Gargnano Holidays

Beloved of writer D H Lawrence, Gargnano is a large but sparsely populated resort on the western shore of Lake Garda.

It is composed of a multitude of lake and hillside villages and hamlets, whose landscapes vary from Mediterranean to more Nordic; there is a genuine fjord in Gargano’s Valvestino Valley, a place where ancient fishing villages co-exist with rural settlements of tiny, narrow streets and grassy meadows.

Gargnano also offers visitors historic villas, palazzos, beautiful churches, gardens, and citrus groves. As the sailing capital of Lake Garda it is the starting point each September for the extremely prestigious Centomiglia International Regatta, the entire lakes’ region’s most important yacht race.