Sights in Lazise at Lake Garda, Italy

San Nicolò
The 12th century church is located right by the port. It was later secularised and used at times as a theatre. Today you can once again see the restored frescos.

Scaliger Castle
The castle was built around the 12th/13th century. It can only be visited on the outside because it is privately owned. Scaliger Castle was used as a fortress to protect the important port of Lazise.

Town Wall
A number of historical reasons explain why the old part of Lazise is still almost completely enclosed by a wall: basically, Venice wanted to further consolidate its positions on Lake Garda against the powerful threat of the Milanese.

Borghetto di Valeggio sul Mincio
After a good 30-minute drive along the Mincio river you arrive at Borghetto di Valeggio sul Mincio. Just before entering the village you have to drive over a gigantic walled bridge which was designed as a dam. The Milanese ruler dammed up the Mincio in 1393. The river filled a moat around Venetian Mantua. If the moat were to dry up, thought the Visconti to himself, Mantua would be an easy town to capture. He had the 600 m long, 26 m wide and 10 m tall dam built in eight months. It is not known why his cunning ploy was never carried out.

Parco Giardino Sigurtà
14 km to the south, this 50 hectare garden and nature park can be visited on foot, bicycle or on a little children’s train; alternatively you can hire one of electric tricycles.

Peschiera del Garda
8 km to the south, Peschiera lies at the southernmost tip of Lake Garda. This is where the outflow of the lake is sited: the Mincio empties the water – which the Sarca feeds into the lake at Riva – into the Po and from there into the Mediterranean. This outflow of Lake Garda was already used by the Romans as a boat link to the Adriatic. The Mincio forms the border between Veneto and Lombardy. After 1516 Peschiera belonged to the Venetians; worth visiting are the Austro-Venetian fortresses, where you can go for walks on parts of the walls. A stroll through the lanes of the historic centre is also highly recommended.

Verona
Those who have had enough of an exclusively beach holiday atmosphere and wish to taste the air of the city might well consider a tour of the city of Verona. Located 25 km to the east, the city (with 255,000 inhabitants) has highly important cultural monuments as well as a pedestrian zone which offers superb shopping. But just before you jump into your car to set off for Verona, why not take the train instead? From the south of the lake that’s no problem at all. Scheduled buses to Verona also operate from many other places around Lake Garda, offering you a more relaxed experience than hunting for a parking space in the city. Thanks to its location at the end of the route over the lowest Alpine pass, the Brenner, Verona was already an important city for the Romans.