Desenzano del Garda - Italian comune

Desenzano del Garda is in Brescia province, by Lake Garda.

Understand

• IAT Desenzano del Garda (Tourist information), Via Porto Vecchio 34, 45.470928°, 10.539960°, +39 0303748726, iat.desenzano@provincia.brescia.it. Nov-May M, Tu, Th 10.00-13.00, 14.00-18.00, W 10.00-12.30, 14.00-17.00, F 10.00-13.00, 14.00-17.00, Sa 9.30-12.30. 2016-05-06

Get in

By train

• Stazione di Desenzano del Garda-Sirmione, Piazza Einaudi 10, 45.462719°, 10.536597°. 2016-05-13

By boat

• Ferry pier, 45.470138°, 10.541682°. Desenzano is one of the main ferry hubs on the lake. There are connections from there to many destinations at the shores of the lake. 2016-07-13

Get around

By bus

The town centre is small enough to explore on foot. If your accommodation is out of the centre then take a local bus to get there.

• Urban buses. There are 3 local bus lines in the town plus in season there is yet another one which runs only on Sundays. Single €1 2016-07-17
• Trenino turistico. In season a tourist "train" (a tractor with a trailer) meanders through the town. €4 2016-07-17

See

• Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena (Duomo), 45.471474°, 10.539156°. A Baroque church with Last Supper fresco by Gian Battista Tiepolo. 2016-05-07
• Villa Romana, Via Crocefisso, 22, 45.473325°, 10.538279°, +39 030 914 3547. Mar-Oct Tu-Su 8.30-19.30; Nov-Feb Tu-Sa 8.30-16.30, Su 8.30-14.00. Some modest remains of a Roman villa with mosaics, excavated in 1921. €4 2016-05-07
• Castello (Castle), Via Fosse Castello, 45.469551°, 10.537949°. €3 2016-05-10
• Museo Archeologico "Giovanni Rambotti" (Giovanni Rambotti Museum), Via Anelli 42 (Chiostro di Santa Maria de Senioribus), 45.468295°, 10.543933°, +39 030 9144529. Tu-W 9.00 - 13.00; Th-F 15.00 - 19.00; Sa, Su 14.30 - 19.00. It shows the many finds, which were found in the peat bog of Polada lying between Desenzano and Lonato and in the territory Lavagnone. It was a prehistoric lake-dwelling, which was located 5 kilometers from the center today. The museum shows among the many finds also a plow made ​​of oak from the southern Alpine Bronze Age (about 2200 BC). 2016-05-18
• Rocca di Lonato del Garda, 45.462795°, 10.486493°, +39 030 9130060. Jul-Aug Sa-Su 10.00-12.00, 14.30-18.30. 15th century castle with a nice natural garden and ornithological museum. A visit to the castle can be additionally combined with Casa del Podestà (House of the Podestà) 2016-05-08

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Go next

• Sirmione – to see the castle (Castello Scaligeri) and the ruins of the Roman villa (Grotte di Catullo).