Lago di Garda Warnings Or Dangers

Parking prices are really expensive all over the area, the first hour minimum was 1,50 euros up to 2,50 euros, and specially in a aarea where you do various stops to enjoy the villages, you do not have an option, specially when you do not know if it is legal or not to park, bette pay the parking that the bill!!

The local road alongside Lago di Garda is very curved and pretty narrow. Those of you who are not used on such a standards should drive very carefuly when here, otherwise it might happen to you the same what happened to this young guy from Germany (see the picture, he finished with his car in the trench).

The area of Lake of Garda is very crowded in the Summer season and weekends during the year. This, on the picture, is a typical scene of Sirmione in the August. The same goes for Desenzano, Bardolino, Lazise and other places around the lake. Take good care of your things and in particularly money, coz this kind of crowd is the paradise for the pich pockets.

Before the trip, I read that thunderstorms form quickly by the lake. It has to do with wind from the mountains, if I remember it correctly. I noticed this was true our very first night in Desenzano. There was an awful cloudburst (heavy rain), the thunder sounded much louder here and the wind created big waves on the lake (so I wouldn't go on a boat trip on that day!). But it disappeared quickly and the rest of the week was great, until our last night, hehe.

Another weather related thing. It was very warm during our holiday which created a heat haze. This was a real pity cause most of the big mountains were hidden and made your view of the lake bad in general. I thought the mountains were really pretty, but could only see them properly once.

There were loads of gnats by Lake Garda. I'm not sure if there's a better word for them, but they're like mini-mosquitoes minus the biting. There used to be big svarms of gnats, especially during hot, humid evenings. They're not exactly dangerous, but it was still annoying. Don't make the same mistake we did - have a light on in the room where there's a door/window open. We got hundreds of gnats in the room!!!

Everytime we went on the inter city train between Milan and Venice (near Lake Garda), there was this woman who would put some keyrings on an empty seat next to us. There was a card also, but I never read it. Then she would come back after a while and remove the keyrings. It was obvious that she wanted to sell them (don't know why she bothered, they were nothing special). I'm not sure if this is some kind of trick she tried to pull or if she was collecting money for charity. But just be careful if you run into her.

This is the scariest ride in whole Gardaland.

People (brave? crazy?) get pulled up 40 meters high, and then dropped down into free fall.

I wouldn't let my daughters go on this one, but they cleverly charmed their daddy while I wasn't near. The younger one thinks she actually fainted for a second.

Of course, there is an automatic camera to take a picture of your face, so you can remember one of the scariest moments in your life.

The weather at Lake Garda can change from one minute to the other. We experienced that a couple of times and really got wet - because we just did not think of taking weather gear along with us.

Thunderstorms come and go - and usually the weather will be just the opposite of what you expect...