Lake Garda: radial tour based in a Hotel 4 stars

Individual arrival to the hotel in Desenzano. After arrival you will have a personal tour information. During the information you will also get the bikes (if booked). We recommend taking a stroll through the old town.

A transfer to Trento awaits you today. Look forward to the many sights of the city, marvel at Buonconsiglio Castle, the former seat of the prince-bishops and the Renaissance-style church of St. Maria Maggiore, built in 1520, where the meetings of the Council used to take place. Don't miss a stroll through the old town and a café on Cathedral Square with its impressive cathedral and photogenic Neptune Fountain. You start your first cycle tour in the heart of the city surrounded by majestic mountains. You cycle leisurely along a wonderful cycle path via Rovereto to Mori. Here, the separate cycle path slowly but surely winds its way up the small pass to Lake Garda. But your reward is coming. Enjoy a fantastic view of the lake. After this rewarding photo break, you whizz down to Torbole and on to Riva on the northern shore of the lake. Look forward to a boat trip across Lake Garda to Desenzano.

Today, after a short train journey, you will discover Verona, the city of Romeo and Juliet. Marvel at the impressive Renaissance palaces, the many cosy squares and alleyways and, above all, the famous Roman amphitheatre, where gladiator fights were held in Roman times. This magnificent building in the centre of the city still consists of 2 floors, each with 72 arches. With these many impressions in your luggage, you cycle over gentle hills, past cypresses and vineyards back to the southern shore of Lake Garda.

Today you cycle along the southern shore of Lake Garda along the small River Mincio, which flows into Lake Garda. You then follow the canal and the course of the river to the beautiful city of Mantua. Let yourself be mesmerised by this thousand-year-old city. Worth seeing are Castello San Giorgio and Palazzo Ducale, Piazza Sordello with Rigoletto's house, the cathedral, Piazza Broletto with the old town hall, Piazza Erbe with the Palace of Justice, the clock tower, the Rotunda of San Lorenzo and the Basilica of Santa Andrea. After so much culture, take the train back to Desenzano.

Today's cycle tour takes you along lonely paths, through endless vineyards, peach trees and vast kiwi plantations to Solferino. The place where Garibaldi united Italy in the famous Battle of Solferino. Even today, farmers in the village of 2,700 inhabitants still find pieces of bone in the surrounding fields as evidence of the battle of 1859. Hundreds of thousands of people visit the village every year, and the sign at the entrance to the village emphasises its importance as the birthplace of the idea of the Red Cross. There is a small museum in the town, which is mainly dedicated to the history of the Risorgimento (unification of Italy). Here you can discover the weapons, uniforms, flags and equipment of the armies involved and gain an impression of the scale of the conflict through the contemporary depictions of the clashes in paintings and sculptures. On a hill at the end of an avenue of cypress trees, you will also find the Red Cross monument, inaugurated in 1959. After this excursion into Italian history, cycle back to the present and enjoy a leisurely ride back to Lake Garda through the area where the sparkling wines of Lugana are grown.

Unforgettable views of Lake Garda await you today. You then cycle along the Naviglio Grande Bresciano canal to Brescia, a city of Roman origin that is well worth seeing. Discover the cathedral square with the old and new cathedral and the Piazza della Loggia from 1433, one of the most beautiful squares in the city. It is dominated by the magnificent Renaissance building of the Loggia. Marvel at the astronomical clock dating back to the 16th century, whose clock mechanism is still in full operation. After an extensive visit around Brescia, take the train back to Desenzano.

After breakfast your nice cycle holiday ends. Of course you can also stay some extra days on Lake Garda.