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Things to do in Manerba del Garda Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Welcome to Manerba del Garda Italy. If you’are planning to visit Manerba del Garda for your next trip and you are looking for the best places to visit, here you’ll find tips and suggestions of most popular point of interest and activities not to be missed in Manerba del Garda and surrounding. Travelers will appreciate this italian town with his rich historical and artistic heritage, local culture and environment. Discover the monuments, buildings, natural treasures and all the details that characterize Manerba del Garda and its territory. Share and suggest a place you've visited.

What To See near Manerba del Garda

Moniga del Garda (3 Km)

Mura del Castello di Moniga con parco

The castle is well preserved, perhaps because having never been inhabited by a gentleman it has not suffered looting and destruction. The castle built in the tenth century did not undergo major architectural upheavals.

Moniga del Garda (3 Km)

Castello di Moniga

The Castle of Moniga del Garda was built around the tenth century to cope with the ungarian invasions. Compared to other castles inhabited by local lords, this fortress was used only by the people who took refuge in their environments in the event of danger. The building has preserved its architectural structures up to the present day.

San Felice del Benaco (5 Km)

Isola del Garda

Padenghe sul Garda (6 Km)

Spiaggia Il Lido

Sirmione (6 Km)

Grotte di Catullo

The Caves of Catullus are the remains of an ancient Roman villa that was built between the end of the first century BC and the beginning of the first century AD. Sirmione. The name cave comes from the episode that tells that the first explorers, when they saw it in the fifteenth century, believed it was a cave covered by vegetation. In 1948 the entire area was restored by the Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage.

Sirmione (7 Km)

Palazzo Maria Callas

Sirmione (7 Km)

Parco Maria Callas

Sirmione (7 Km)

Chiesa di San Pietro in Mavino

San Pietro in Mavino is the oldest church in Sirmione. It was built in the Lombard era in the 8th century BC and was then the subject of various changes. Do not miss the interior frescoes dating back to the 13th-16th century. The Church is located in a splendid panoramic position nestled among olive trees.

Salo' (7 Km)

Museo Storico del Nastro Azzurro

The Historical Museum of the Nastro Azzurro, managed by the Federation of the Province of Brescia del Nastro Azzurro, was founded in 1943 at the headquarters of the Municipal Palace. Today, the Museum is located in the prestigious Palazzo Fantoni, where military decorations and relics are welcomed in the exhibition halls that document the thirteenth-century history of the Italian Soldier.

Sirmione (7 Km)

Castello Scaligero

The Scaliger Castle of Sirmione originates from the middle of the thirteenth century. The castle was built with the function of defending the city from possible attacks of the time. This one has three entrance doors, three towers and a keep with an altitude of 47 meters. Today, the building is one of the most complete and best preserved castles in Italy.

Sirmione (7 Km)

Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore

The church of Santa Maria Maggiore represents one of the most evocative examples of fifteenth-century architecture in Garda. Near the Rocca Scaligera, it stands out for the beauty of the terracotta decorations and the apse structure.Among the various works of art are the wooden statue of the Madonna and a painting depicting the Apostles' Supper.

Lonato (8 Km)

Abbazia di Maguzzano

The ancient Abbey of Maguzzano at the end of the 8th century stood on a Roman road. In 1491 it was entrusted to the monastery of S. Benedetto in Polirone and was adorned by the Risorgimento Church and the elegant cloister. The church preserves an Altarpiece, the work of the Moretto school.

Gardone Riviera (8 Km)

Il Vittoriale degli Italiani

Lonato (8 Km)

Castello di Drugolo

The Castle of Drugolo or Castello Averoldi was built before the year 1000 with the main function of a convent. The first owner is believed to be Rataldo Averoldo to whom the building was donated by Ottone I of Germany. Below he passed into ownership of different families until he reached the Barons Della Quara, who still own it today. The Castle has a square plan divided into different floors and with drawbridge at its entrance.

Desenzano del Garda (9 Km)

Villa Romana

Presumably attributable to the Roman citizen Decentius, Roman Villa had more constructive periods between the end of the Republican era (1st century BC) and the late Imperial age (see sec. A.D.) and represents the most important witness in Northern Italy of late antique Roman villa.

Desenzano del Garda (9 Km)

Duomo di S. Maria Maddalena

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Maddalena, built on the area of the ancient parish church, dominates the Main Square of Desenzano del Garda and offers inside many important works, including the famous painting of the Last Supper by Tiepolo, a beautiful cycle of works by Andrea Celesti dedicated to Mary Magdalene.

