The mild climate, the lake and the
fertile hills have always been Bardolino's assets. It
was these same resources that caused this territory to
be claimed by emperors, monks and noble families who built
castles, palaces and monasteries. Throughout the centuries
an extraordinary historical and artistic heritage has
formed revealed today by the towers and remains of the
Scaliger walls, by the beautiful churches (small masterpieces
of Romanesque art) and by the garden parks and Venetian
style villas.
Today Bardolino has become one of the most
renowned Italian tourist resorts. Here you'll find both
the modern and the antique. To accommodate tourists in
Bardolino and Cisano along the lake and at Calmasino in
the hills, there are over fifty hotels, numerous summer
residences and a dozen large camping sites. Restaurants
use the local fish and agricultural crops for their needs.
Lake fish is used in dozens of dishes, accompanied by
the famous Bardolino red or rosè (Chiaretto) wines,
as well as by the light flavoured olive oil.
Behind Bardolino
is Cavaion Veronese, land of soft rolling hills covered
with vineyards and olive groves. The chroniclers of the
fourteenth century sustained that the best wines in Italy
came from here. Today's gourmands consume the wine and
olive oil with the local asparagus. A small museum in
Cavaion has gathered precious prehistoric and Roman finds.
Hotels and facilities for leisure time activities welcome
the tourist just a few minutes from the lake.
