TREMOSINE TO SAVOUR 

DESCRIPTION 

LAKE GARDA
It is difficult to find an original way to describe such a well-known area with such special and unique features as Lake Garda: clear waters and a mild climate, rolling hills as opposed to steep-sided cliffs overlooking the water, small villages and churches, and lemon groves, olive groves, bougainvillea and oleanders. The villages overlooking the waters, certainly the best known, are magnets for beach tourism, but there is more than the lakeside basin to discover. Garda invites the traveller to get lost among the paths, to walk down offbeat paths that lead to isolated monasteries, to sit at a table and rediscover the flavours of a time when genuine products enhance the Italian culinary tradition, to walk among the olive trees, to breathe in the fresh air while admiring a clear landscape. The Western Gardesana (state road 45 bis) is the path to discovering the area: a mythical, sometimes inaccessible road which skirts the banks of the lake and runs from Sirmione to Riva del Garda. The unique Alto Garda Natural Park, characterised by contrasts: the area is one that runs from Limone to Salò where it passes quickly by the waters of the lake to the rugged peaks of the Alpine region. 
In the Park between the peaks and water is the best way to discover and appreciate all aspects of the landscape. You can follow paths and dirt trails that reward you with unexpected glimpses on foot, by bicycle or on horseback from every village. 
The plateau of Tremosine is among the most spectacular for admiring the Garda basin: a stage on the lake resting on steep rocks overlooking the water and the towering peaks of Monte Baldo. Returning to Gardesana, the town of Gargnano, besides being known for launching the famous Centomiglia regatta, entered the history books for being home to the offices of government and administration of the then new Social Republic between 1943 and 1945, the most famous palaces including Palazzo Bettoni and Villa Feltrinelli, which was the residence of the Duce and his family.
The slow path to discovery of Garda leads the mind to the words written in the literature of the author including Stendhal, who described Garda as "the most beautiful landscape in the world", DH Lawrence "a lake as beautiful as the beginning of creation", and finally the invitation of W. Goethe, "how much I wished to have my friends for a moment near me in order that they might rejoice over the view which lies before me."

    

ITINERARY

Day 1
Arrival at Tresimone, a location considered as a real terrace of thrills on Lake Garda. Overnight stay on farm. Tasting of typical products: alpine milk, cheese and butter, cold cuts of pork, local red wine, olive oil, jams and bread. An afternoon exploring the village and in the late afternoon a route to the Nai district, where you will have the first opportunity to buy some of the delicious products, then taste them for a strictly typical dinner!
Day 2
in the early morning there is an appointment with a rich breakfast buffet with typical sweet and savoury specialties. Visit the Garda Beekeeping centre, beehives, flowers and nature provided... all sweetened by the opportunity to buy the delicious honeys, including Acacia honey with Tremosine truffle... a specialty to try particularly with cheeses matured in the area!
For lunch en route to the Farm: Fresh pasta, grilled meats and game. Afternoon of relaxation and discovery in the nature reserve of the Bondo valley.
Day 3
After breakfast we depart for the Alpe del Garda, a full day to find out about cheese making and livestock in the company of farmers, animals and nature! Lunch with typical products at the farm.

LOCATION

Lake Garda - Tremosine