Italy is without a doubt one of the most popular holiday destinations in Europe. It’s famous for its warm climate, pizzas, delicious ice creams, golden beaches, and of course for its big cities: Rome, the capital with its historical buildings, Milan, the fashion Mecca and Venice, the fascinating “swimming city”. But there is so much more to Italy than these popular sights: A thing not to miss out on when travelling to Italy are the exceptional Italian Lakes, Lake Garda and Lake Como.
Lake Como and Lake Garda are the true beauties of northern Italy. Lake Garda, located about half-way between Venice and Milan is the biggest lake in Italy. It’s surface area measures 369.98 km² and it lies between the provinces of Verona, Brescia and Trento. Lake Como, also known as “Lario”, has with 146 km² a smaller surface than Garda but stretches out to 46 km and at over 400m deep it is one of the deepest lakes in Europe. Together with Garda, Lake Como is regarded as being the most beautiful lake in Italy. That’s also why may celebrities, such as George Clooney, Sylvester Stallone, Gianni Versace, Ronaldinho and Madonna own villas at the shores of Lake Como.
Therefore it’s not a big surprise that most of the leading travel agents and tour operators offer more and more holidays to the lakes, where tourists enjoy the stunning views of the deep blue water, high mountains, and idyllic little towns along the shoreline. Another big plus is of course the warm climate and the atmosphere that is much more characteristic and personal than in the conventional Italian holiday destinations, such as party town Rimini and other cities at the seaside, where loud parties go on for 24hours and in the daytime the beaches are overly cramped.
Tourists that decide to treat themselves with a holiday to the Italian Lakes and still like to relax on a beach don’t need to go all the way to the coast. There are beaches spread out all around the lakes. Some are small and romantic, some bigger with a wide range of water sports. In the evenings the towns meet everybody’s wishes: From fine dining restaurants, live jazz music to clubs with party sounds, you can find pretty much anything and live life at your very own pace at the Italian Lakes.
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Topics: Europe