From Verona to Sirmione and back

We will drive to Sirmione by car, park the car, and take a 2-hour walk through the old town. Along our route, we will encounter the following attractions:

• Scaliger Castle - the only point of access to the historic center of the city and a rare example of lake fortifications
• Church of Santa Maria Maggiore with 15th-century frescoes and an ancient statue of Madonna
• Thermal spring FonteBoiola, whose waters brought worldwide fame to the resort
• Villa of opera diva Maria Callas, who was in love with Sirmione and referred to it as paradise on earth in her memoirs
• Roman ruins of 'Grotte di Catullo', where the family of the prominent poet of the Cicero and Caesar era Gaius Valerius Catullus resided
• Church of San Pietro in Mavino in an olive grove with a collection of architectural monuments and frescoes from the 12-14th centuries
• Church of St. Anne - a small chapel with beautiful stained glass windows and works of art
• Shore of Lake Garda, where you can admire swans and ducks and indulge in ice cream