Day 25 Bardolino

A fantastic sight seeing trip today. We took the regional bus to Malcesine which was an hour long very scenic drive along the side of Lake Garda. Apart from some beautiful little villages along the way, there were also some gorgeous houses and hotels. The scenery is a little similar to Queenstown but older and with more character. Although a bit windy the lake was relatively calm and there were plenty of boats to be seen. At Malcesine township we boarded a huge cable car which carried about 45 people at one time. It climbed up the hill side and then we got out and climbed into another one for the second part of the climb. The cable car is famous for getting people up Mount Baldo at 1760 m of altitude while also rotating, giving everyone a 360 degree view. It was an amazing view and the temperature up there at 21 degrees was delicious. There were paths everywhere to walk to even higher points. There were two big restaurants and alpaca, sheep and cows with cowbells on ringing in the distance.
After a couple of hours up there we descended to the most beautiful town. Every corner was worth a photo and there were very interesting shops so we were reluctant to leave to catch the 5 pm bus back to Bardolino. We organised ourselves for tomorrow’s trip to Ghent and then had our last evening in this beautiful town at the best restaurant we have been to. This is definitely one of our favourite places.Read more