Lake Garda, known for its green and its exceptional microclimate which allows the growth of uncommon plants and trees for the area, offers to its visitors gardens, parks and big green spaces, whose beauty is to be appreciated in every season.
The Parco Giardino Sigurtà in Peschiera del Garda offers an incredible variety of plants which create a marvellous spectacle for the visitor. Iris, roses, nimpheas, tulips create a game of colors which really amazes. Among its attractions, the fantastic rose road, which counts up to 3.000 varities of roses, the meridian and the garden of the pharmaceutical herbs, inspired by Medieval convential gardens and which is characterized by a vast selection of aromatic plants and much more. Tickets can be purchased directly in the hotel.http://www.parcosigurta.it/
The Vittoriale degli Italiani in Gardone Riviera was the last house of the famous Poet Gabriele D'Annunzio. There is an enormous garden, an amphitheatre facing Lake Garda and the precious house, which is a real museum hosting objects of fine art dated of the XVIII and XIX centuries. During the summertime, the Vittoriale Foundation organises Dance, Music and Theatre spectacles in the amphitheatre, creating highly suggestive atmospheres. http://www.vittoriale.it
The Ugo da Como Foundation was realized on the will of the Politician from Brescia Ugo da Como and it is inside the famous "Rocca di Lonato". The house - museum, hosted inside the house of the Podesta, a souvenir of the Venitian domination in the area, has an enormous library counting almost 50.000 volumes and the smallest book in the world. The Rocca di Lonato is one of the biggest Medieval fortresses on the territory of Lombardia. www.fondazioneugodacomo.it
Giardino Botanico André Heller is a big Botanical Garden in Gardone Riviera. It was built up on the project of the doctor Arthuro Hruska, famous doctor of the Russian Zar Dinasty and the Savoia family. It is 10.000 square meters big and has hundreds of different plant varities coming from the five continents of the world and perfectly combining in a very relaxing and peaceful atmosphere. Art Sculptures realised by famous artists such as Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, Mimmo Paladino, Erwin Novak are present and accompany the visitor in his stroll. http://www.hellergarden.com/