaso furnished apartments for rent B&B in central Verona for those looking to go to the opera or cinema, or to go shopping on the streets of central Verona, walking around in comfort.