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Old September 7th, 2007, 12:25 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
roy king
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We want to visit lake Garda,italy, and wonder what town is the best in which
to stay.

WE will be renting an apartment , and need to be close to local shops.
ferries, and easily reached by public transport from one of the airports .
Will probably be flying to Bergamo.
Any advice will be appreciated.

Roy


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Old September 7th, 2007, 12:48 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, roy king wrote:

need to be close to local shops. ferries, and easily reached by public
transport from one of the airports . Will probably be flying to
Bergamo.


Bergamo is not obvious as a place to reach lake Garda. Most likely you'd
take a local bus from Orio to Bergamo rail station (easy), then a local
train to Brescia, then change in Brescia to another train coming from
Milan and stop either at Desenzano or Peschiera. These are the only
places of lake Garda with a rail station. I have no idea how this
station is close to the piers.

Anyhow you could inquire on the Bergamo airport web site for connections
http://www.sacbo.it/

You could also consult this site
http://www.trasporti.regione.lombardia.it/trl_index.htm

to get all timetables of public transport within Lombardy. There is a
bus station in Bergamo and in Brescia, both close to the rail station. I
doubt there is service from Bergamo to lake Garda, but there should be
from Brescia (the lombard, S and W, shores are in such province).

The same site has also all navigation timetables.

You have to look elsewhere for buses on the venetian (E) shore (or
trentine N shore). You could perhaps consider to fly to Verona which is
closer to the lake.

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Old September 7th, 2007, 01:35 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
ALAN HARRISON[_2_]
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"roy king" wrote in message
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We want to visit lake Garda,italy, and wonder what town is the best in
which to stay.

WE will be renting an apartment , and need to be close to local shops.
ferries, and easily reached by public transport from one of the airports .
Will probably be flying to Bergamo.
Any advice will be appreciated.


In terms of public transport, Desenzano and Peschiera are definitely the
best places, as both lie on the main railway line from Milan to Venice, as
noted by Giovanni Drogo. They also have reasonable bus links (e.g. both are
on the Brescia Verona bus route), and are hubs of the boat service on the
lake.

In both cases, the station is some distance from the lake front, but taxis
are available at reasonable prices.

If renting an apartment, check where it is. Even Desenzano, which has a
reasonable internal bus service, has no Sunday service, and the last buses
run at about 8 p.m. However, apartments rented specifically as holiday
accommodation are likely to be in the town centre.

Alan Harrison


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Old September 7th, 2007, 02:05 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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roy king wrote:
We want to visit lake Garda,italy, and wonder what town is the best
in which to stay.

WE will be renting an apartment , and need to be close to local shops.
ferries, and easily reached by public transport from one of the
airports . Will probably be flying to Bergamo.
Any advice will be appreciated.

Roy


I have rented an apartment in Colombare.. a few kms from m Sirmione.
As Halan Harrison has specified. both train stations in Desenzano and
Peschiera are far from the lake
but the lake is easily reachable by taxi

with a little bit of Google it will not be dificult to find agencies that
rent apartments. expecially now that it is (very) low season.
I guess you might spend about 300 to 500 eur per week. depending on the size
and the position of the apartment.

I like Colombare as it is a little away from Sirmioen.. but not so far that
you cannot reach it with 30 minutes walk.
shops and supermarkets are almost everywhere.
there are shuttle boats among all the localities on the lake.
Public service is not very efficient. as I guess that after 20.00 you will
not find any bus or boat.
Peschiera is a few kms from Verona.. easy reachable by train ( about 30
kms.. )
even Venice is not very far away. about 1.30 hours from Peschiera.
other localities that you might consider are

San martino della Battaglia ( where the Red Cross was founded ) Mantova and
Vicenza.
Mantova and Vicenza have very nice monuments..
Vicenza being the town where the Architect Andrea del Palladio made a few
of his most famous buildings.


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Old September 7th, 2007, 09:04 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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Il Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:25:00 GMT, roy king ha scritto:

We want to visit lake Garda,italy, and wonder what town is the best in which
to stay.

WE will be renting an apartment , and need to be close to local shops.
ferries, and easily reached by public transport from one of the airports .
Will probably be flying to Bergamo.
Any advice will be appreciated.


Hi,
you could find some information he

http://www.touristplace.info/italy_lake_garda.aspx

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