Desenzano del Garda (9 Km)

Castello di Desenzano del Garda

The Castle of Desenzana del Garda was built in the Middle Ages and reflects the characteristics of the city itself. It is thought that the structure was built on the foundations of a Roman castle. The enlargements carried out over the years were intended to host military and shelter formations for the local population. There are only a few walls left of the old castle. The property boasts a beautiful view of Lake Garda.

Desenzano del Garda (9 Km)

Museo Archeologico "Giovanni Rambotti"

The museum was established during the 90s, and took its name in honor of Giovanni Rambotti, the famous personality of the '800. In the interior there is a large collection of archaeological finds dating from prehistory, especially the bronze era. The most famous piece of the museum is the Plough of Lavagnone (2000 BC), a wooden object from the civilization of Polada.

Gavardo (10 Km)

Museo Archeologico della Valle Sabbia

The Museum houses the exhibits coming from the Valle Sabbia, from the stilts of Lucone di Polpenazze, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and from the Roman necropolis of Salò: cave bears, pyrogae, mythological water bottles and more.

Lonato (11 Km)

Rocca di Lonato

The Rocca di Lonato dates back to the tenth century, when it was built on top of the relief of the morainic amphitheater in the center of Lonato del Garda. Its function was to defend and protect the surrounding city. Under the management of the Visconti, the walls were extended to the inhabited village. After passing ownership to the Gonzaga and the Republic of Venice, since 1920 the structure has been managed by Ugo Da Como and its Foundation.

Lonato (11 Km)

Museo Casa del Podestà-Fondazione "Ugo da Como"

The Casa del Podestà Museum - Fondazione “Ugo da Como” was founded around the fifteenth century and together with the Rocca complex and the former prisons constitutes the buildings managed by the homonymous Foundation. The Museum has approximately 52,000 volumes and several manuscripts and prints. Of particular interest are the letters of Ugo Foscolo dedicated to Countess Marzia Martinengo and several drawings by Tiepolo.

Lonato (11 Km)

Torre Civica

The Civic Tower is one of the historical and characteristic monuments of the city of Lonato. The construction was started in 1555 and featured an onion dome, then modified to a short overbuilding adorned with battlements. Characteristic was the hammer sound of the bells that regulated the life of the Lonatesi.

Lonato (11 Km)

Basilica Minore

Example of Baroque architecture, built on a project by the Lonatese Paolo Soratini. The aerial dome and the façade decorated with marble elements are remarkable. In 1980 he received from the Pope the title of Basilica Minor. It is enriched inside by frescoes, stuccoes and altarpieces by Venetian authors, including Balestra, Cignaroli and Licino.

Vobarno (11 Km)

Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta

Desenzano del Garda (14 Km)

Torre di San Martino

The tower of San Martino della Battaglia di Desenzano is 74 meters high and was raised between 1880 and 1893, by the architect Frizzoni of Bergamo and by the engineers Monterumici and Cavalieri, in memory of the battle held on 24 June 1859. The tower is decorated inside with frescoes depicting Renaissance episodes. In the park there is an ossuary, which houses the remains of 2,619 Italian and Austrian soldiers.

Lonato (14 Km)

Fornaci Romane

South of Lonato, lies the "Furnace of Eddies", where recently were found six Roman brickworks. They seem to bear witness to the presence of an important craft complex, dating to the 1st-2nd century AD, that has probably supplied building material for the construction of several buildings and villas in the neighboring territory.

Gargnano (15 Km)

Palazzo Feltrinelli

Desenzano del Garda (16 Km)

Lavagnone

The excavations carried out on the site since the twentieth century brought to light the finds from the ancient lake basin of Lavagnone, which today is completely reclaimed. Of the ancient lake inhabited since 6500 BC, various materials have been found, of particular importance is a plow, which is the oldest in the world, dating back to 2000 BC.

Sabbio Chiese (16 Km)

Rocca

Pozzolengo (17 Km)

Castello Mastio

The Mastio Castle of Pozzolengo was built in the twelfth century. Its purpose was to defend the inhabitants from the invasions of the Magiari. During the 15th and 16th centuries, several restorations were made at the castle. In fact, this was greatly expanded. The building has a trapezoidal structure, with numerous cylindrical towers, one of which has been transformed into a bell tower.

Pozzolengo (17 Km)

Castello

The Castle of Pozzolengo was built approximately in the 9th — 10th century, rebuilt in the 13th century and renovated in the 16th century; it has a trapezoidal plan and rises on Mount Fluno. In the curtain of the walls with Guelph battlements, cylindrical towers are inserted and inside the Castle you can admire the remains of the Church of San Lorenzo martyr.

Pozzolengo (17 Km)

Palazzo Gelmetti

Headquarters of the Town Hall since the beginning of the 20th century, it was built in 1800.It was the residence of the noble Gelmetti family; it was entrusted to the Municipality in 1883, which bought it in 1888. Inside there are richly frescoed rooms.

