The Upper Garda is a great open-air museum. Through the succession of ages, our territory has accumulated the memories of those who have lived here and at times, fought among the peaks of our mountains.
Sometimes sad memories are guarded by evocative witnesses, such as the countless tunnels, underground passages, trenches and fortifications dating back to the First World War.
Today we are lucky to enjoy the beauty of a lake, where only a hundred years ago, the waters were infested with mines and the green valleys patrolled by Austrian and Italian soldiers.
This combination of past and present can be recounted in beautiful trekking and mountain biking itineraries where one can discover the remnants of the war, now welcomed by nature, which, unspoilt, is returning these places to oases of serenity.
Routes of all difficulties, equipped and unequipped, will lead you to discover otherwise inaccessible places, traced also by the need of ordinary people to continue moving and communicating even in cases of isolation, first geographical, then political.
Concrete forts dominate the lake from Monte Brione, a biotope with an almost unsuspected wealth of fauna and flora.
Mysterious high-altitude tunnels, all to be explored armed with a flashlight, will give you thrilling glimpses of sheer cliff faces above the lake; at Cima Rocca where the inaccessible border between the two warring powers once ran.
The Defensionmauer defense trail built by the Austro-Hungarians will allow you to explore the Rocchetta and push on to the nearby Ledro Valley, which was guarded day and night by Austrian soldiers.
We at Horstmann Hotels are ready to welcome explorers of all ages: Limone sul Garda is a perfect place to revive both your active and cultural vacation.
