# Gardone Riviera

Gardone Riviera$^{[deadlink]}$ is in Brescia province, by Lake Garda.

## Understand

* 45.61803210.5600881 $^{[formerlydeadlink]}$ IAT Gardone Riviera (Tourist information), Corso Repubblica 1, ☏ +39 0303748736, iat.gardoneriviera@provincia.brescia.it. Nov-May: M-Th 10:00-12:30, 14:15-18:00; F 10:00-12:30, 14:15-17:45; Sa 10:00-12:30, 14:15-18:00. (updated May 2016)

## Get in
### By boat

* 45.61766610.5599782 Ferry pier. Ferries by Gestione Navigazione Laghi connect the town with the most of the destinations at the shores of the lake. (updated Jul 2016)

### By bus

Direct services from Brescia:
* Slink 202 (S202). Brescia-Salò-Gardone Riviera-Toscolano-Gargnano-Riva del Garda. (updated Jul 2016)
* Slink 202m (S202m). Brescia - Riva del Garda. (updated Jul 2016)
Regional services:
* LN027. Desenzano del Garda - Salò - Gardone Riviera - Riva del Garda. (updated Jul 2016)
* LN005. Salò - Gardone Riviera - San Michele. (updated Jul 2016)

### By train

The nearest railway station is at the Desenzano del Garda. Take a bus or a ferry from there.

## See

* 45.62360710.5642911 Il Vittoriale degli Italiani (The shrine of Italian victories), Via Vittoriale, 12, ☏ +39 0365 296521. Apr-Oct: 09:00-20:00; Nov-Mar: 09:00-17:00; last entry 1 hr before closing time; Museum d'Annunzio Eroe and Prioria on Monday: Apr-Oct 10:00-15:45, Nov-Mar – closed. An eccentric (like its former owner) estate of an Italian writer Gabriele d'Annunzio after his defenestration in 1922. References to the Vittoriale range from a “monumental citadel” to a “fascist lunapark”, the site inevitably inheriting the controversy surrounding its creator. The estate consists of the residence (house) of d'Annunzio called the Prioria (priory), an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia set into a hillside, a boathouse with the MAS 96 vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a circular mausoleum. Its grounds are now part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani circuit. itinerary C $^{[deadlink]}$ (Parco, d'Annunzio Segreto) – €8; itinerary B $^{[deadlink]}$ (itinerary C + d'Annunzio Eroe) – €13; itinerary A $^{[deadlink]}$ (itinerary B + Prioria, which is visited only by a guided tour ~30 min) – €16; tickets could be bought also online $^{[formerlydeadlink]}$ . (updated May 2016)
   * 45.62474710.5656372 Prioria. (updated Jul 2016)
   * 45.62482210.5653853 Museo d'Annunzio Eroe. (updated Jul 2016)
   * 45.62384510.5651464 Museo d'Annunzio Segreto. (updated Jul 2016)
   * 45.62590910.5658655 Mausoleo degli Eroi (Mausolem of the Heroes). Including the tomb of d'Annunzio. (updated Jul 2016)
   * 45.62575510.5651226 MAS 96 (Motoscafo armato silurante (torpedo armed motorboat)). (updated Jul 2016)
   * 45.62517710.5665337 Nave Puglia (protected cruiser Puglia). A military monument featuring a fore part of the former protected cruiser Puglia. (updated Jul 2016)
   * 45.62418810.5650478 Teatro (Anfiteatro). (updated Jul 2016)
   * 45.62466710.5660189 Giardini del Vittoriale (Vittoriale gardens). (updated Jul 2016)
   * 45.62484510.56663210 Valletta dell’Acqua Pazza. A tiny valley with a stream and a path winding along it. (updated Jul 2016)
* 45.62065210.56184211 Giardino Botanico André Heller (Hruska Botanical Garden), Via Roma 2, ☏ +39 336 410877. Mar-Oct: 09:00-19:00. A rich, grotesque and beautifully arranged botanical garden. The garden was originally laid down 1912 and 1914 by Arturo Hruska, a rich dentist. In its modern appearance it was opened in 1989; it belongs to André Heller Foundation. Perhaps its better to rush to the Vittoriale first and then if you have some energy and time left come to see this garden. €11. (updated May 2016)
* 45.62069210.56756612 Torre San Marco (ex Torre Ruhland), Corso Zanardelli, 142. Built at the beginning of the 20th century, in 1925 it was bought by Gabriele D'Annunzio and become a part of it's Vittoriale. It is owned by Fondazione Vittoriale degli Italiani. It season a piano bar is opened there. (updated May 2016)
* 45.62139510.56644413 $^{[deadlink]}$ Villa Alba, Corso Zanardelli,73. A grand neo-classical villa built between 1901 and 1910. Today it is a convention center. (updated May 2016)
* 45.62252510.56936314 Chiesa Evangelica, Via Vittoriale 4/A. (updated May 2016)
* 45.62359910.56998815 Museo Il Divino Infante (Museum of the Divine Child). A rather peculiar collection of various statues, carvings and dolls of Bambino Gesu (Baby Jesus). Some people found it amusing. (updated Jul 2016)

## Drink

* Pianobar La Torre (on the ground floor of the Torre San Marco). Summer: Tu-Su 22:30-03:00. Piano-disco bar. (updated Jul 2016)

## Sleep

* 45.61825510.5610051 Grand Hotel, Via Zanardelli, 84, ☏ +39 365 20261, info@grandhotelgardone.it. (updated May 2016)