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Year: 2014

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This year we spent some days again at the Lake Garda in Torbole. We stayed in a really good sports hotel - Aktivhotel Santalucia.

On the first day we rented mountain bikes. From Riva we cycled along the old road to Pregasina. This road is really worth walking along or cycling. Many people are cycling this way but most of them go directly to Lago di Ledro. We cycle to Pregasina first. Until then the road is paved and cycling is easy. After that the road becomes a path which goes through a forest. Many times we have to get off and push the bike. From Bocca Larici (about 900m high) you have an amazing view down on the lake. From there we continue up to Passo Rocchetta. There we have reached the highest point and can now enjoy some cycling on almost the same level before the descend. Actually we wanted to continue a bit further and then go down to Lago di Ledro. But because of the weather forecast and the clouds we decide to skip the last part and go down to Biacesa. This way down is very steep and we are lucky that the rain did not yet start because otherwise it might be slippery. From Biacesa it is not far back to Riva and Torbole. All in all a really nice bike tour, we will definitely do this again.

 

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For one day we stayed at a very nice accommodation called 'La Villa del Generale' at the southern part of the Lake Garda. The owners brought us self made food and wine in the evening and in the morning we enjoyed the breakfast on the terrace with view to the lake. We were also allowed to harvest some of the food from the garden. We enjoyed the silence of this place, walking along the lake and relaxing. Here are some impressions:

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This Sunday the weather forecast was not so good and so we decided on a short hike. We took the train to Singen. From there you can walk up a hill to the remains of an old fortress Hohentwiel. It is really nice up there, you have a great view on the Lake Constance and the Alps. It is a quite big area to walk around and there are many places to sit down and enjoy the view.

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From Ville-Vieille there is a small path through forest which leads to the village Les Meyries. From there you can walk trough beautiful landscape to Soulier. Soulier is a small village with a beautiful little church, it also has a gite where you can stay. From Soulier there leads a road down to Chateau-Ville-Vieille for about 3 kilometres. For the last kilometre you can already see the Fort Queyras.

Fort Queyras played a defensive role also serving as a symbol of authority at the end of the Middle Ages. The castle belonged to the Dauphine and was handed over to the King of France in 1343. It is an impressive building and open to the public.

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