Gardone Centro Apartment Green Vacations - Family Lodgings - Lakeside Lodgings - Standalone Lodgings

Character: Spacious, comfortable, panoramic apartment in a tiny hamlet right on the lake shore. Advantages: Great location, very large and well-furnished, super-friendly hosts. Location: In Gardone, a very pretty little lakeside town about halfway up the western coast of Lake Garda. Boats, shops and restaurants are just downstairs. Take the boat to all towns on the lake, or drive to Trento, Verona or the Alps within an hour. Click here to see a map. Size: sleeps 7 on two floors; the lower floor has a large living room with fireplace, couches and chairs and private balcony overlooking the lake, annexed kitchen, charming double bedroom and modern bathroom with whirlpool tub. The upper floor has two double bedrooms, one single bedroom and another full bathroom. Features: Nice furniture, independent heating, air conditioning in the upstairs bedrooms, dishwasher, microwave, washing machine and wall safe. The balcony is furnished with tables and chairs. Price includes swimming pool privileges at the owner's hotel 300 yards away. Minimum stay: Four nights. Disadvantages: On the third floor (no elevator). Above a little square with a cafe and a restaurant so noise may bother very light sleepers in the master bedroom. Car needed: Yes.

Northern Europeans have long known about the superb scenic splendors of Lake Garda, whose glimmering blue waters stretch far off on the horizon interrupted only by the picturesque Island of Garda. The beautifully sculptured coastline encompasses many different microcosms. There's the fairy-tale town of Sirmione with its turreted castle, the historic turn-of-the-century resort towns, majestic Mount Baldo - which the locals affectionately call the sleeping giant - and there are the beautiful silver olive groves that produce what many consider to be the best oil in all of Italy. Our favorite part is the western shore, starting at the adorable little village of Gardone. Although there's plenty of activity here too -- such as the well-equipped private beach, great little restaurant and lively cafe that are right below this apartment -- the towns are much smaller and quainter, and the area lies within a National Park filled with olive groves, lemon and palm trees, bougainvillea and rare Mediterranean herb bushes. During many months of the year it is normal to see luxuriant flowers and century-old trees against a backdrop of snowy alpine mountains.

Right in the heart of the village, on the lakeshore in front of the boat dock, there is a landmark 19th-century building whose top two floors are occupied by this very large duplex apartment. With its four bedrooms, it offers comfortable sleeping for seven people (and no one has to camp out on the couch!). Walk three short flights up from the street and you'll enter the sunny living room, where plenty of seating is arranged around a fireplace. The opposite wall opens up to a long covered balcony where you can sit at two tables and chairs and gaze out at the spectacular scenery or watch the village activity for hours on end. Back inside, just beyond the dining area, is the beautiful kitchen, equipped with a full freezer-fridge, range, oven, dishwasher, and microwave. Completing this level of the duplex are the master bedroom with queen bed, and a bathroom with whirlpool bathtub and washing machine. Upstairs, under the traditional mansard roof, are two air-conditioned double bedrooms (one of which can have twin beds), as well as a single bedroom and a full bathroom with stall shower.

The owners of this apartment also have a hotel 300 yards away. Guests of Gardone Centro Apartment are welcome to use the hotel's panoramic swimming pool for adults (measuring 88 x 30 feet), small pool for children and spacious terrace reserved for sunbathing. The hotel's friendly staff are always there to help you, including recommendations for romantic lakeside restaurants or quaint, cheerful trattorias nestled amongst the olive groves and vineyards.

For this property:
Included in the price: taxes, services, electricity, heating, air conditioning, one set of all linens, final cleaning, use of the swimming pool at the hotel (May 1-October 31, weather permitting).

Optional Extras
Internet access at the hotel (ask front desk for price); garage parking across the street (there is also free parking about 200 yards away).

We regret that this apartment is not suitable for children under six years old.

Please note that you need a car to stay here.

It is not possible to guarantee Internet access at any property, because the property does not generate the service, it merely provides access from a server. If the server experiences any kind of problem at all, the property regrets it cannot be responsible for any inconvenience caused by subsequent lack of service.

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