Gardone, the living room of the Riviera
Gardone Riviera is an elegant town located in a favourable climatic position of the western Riviera and is part of “The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy”.
Remarkable is the variety of exotic vegetation: cedars, magnolias, camphors, palm trees, which make Gardone a “city – garden”, known internationally. Villas and hotels, immersed in the vast parks along the coast, preserve the original characteristics of the Art Nouveau style of the late nineteenth century.
Holiday place since the nineteenth century, it is famous above all for having been the residence of Gabriele D’Annunzio from 1921 until his death. It is located right here, on the hill, the Vittoriale degli Italiani wanted by D’Annunzio, including a wide park, an open theatre and his house, the Prioress.
From the elegant pedestrian lakefront, where Villa Alba and the San Marco Tower are located, you can go up towards the beautiful ancient centre, with the eighteenth-century parish church of San Nicola, whose apse facing the lake is surrounded by a characteristic balcony that allows a wide horizon view on the
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