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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. |
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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. -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire mike_lane at mac dot com |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:18:33 +0000, Mike Lane wrote: 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 |
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Ho ho ho methinks that martin has initiated a new useless thread which will
go on and on and on and nevermind the original question. "Martin" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:18:33 +0000, Mike Lane wrote: 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 |
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Martin wrote on Jan 6, 2012:
On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:18:33 +0000, Mike Lane wrote: 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? Probably. Quite a few Austrians too, unsurprisingly, and a few Italians even. The predominant registration letter was 'D' though. -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire mike_lane at mac dot com |
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On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:18:33 +0000, Mike Lane wrote:
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. Also avoid the Sunday when they have the Marathon race. |
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No answers to the guy's plea, just OT chitchat
"Irwell" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:18:33 +0000, Mike Lane wrote: 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. Also avoid the Sunday when they have the Marathon race. |
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On Fri, 6 Jan 2012, Surreyman wrote:
Any views, please, on the best centre on Lake Garda in which to stay for 2 weeks, regarding: Not much direct experience but ... Good centre for Lake Garda ferries/transportation Good centre for public transport re other lakes, Verona etc. Lake Garda is shared by three regions (Lombardy on the west, Veneto on the east, and Trentino for the northern tip). So you should consult the appropriate regional or provincial timetable. I presume the best connections to Verona are from the east coast. There are railways stations only on the south shore, in Peschiera and Desenzano. I have the impression the latter is not within walking distance from the pier. I do not really understand your reference to "other lakes", as the two major ones (Como and Maggiore) are on the opposite side of Lombardy. I do not think you mean lake Iseo or Idro (which are closer). This is the site for the Governmental Navigation on the 3 major lakes (including Garda). You should find everything about ferry timetables http://www.navlaghi.it/ For historical reason the shipping service on the 3 major lakes is run by this Governmental Management. Lake Iseo is run by the Region. I heard rumours that some ferry services (on lake Maggiore and Como) were recently reduced because of budget cuts (Region Lombardy commented that if they were running the service, they won't have cut it). Anyhow the winter service is usually much reduced vs the spring/summer one. These are the regional/provincial timetable site Lombardy http://62.101.84.174/trl_index.htm despite the odd URL and the fact it does not have an english section, this is the best site, since it covers all bus companies as well as railways and ships, and has also an efficient route search engine (click on Collegamento tra le principali località della Lombardia). To start with click on Visualizza tutti gli orari, then TUTTE LE LINEE CHE PASSANO DAL COMUNE DI ... and then enter the name of the place you want. You will then get a list of lines, can print full timetable or access the individual company site. Province of Verona http://www.atv.verona.it/flex/cm/pag.../IT/IDPagina/7 I usually prefer to look by "place" in "alphabetic order" (e.g. this link goes to places whose name starts with B) http://tech.atv.verona.it/atv_www/or...ocalita_B.html Trentino http://www.ttesercizio.it (look for Alto Garda or Riva del Garda) |
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