Aug 22 - Menaggio to Bardolino (Lake Garda)

 Aug 22 - Menaggio to Bardolino (Lake Garda)

One of our more long distance travel days today that seemed even longer due to the lack of A/C on the train 🥵.  I know it’s a first world problem, and I certainly don’t remember moaning about that when ‘training’ around in India, but maybe I’m just getting old! 😊


On the last leg of our journey, on the bus from Peschiera del Garda to Bardolino, I had a “OMG what have I done” moment.  All along the road are ‘Waterworld’-type theme  parks, imitation castles, ‘eat all you can for €5’-type restaurants, and caravan sites as far as the eye can see. It’s like a Lake Garda Goldcoast and I can see it’s going to be an interesting next 3 days!


To be fair to Bardolino when we went out to dinner tonight we realised that here is not like the vision we saw on the way here.  The town here is actually quite old with loads of small laneways and streets, still a bit touristy but not as bad as we thought it was going to be. 😅



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