The 10 Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Lake Garda, Lake Garda

Paolo Bonomelli's Olive Farm is located in Torri del Benaco, on the eastern shore of Lake Garda, called "Riviera degli Ulivi" (Olive Riviera) Entirely dedicated to the production of extra virgin olive oils of Excellence. The award-wining Ca'Rainene Extra Virgin Olive Oils. Paolo Bonomelli Olive Farm is equipped with all the facilities and requirements necessary to ensure the complete monitoring of the production chain and the traceability of the products at all stages of the production process, under the care and direct responsibility of Paolo Bonomelli: from the land to the oil mill; from the storage to the analytical laboratories; from the warehouses to tasting rooms, where clients and visitors are welcomed. The Farm has developed over the years thanks to strict scientific principles and its constant search for quality taken to the extreme, through the control of each production phase, "from field to bottle." Each choice is the result of a careful study and precise technical and strategic evaluations, aimed exclusively at the highest quality of the product.

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Lugana, a growing area of unexpected quality. Thirty hectares of vineyards caressed by the winds of Lake Garda. Four generations with a passionate commitment to their land, their vines, and their wines. This is the portrait of Montonale and the dream of three brothers, Claudio, Roberto and Valentino Girelli. You can purchase at our wine shop or book tours with tastings.

The Zeni winery is located on the first hill beside the city center of Bardolino. From 1870 the Zeni Families have been dedicated in to the growing of the local vines and in to the production of the veronese classical wines. This wines are: Bardolino, Custoza, Lugana, Soave and Valpolicella, where inside the classical area the family has one more winery. From 1991 inside the winery in Bardolino is located the Wine Museum, a collection and proof of the local and ancient veronese wine tradition. The Wine Museum and adjacent Vinoteca are free entry for all individual visitors. For groups of 10 or more people the reservation is required. For both individual visitors and groups we required the reservation also for the visit of the entire winery. The Zeni winery is proud to present GO the olfactory gallery, a new eno-sensory tasting, which is the first of its kind in Italy.

Nestled amongst the stunning Southern hills of Lake Garda, in the heart of the historical centre of Lonato, lies the home of the Ugo Da Como Foundation with the castle (Rocca Visconteo Veneta) and the house-museum (Casa del Podestà). An evocative visit takes you through the furnished rooms of the house, also to a stunning library filled with a precious ancient book collection. The house is surrounded by splendid private gardens and the last step of the visit takes you up to the Visconti-Venetian fortress, admired by Napoleon.

The "Casa del Podesta" was erected towards in the mid fifteenth century as the residence of the representative of the Republic of Venice in Lonato, a territory which was under Venetian domination for almost 350 years. The House of the Podesta or chief magistrate belonged to Venice until the Treaty of Campoformio in 1797, when it became Austrian propriety and was turned into a military barracks. In the second half of the nineteenth century the building passed at the ends at the Town Hall of Lonato which took not interested in it, using it as poorhouse for the town poorest families. In 1906 the Liberal deputy Ugo Da Como bought it at a public auction and submitted it to a radical restoration based on the historicist recovery of the original style: appointing Antonio Tagliaferri, the most important Brescia architect of the period, as supervisor of the works.