Understand
[edit]- 1 [formerly dead link] IAT Sirmione (Tourist information), Viale Marconi 6, ☏ +39 0303748721, [email protected]. Nov-May M-Th 09:30-12:30, 15:00-18:00, Sa 09:30-12:30.
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]The closest railway station is Desenzano del Garda-Sirmione which is about 30 min. by a regional train from Verona Porta Nuova or from Brescia. The station is actually located at the Desenzano, so take a bus, a taxi from there or take a ferry from the Desenzano's harbour. A similar option is a railway station at Peschiera del Garda.
By boat
[edit]- 2 Ferry pier (At the historic centre, close to the Castello Scaligeri). A ferry perhaps the easiest option to reach Sirmione. There are connections to many the destinations at the shores of the lake, especially at its southern half.
By bus
[edit]- [dead link] Linea LN026. Brescia-Verona NB: this line stops at the via Colombare which is quite out of the centre of the town, then use Centro storico navetta (below).
Get around
[edit]By bus
[edit]- 3 (shuttle bus). Connects via Colombare stop with the historic centre of the town
See
[edit]- 1 Castello Scaligeri (Scaliger Castle), piazza Castello 1, ☏ +39 030 28965218. Tu-Sa 8:30-19:30, Su 8:30-13:30. A 13th-century castle of Scaliger (della Scala) family. €4.
- 2 Grotte di Catullo (Area archeologica delle Grotte di Catullo e Museo di Sirmione), Piazzale Orti Manara 4, ☏ +39 030 916157. Winter Tu-Sa 8.30-17.00 (Museum 8.30-19.30), Su 8.30-14.00; Summer Tu-Sa 8.30-19.30, Su 9.30-18.30. Ruins of a Roman villa associated, though without solid proofs, with the poet Catullus. € 6.00.
- 3 Chiesa di San Pietro in Mavino. The first documents mentioning the church date from the 8th century.
- 4 Chiesa di Santa Maria della Neve. A 15th century church.
- 5 [dead link] Torre monumentale di San Martino della Battaglia (Tower of San Martino della Battaglia) (5 km S of Sirmione). mid Mar-mid Oct M-Sa 9-12.30, 14.30-19, Su 9 - 19; mid Oct - mid MarDal Tu-Su 9-12.30, 14-17.30. A tower and museum dedicated to the memory of King Vittorio Emanuele II and other people who brought independence and unification to Italy. €5.
Do
[edit]- 1 Terme di Sirmione, Piazza Virgilio, 1, ☏ +39 800 802125. The famous sulphur springs which are known to have special effects on catarrhal conditions, particularly those of the ear.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- Piazzale porto 7 (Hotel).
Connect
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Go next
[edit]- Torri del Benaco - commune in Province of Verona
- Lake Garda - lake in Italy
- Verona - city in Veneto, northern Italy
- Brescia - Italian city in Lombardy