 
|
|
Clustered around the foot of the castle and the "Captains' Palace", the old town with its small port, squares and streets filled with shops, bars and picturesque restaurants has a magical charm. With more than a hundred hotels, over three hundred apartments, numerous rooms to let, villas and twelve camping sites, Malcesine is one of the most elegant and well-equipped holiday resorts on the lake. The pleasant mild climate all year round permits walks and excursions in the hinterland and on Mount Baldo, which is known as the "Botanical Garden of Europe" due to its huge variety of plant species. The community covers about 68 square kilometers and also includes the towns of Cassone (3 km south, in the direction of Brenzone) and Navene (3 km north, in the direction of Torbole), an important location for sailing buffs and windsurf fans. An exciting 15 minute cable car ride links Malcesine to Tratto Spino (1778 m.). It is the point of departure for hikes and excursions in summer and for the ski slopes in winter. Chair lifts and ski lifts access over 11 km of ski runs that are of varying difficulty and cover a difference in height of 400 m. The "Malcesine Più" Institute organises concerts of classical music, jazz, rock and choral music, stage shows and ballets, during the sommer season in the undercover theatre of the town's castle. The residents of Malcesine are quite proud of their oil. This is a prized liquid, harvested from difficult terrain in a mediterranean oasis between the foggy plains of the Po Valley and the eternal glaciers of the Alps. Slow ripening of the olives, permitting olives to be harvested to produce: superior quality oil, light oil, extremely low acidity. Malcesine gives the possibility of practising fascinating and unique sports enhanced by the local landscape and climate: sailing and windsurfing.The two prevailing winds of the lake, the Peler from the north in the morning and the Ora from the south in the afternoon are ideal for sailing and windsurfing
|
Castello
Alpi Baia
Verde Capri
Carmen Cristallo
Diana
Ideal
Lago di Garda
Smeralda Venezia
Alpino Casa Serena
Edera Modena
Alpi - Al Parco Casa
Ranci
La Perla
Monte Baldo Cable Car
The new cableway, unique in the world with its rotating cabins, carries from Malcesine to Monte Baldo in only ten minutes and offers you a world of panoramic views and escursions of great fascination. The modern cable-car station on the valley, with its great carparking and elevators, makes the voyage easier also to unfit people. It is also possible to transport paragliders and bikes. The Monte Baldo's area is a fine area for practicing mountain biking, thanks to the existence of innumerable mule paths and trails.Malcesine-Monte Baldo is also ideal for spectacular flights that drop 1700 meters to Lake Garda on the west and the glacial moraine hills to the south. Price per person (Summer 2005) Malcesine - Monte Baldo and return Euro 16,00
official HomePage
Walks map
Scaliger Castle
The original fort was supposedly built by the Lombards. Destroyed in 590 and later rebuilt after the Hungarian invasions, the castle became part of the large estates of the bishops of Verona. Between 1277 and 1387 it belonged to the Della Scala family, and up until 1403 it was owned by the Visconti family. From 1405 to 1797 - apart from the decade starting in 1506 - it belonged to the Venetian Republic. The French owned the castle during the days of Napoleon. From 1798 to 1866 the Austrians took over the castle and also did extensive renovations. The castle was declared a national monument on August 22, 1902. Today it houses a small museum dedicated to the territory of Lake Garda and especially to the rocks, fossils, flora and fauna of the Mount Baldo area. A room dedicated to Goethe displays drawings that the poet sketched of the lake during his trip to Italy. Opening hours: from the 1st April to the 31st Oktober every day from 09.00 a.m. to 07.30 p.m. Winter opening: Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Entrance Euro 5,00
|
|