The Italian Lakes, whilst each one having its own characteristics and attractions, are a surprisingly fascinating location for a walking holiday. It is not just a landscape of pretty villages with colourful houses on the lake shores, standing in luxuriant gardens of palm and lemon trees, but above the lakes in the mountainous surrounds there is quite another world. Up in the hills you can enjoy the vast views over the lakes and mountains, but you are transported back to an earlier time with a terrain that bears witness to a religious, agricultural and industrial past that is far removed from the present-day lakeside. You will walk on ancient farm tracks, smuggling tracks, tracks through vineyards, footpaths through mountain meadows and through forests. In the distance you might catch sight of the snowy peaks of the Alps on the Swiss side of the border. You pass UNESCO heritage sites, war memorials, elegant villas, mediaeval towers and churches, historic hamlets and stone fountains. Then at the end of each day of exploration above the lake, return to your lakeside base where dining is usually al fresco in the summer months and a magical atmosphere is created with the lapping of the waters and the twinkling of the lights around the lake and in the hills above.
Our walking holidays offer
● Self-guided● Have extra nights added before, during and after
● Full route notes and maps
● Combine more than one place
Additional special interests catered for
● Wine and food● Culture
Included in all our walking holidays
● Concierge service● Route notes describing the trail
● Maps
Call us on 01392 441266
Italian Lakes travel information
Access to all of the Italian lakes is very easy by air, train and car.By air
Fly to Milan or Verona and then we can arrange a private transfer for you or you can book a hire-car.Rail travel
Rail travel to the Italian Lakes is a very simple and convenient mode of transport. You can take an overnight sleeper from Paris to Milan and then we can arrange a transfer for you or you can collect a hire-car, or you can travel by train to somewhere in Switzerland, perhaps Zurich or Lausanne, and the continue south to Milan.Our walking holidays offer
● Self-guided● Have extra nights added before, during and after
● Full route notes and maps
● Combine more than one place
Additional special interests catered for
● Wine and food● Culture
Included in all our walking holidays
● Concierge service● Route notes describing the trail
● Maps
Call us on 01392 441266
Our walking holidays offer
● Self-guided● Have extra nights added before, during and after
● Full route notes and maps
● Combine more than one place
Additional special interests catered for
● Wine and food● Culture
Included in all our walking holidays
● Concierge service● Route notes describing the trail
● Maps