Pozzolengo (17 Km)

Chiesa di S. Lorenzo

Parish church of 1510 subject to various extensions and renovations in the '700. It has a neoclassical facade with a large central window and an impressive bronze door, the work of the sculptor Carnessali. It is worth noting inside the seventeenth-century organ and the canvases by Brusasorci and Andrea Celesti.

Gargnano (18 Km)

Le Limonaie

Mazzano (18 Km)

Museo del Vino e del Cavatappi

The Mazzucchelli Museums consist of the Museum of Fashion and Costume, Wine and Corkscrew Museum and the Giammaria Mazzucchelli House Museum. The Wine and Corkscrew Museum offers the public a large collection of 2000 pieces among vintage corkscrews and other objects concerning wine cultivation. Of great interest are also the panels that illustrate the techniques and the various phases of cultivation and processing until you reach the last phase, that of bottling wine.

Lonato (20 Km)

Museo Civico Ornitologico

The Ornithological Civic Museum was inaugurated in 1996. It exhibits about three hundred specimens that are part of the Collection of the Municipality of Lonato, purchased in 1979 by the “Don Calabria” Institute. The museum structure expanded in 2000 with the addition of windows with Brazilian birds and migratory birds from Lake Garda.

Other attractions in Manerba del Garda

Beaches

Spiaggia Castello

Beaches

Spiaggia le Fontanelle

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CASA OLGA

Padenghe sul Garda (6 Km) - Piazza Caduti 6

e-mail +393387123376

ALBERGO AURORA

Sirmione (9 Km) - Via Xxv Aprile 51

e-mail www +3930919009

APPARTAMENTI BORGO DEI LIMONI

Gargnano (17 Km) - Via Repubblica 29

e-mail www +3936571440

Residence Boschetti

Manerba del Garda - Via Boschetti 27/A

e-mail www +393651980788

VILLA PARADISO SUITE

Moniga del Garda (2 Km) - Via Del Magone 15

e-mail www +39365502761

Hotel San Filis

San Felice del Benaco (4 Km) - Via Marconi, 5

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Villa Cortine Palace Hotel

Sirmione (6 Km) - Via Caio Valerio Catullo, 6

e-mail www +39309905890

GRAND HOTEL GARDONE

Gardone Riviera (7 Km) - Ccorso Zanardelli 84

e-mail www +3936520261

Hotel Bellerive

Salo' (7 Km) - Via Pietro Da Salò, 11

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The Queen Tower

Desenzano del Garda (8 Km) - Via Castello, 64

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HOTEL VILLA CAPRI

Gardone Riviera (8 Km) - Via Zanardelli 172

e-mail www +3936521537

Lido International

Desenzano del Garda (9 Km) - Via T. Dal Molin, 63

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The Garda Village

Sirmione (9 Km) - Via Coorti Romane 47

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Hotel Bolero

Sirmione (11 Km) - Via Verona 254

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VIP'S MOTEL

Lonato (11 Km) - Via Rassica, 9/B

e-mail www +39309133489

Hotel Bogliaco

Bogliaco (15 Km) - Via Cesare Battisti 4

e-mail www +3936571404

Villa Cappellina

Toscolano (15 Km) - Via Statale, 200

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Agriturismo Moscatello

Pozzolengo (16 Km) - Localita' Moscatello Di Sotto 3/5

e-mail www +3930918521

HOTEL LIVIA

Gargnano (17 Km) - 42. V. Della Liberta'

e-mail www +3936571233

Asino Che Vola

Provaglio Val Sabbia (17 Km) - Via Belvedere, 54

e-mail www +393470324345

Bed & Breakfast Asinochevola. A Provaglio Val Sabbia (BS), at 800m above sea level, in the land of the two lakes, between the lakes of Garda & Idro. In nature, in a place close to heaven clean and bright. Home nestled in the green new construction, the place chosen with care, well exposed. Beautiful panorama. Two rooms used a B & B both bright (see photo album) with private bathroom and balcony.

VILLA FENAROLI PALACE HOTEL

Rezzato (19 Km) - Via Mazzini 14

e-mail www +39302793223

Hotel garnì Al Poggio

Tignale (23 Km) - Via Antonio Gramsci, 3

e-mail www +39365760176

The Hotel is located in a peaceful area above the Garda Lake in the middle of the enchanting park of the Alto Garda Bresciano. The position - only few kilometers from the lake - offers to the guests the possibility to spend a nice and relaxing holiday and to make various sports activities. The Hotel position is an ideal starting point to organize trips, excursions, pleasant walks or mountain bike tours, other activities such as Surfing, Sailing, Canyoning, Rafting, Golf are also practicable in the near area.