Desenzano del Garda[dead link] is in Brescia province, by Lake Garda.
Understand
[edit]- 1 [formerly dead link] IAT Desenzano del Garda (Tourist information), Via Porto Vecchio 34, ☏ +39 0303748726, [email protected]. Nov-May M, Tu, Th 10.00-13.00, 14.00-18.00, W 10.00-12.30, 14.00-17.00, F 10.00-13.00, 14.00-17.00, Sa 9.30-12.30.
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]- 2 Stazione di Desenzano del Garda-Sirmione, Piazza Einaudi 10.
By boat
[edit]- 3 Ferry pier. Desenzano is one of the main ferry hubs on the lake. There are connections from there to many destinations at the shores of the lake.
Get around
[edit]By bus
[edit]The town centre is small enough to explore on foot. If your accommodation is out of the centre then take a local bus to get there.
- Urban buses. There are 3 local bus lines in the town plus in season there is yet another one which runs only on Sundays. Single €1.
- Trenino turistico. In season a tourist "train" (a tractor with a trailer) meanders through the town. €4.
See
[edit]- 1 Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena (Duomo). A Baroque church with Last Supper fresco by Gian Battista Tiepolo.
- 2 Villa Romana, Via Crocefisso, 22, ☏ +39 030 914 3547. Mar-Oct Tu-Su 8.30-19.30; Nov-Feb Tu-Sa 8.30-16.30, Su 8.30-14.00. Some modest remains of a Roman villa with mosaics, excavated in 1921. €4.
- 3 Castello (Castle), Via Fosse Castello. €3.
- 4 [formerly dead link] Museo Archeologico "Giovanni Rambotti" (Giovanni Rambotti Museum), Via Anelli 42 (Chiostro di Santa Maria de Senioribus), ☏ +39 030 9144529. Tu-W 9.00 - 13.00; Th-F 15.00 - 19.00; Sa, Su 14.30 - 19.00. It shows the many finds, which were found in the peat bog of Polada lying between Desenzano and Lonato and in the territory Lavagnone. It was a prehistoric lake-dwelling, which was located 5 kilometers from the center today. The museum shows among the many finds also a plow made of oak from the southern Alpine Bronze Age (about 2200 BC).
- 1 Rocca di Lonato del Garda (Lonato del Garda), ☏ +39 030 9130060. Jul-Aug Sa-Su 10.00-12.00, 14.30-18.30. 15th century castle with a nice natural garden and ornithological museum. A visit to the castle can be additionally combined with Casa del Podestà (House of the Podestà)
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[edit]Go next
[edit]- Sirmione – to see the castle (Castello Scaligeri) and the ruins of the Roman villa (Grotte di Catullo).