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Lake Garda holidays

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Lake Garda
Lake Garda

Live the Italian way of life in the villages of Lake Garda. Capturing Italy's cosmopolitan style, simple pleasures like lingering over rich coffee, dipping into ice cream sundaes and wandering along the lakeside are the best way to spend your days, while watersports, the fantastic Gardaland theme park and trips to Verona add a little excitement.

Italy's most popular and largest lake, Lake Garda sits in northern Italy, close to the city of Verona.

What's best for you?

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Free Kids

 

You can take your first child on holiday with us free of charge. If a Free Child Place is available on the holiday you choose, it’s yours – and your discount will be shown on the breakdown of your holiday price. Free Kids are generally found on holidays departing outside of 12 weeks.

 

We offer hundreds of Free Child Places on selected holidays and dates, but they won’t hang around forever! Book early to secure your Free Child Place and make fantastic savings online.

Best for Families

These accommodations are family-friendly, offering entertainment and facilities for both kids and grown-ups.

 

Some may feature their own kids’ club, crèche, kids’ dens, or sports and activities for families to enjoy together.

Best for Adults

These accommodations provide a holiday experience geared toward grown-ups. They’re best suited to couples, single travellers and groups of friends.

 

Although we can’t guarantee they will be child-free, these accommodations are more suited to those travelling without children.

All Inclusive

Our All Inclusive holidays cover all your essentials, so you can relax knowing that everything is already paid for while you’re on holiday with the UK’s ‘Best All Inclusive Tour Operator’.

What’s included?

  • Unlimited local alcoholic drinks
  • All meals and snacks
  • Unlimited soft drinks, tea and coffee
  • Ice cream for the kids in many hotels
  • Sports and watersports facilities in most hotels
  • Daytime and evening entertainment and activities

Premier

An exclusive selection of quality four and five star hotels, our Premier range offers superior standards of comfort, service and dining, with luxurious facilities and fantastic extras. In-flight and in-resort benefits vary across our Premier Family, Premier Luxury and Falcon Premier holidays.

 

Benefits may include:

  • Free in-flight meal and reserved seating on First Choice Airways flights
  • Increased baggage allowance (up to 23kg per person)
  • Free day before check-in at London Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham Airports
  • Priority airport transfers to your resort or return private taxi transfers
  • Premier Reps providing outstanding customer service and assistance
  • Complimentary children's’ pack with Premier Families

Close to the Beach

Choose one of these accommodations to ensure you are within 300 metres of the beach (1km for villas).

Central Location

These accommodations are guaranteed to be less than 200 metres from the centre of your resort, close to bars and restaurants.

Things to do

Lake Garda

Memorable moment...

Watch colourful fireworks light up the lake, after soaking up the Italian culture with a romantic summer concert on Garda's beautiful waterfront.

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Things to do

Visit ancient Garda and Malcesine's 13th century castle, where a cable car scales Monte Baldo, offering spectacular views. Get swept up with the emotion at an opera in Verona. For action-packed days, enjoy watersports or explore the rolling landscape, cycling past vineyards, lemon trees and olive groves. Head to Gardaland, Italy's biggest theme park, drive through the Dolomite mountains or relax at Parco Termale del Garda's thermal spa. Sail to waterfront villages, to wander picturesque lanes and sun-baked promenades, before sailing back beneath romantic starry skies.
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Beaches

As Italy's premier lake destination, beaches dot the shoreline against green hills and spectacular mountains. Alternating shingle, pebble and sand, many beaches provide watersports and promenades. Enjoy windsurfing off Riva's white pebble beaches or take boat rides from Limone.

Blue Flag Beaches

218 beaches in Italy. Details at www.blueflag.org

www.blueflag.org

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Explore your destination

Here's a little taste of what's on offer: for more excursion ideas, speak to your Rep.

Venice by day or night
Take a guided tour round this incredibly romantic city, with free time to visit St Mark's Cathedral, climb up the bell tower in St Mark's Square or take a gondola ride along Venice's famous canals.

Arena di Verona
You can enjoy extravagant performances of Aida, Carmen and other well-known operas in this unforgettable setting, during high season. You'll join thousands of spectators holding candles in Verona's Roman amphitheatre as the sun goes down and the show begins.

The Dolomites
Close to the Austrian border, these spectacular mountains offer breathtaking views, made famous by The Sound of Music. You can take a cable car ride up to the Sass Pordoi and, at 3,000m above sea-level, you'll feel on top of the world.

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Food and drink

Overflowing with restaurants, pavement cafes, ice cream parlours and stylish bistros, Lake Garda's villages and waterfront promenades provide the ideal setting for tasting Italy's pasta, pizza, seafood, ice cream and coffee. Try the local freshwater fish, extra-virgin olive oil, lemons, olives and famous wines, including Bardolino's fresh ruby wine and Valpolicella and Soave wines.

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Evening Flavour

Many villages offer superb evening dining, chic late-night cafes and beautiful views. From romantic peace to lively action, venture into Bardolino's open air discos, Riva's clubs and Garda's lakeside, with its summertime concerts, jazz bands and twilight fireworks.

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Shopping

Brimming with stylish Italian boutiques, explore Garda's cobbled lanes, Limone's tiny piazzas and enchanting Bardolino. Don't miss Malcesine's waterfront artists and the colourful markets of Limone, Riva and Garda.

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Fact File

Local weather

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Information

Language: Italian. Currency: Euro. Standard GMT: +1hr. Italian Tourist Office: 1 Princess Street, London W1B 2AY. Tel: 020 7408 1254. www.italiantourism.com

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Travel money

Euro

You can get commission-free foreign exchange on currency notes and travellers cheques at most First Choice Travel Shops and Holiday Hypermarkets.

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