TORBOLE - LAKE GARDA

TORBOLE - LAKE GARDA. VLOG ABOUT TORBOLE - LAKE GARDA. TIPS ON THINGS TO DO IN TORBOLE SUL GARDA, ITALY'S BIGGEST LAKE PARADISE FOR WINDSURF AND SAILING! WATCH THE TORBOLE LAKE GARDA VIDEO!

TORBOLE, ON LAKE GARDA IN TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE, IS THE LAND OF SPORTS. WATER SPORTS LIKE SAILING OR WINDSURFING, YEAR-ROUND SPORTS IN TORBOLE THANKS TO THE CONSTANT WINDS THAT BLOW ON THIS PART OF LAKE GARDA.
BUT NOT ONLY SAILING AND WINDSURFING! TORBOLE SUL GARDA IS ALSO POPULAR FOR CLIMBING AND TREKKING! THIS SPOT ON LAKE GARDA ITALY HAS LOTS OF PATHS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY.
A GOOD WALK IS THE ONE CALLED “BUSATTE-TEMPESTA”. THIS PATH STARTS ABOVE TORBOLE AND LEADS TO TEMPESTA, A DISTRICT OF TORBOLE. THE PATH PROCEEDS ALONG THE SHORE AND THE VIEW ON LAKE GARDA YOU HAVE FROM HERE IS SIMPLY FANTASTIC! BUT TORBOLE IS GREAT ALSO FOR BICYCLE LOVERS! YOU CAN LEAVE FROM RIVA DEL GARDA AND RIDE ALONG THE NORTHERN SHORE OF LAKE GARDA UP TO TORBOLE AND THE BICYCLE PATH OF VALLAGARINA, LEADING TO ROVERETO AND TRENTO, OR YOU CAN ALSO GO SOUTH, TO VERONA.

TORBOLE RISES ON A LITTLE HARBOUR IN THE NORTH EASTERN PART OF LAKE GARDA. THE ANCIENT HOUSES, THE SQUARES AND THE COBBLED STREETS EMBRACE THE OLD PORT OF TORBOLE AND FORM AN AMPHITHEATER ON THIS PART OF THE CITY, THAT INSPIRED MANY ARTISTS IN THE PAST YEARS AND NOWADAYS INSTILL PEACE TO THE TOURISTS.
PICTURESQUE SPOTS LIKE THE OLD CUSTOMS OR THE HOUSE OF THE DUTY INSPIRED THE GREAT GERMAN WRITER GOETHE, WHO IS CELEBRATED WITH A PLAQUE AND A SMALL STATUE.
BUT NOT JUST GOETHE, TORBOLE WAS THE CHOICE OF MANY GERMAN ARTISTS, ESPECIALLY PAINTERS, WHO FOUND GREAT INSPIRATION IN THE BEAUTY OF LAKE GARDA!

THE BEUST HOUSE IS A HISTORICAL BUILDING IN TORBOLE FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. A FRESCO BY HANS LIETZMANN, A PAINTER FROM BERLIN, REPRESENTS SAINT ANTHONY THAT SPEAKS TO THE FISHES. HANS LIETZMANN WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PAINTER FOR TORBOLE AND LAKE GARDA, BECAUSE HE CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORBOLE FROM A FISHERMEN VILLAGE TO AN INTERNATIONAL TOURIST DESTINATION.
HE MOVED HERE AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND OPENED A SCHOOL OF PAINTING THAT ATTRACTED MANY GERMAN PAINTERS, AND THAT HELPED TO SPREAD THE FAME AND THE IMAGE OF TORBOLE IN CENTRAL EUROPE.

THANKS TO THE VENTILATED POSITION AND THE BAN FOR MOTOR BOATS IN THIS CORNER OF LAKE GARDA TORBOLE HAS BECOME A WORLDWIDE KNOWN SAILING AND SURF TOWN. IT IS NOW AN AUTHENTIC PARADISE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THIS KIND OF SPORTS! BUT DON’T WORRY! IF THESE SPORTS ARE NOT FOR YOU, IN TORBOLE YOU HAVE FULLY EQUIPPED BEACHES TO ENJOY THE LAKE AND THE SUN!

A BEAUTIFUL HIKE IS THE ONE THAT STARTS FROM TORBOLE AND LEADS TO THE GIANT’S POT IN NAGO. THE GIANT’S POT ARE GLACIAL PITS THAT WERE FORMED ACROSS MILLION YEARS DUE TO THE EROSION OF THE ICE. THEY CAN BE 15-16 FEET WIDE AND MEASURE ABOUT 40 FEET IN DEPTH. THE ICE ALSO SMOOTHED THE ROCKS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND CREATED VERTICAL SIDES THAT TODAY ARE A BLESSING FOR CLIMBERS COMING ON LAKE GARDA FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD!

ALSO ON MOUNT BRIONE, BETWEEN TORBOLE AND RIVA DEL GARDA, YOU WILL FIND BEAUTIFUL PATHS, WELL KEPT AND WELL MARKED, WHERE YOU CAN DISCOVER BEAUTIFUL PLACES, FOR INSTANCE THE GARDA FORTRESS, BUILT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY TO PROTECT THE NORTHERN SHORE OF LAKE GARDA. THE VIEW ON LAKE GARDA FROM THIS FORTRESS IS AMAZING!

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