"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:18:33 +0000, Mike Lane
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Surreyman wrote on Jan 6, 2012:

Any views, please, on the best centre on Lake Garda in which to stay
for 2 weeks, regarding:

Good resort in itself re restaurants, cafe life, scenic, local
architecture etc.
Good centre for Lake Garda ferries/transportation
Good centre for public transport re other lakes, Verona etc.

Beware Lake Garda on the Whitsun week-end. We were held up for about 3
hours
on the autostrade going past on our way to Venice a couple of years ago.
There were many miles of virtually stationary German camper vans,
nose-to-tail on the motorway, all turning off to the Lake.

and no Dutch?
--

Martin


Must have been Dutch there.
When we were there in April 2008 the market stall merchants even spoke to us
in Dutch as we couldn't follow their German!
Stayed in the town of Garda and thought that a good place to stay.
Did a day trip to Venice by train from Peschiera. (drove the car to P),
Another day trip by car to Mantova.
Half day to Verona by car.
Also a round the lake trip.
The ferries call regularly at Garda.

Gerrit-Oz