Lake Garda
The largest lake in Italy, cutting into the edge of the Alps between Brescia and Verona. Glaciers shaped it at the end of the last ice age, and its shores, shared by Lombardy, Veneto and Trentino, are lined with olive groves, old harbours and lemon houses.
- Where
- Garda, Lombardy, Italy
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 45.6333, 10.6667
Get the Lake Garda stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Lake Garda. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Lombardy volume with your photos and a note.
Near Lake Garda
Grottoes of Catullus 15 km
The ruins of a large Roman villa at the very tip of the Sirmione peninsula on Lake Garda, built around the turn of the 1st century BC and AD. The name ties it to the poet Catullus, who wrote of Sirmione, though the villa was never shown to be his.
Gardaland 20 km
Italy's best known amusement park, opened in 1975 beside Lake Garda in the province of Verona. The resort now includes a Sea Life aquarium, a Legoland water park and three themed hotels around the roller coasters of the main park.
Piazza delle Erbe 33 km
A long square in the heart of Verona that was once the town's Roman forum. Market stalls under white umbrellas still fill its centre, surrounded by frescoed houses, a marble fountain and the Lamberti tower.
Verona Arena 33 km
A Roman amphitheatre in the centre of Verona and one of the best preserved anywhere, thanks to restoration that began in the 16th century. It is still in use, and each summer its stone tiers fill for a season of open-air opera.
Scrovegni Chapel 98 km
A small chapel in Padua whose walls are covered from floor to vaulted blue ceiling in frescoes by Giotto, painted in the early 14th century. Visitors go in small groups through a climate-controlled room, and the cycle is counted among the founding works of Western painting.
Basilica of Saint Anthony 98 km
The great pilgrimage church of Padua, built over the tomb of Saint Anthony and known locally simply as Il Santo. Its domes and minaret-like towers mix Byzantine and Gothic styles, and the high altar holds bronzes by Donatello.
Bernina Pass 100 km
A high pass in the Bernina Range linking St. Moritz and the Engadin with the Italian-speaking Val Poschiavo. The Bernina railway crosses it in the open, running past the pale waters of Lago Bianco, a few kilometres east of Piz Bernina.
Diavolezza 102 km
A col and ski area at 2,958 metres above the Val Bernina, between Munt Pers and Piz Trovat. A cable car climbs to it from the Bernina road, and the terrace looks straight across at the glaciers of Piz Palü and the Bernina massif.
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Questions
Where is Lake Garda?
Lake Garda is in Garda, Lombardy, Italy. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Grottoes of Catullus (15 km), Gardaland (20 km), Piazza delle Erbe (33 km).
How do I get the Lake Garda stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Lake Garda and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Lombardy volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Lake Garda before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Lombardy volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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