Follow its seventy-seven tunnels through deep serene Lake Garda all the way up to the tippy-top and the place becomes increasingly beautiful as the glacier-scoured walls close in at Arco where there's a castle mounted high on an impossible massif that draws rock climbers from around the globe. Viewing that castle, and surrounded by a Yosemite-worthy gathering of the gods, sits a special home that has views from every window and terrace that are nothing short of awesome. Elevated ever so much, this house is surrounded by garden and Tyrolean craft and makes for the easiest walk into a town as colorful as any on the lake but off the touristic radar/glut that can afflict this most beautiful of lakes (especially at its southern end). Congratulations. You did well. You have arrived: Peace is to be found. Birdsong. Views of rock-face that will have you craning your neck skyward. Warm greetings from a nuclear family that seem real and sincere. (Even the dog will wag her tail once encouraged.) Especially nice is the home-made apple-nut pie sweet Lucia prepares. Everybody here seems dear. You can spread out in this home (we did!) for the garden is yours to enjoy in the floral enclosure, and there is room aplenty in this mountain retreat all alpine and civilized. Just the right mix of town and country, provincial and urbane, wild and domestic. Is this what we're talking about when we're talking Airbnb? The answer, fellow guests, is what you hoped it would be. An unequivocal yes.