Riviera dei limoni – Alto Garda Park

“Riviera dei limoni” is the west coast of the Riviera del Garda in Salo’ goes up to Limone,

famous for its mild climate and its history and includes the Alto Garda Park. This area is rich in history, culture and nature, ranging from the beauty and uniqueness of the villages along the coast, seeing majestic villas and palaces of the past, the lush and wild entering the hinterland, discovering isolated villages in the mountains and valleys. What unites all these places the “Western Gardesana“, a road that was completed at intervals between 1914 (Salo-Gargnano) and 1931 (Gargnano-Riva) and has put through villages such as Limone, Tignale and Tremosine, a time can only be reached by boat or through the mountains, a road with beautiful views of the lake, which flows first low water level and then rises with features sheer moving into the mountains with narrow tunnels and  where branching narrow and steep streets leading to fractions or flow in the creeks of the mountains like that to get to Tremosine. Here the mild climate has led to the cultivation of the “Limone del Garda” fruit from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century was produced and exported in large quantities across Europe and perhaps be the first resort of the elite Garda, with the birth of hotels and the review of the towns with walks near the lake. In the history is known for being in the fourteenth century, “La Magnifica Patria“, with capital in Maderno on Lake Garda first to welcome the Republic of Venice, another important event in history during the Second World War when it was founded here, in Salò and Gargnano, the Italian Social Republic (RSI) or “Republic of Salò“, places chosen by Hitler for its proximity to Germany, which at the time was up to Lemon and several buildings that are now bars, hotels, banks, were once offices of important government offices. Related to these places, there are also a number of eminent figures in history and culture such as G. D’Annunzio, C. Borromeo, G. Zanardelli, that as a starting point to many cultural events organized in the towns of the Riviera.
 
TERRITORY OF RIVIERA DEI LIMONI

The western shore of Lake Garda, called “Riviera dei limoni” for its many lemon trees that characterize it, contains two different territories: the footprint of the Mediterranean coast and the Alpine type in the hinterland. The result is an exceptional biodiversity, plant and animal, within a few kilometers away combines lemon, cypress, ash and olive trees near the lake, forests of oak, beech and mugheti going up into the hills. Its territory is almost entirely composed of mountains and valleys, stretching from the western shore of Lake Garda Trentino north to the border and up to the Sabbia Valley inland. It coincides in part with that of the “Regional Park of Garda Bresciano” whose community includes nine municipalities. This nature reserve established in 1989 houses a Lake Valvestino, home to fishing, and includes the nature reserve of the former Lake Bondo. The highest point of the park is Mount Caplone, with its 1976 meters above sea level Not only the flora but also fauna is rich: 250 species live in the park, including roe deer, red deer, chamois, ibex and eagles among birds.