Full-day Lake Garda Tour
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Lake Garda, Italy
- 9 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Spend a lazy day on Lake Garda with this day-long trip around the main lakeside towns. Aboard an air-conditioned bus, you’ll travel around the shores in comfort, stopping to visit towns such as Limone sul Garda, Lazise, and Salò along the way. Different routes operate on different days, so check before you book. No matter what tour you book, each experience ends on a high note with a boat ride on the lake.
- Visit several of Lake Garda’s idyllic towns in one easy day trip with a guide
- Select a route that interests you most, visiting towns such as Malcesina
- Relax on a boat ride around Lake Garda toward the end of your trip
- Learn about the lake as you explore the waterside area with a local guide
What's Included
- Tour guide
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Transfer by public boat
- Stops in different countries
- All taxes, fees, and handling charges
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pick-up
Meeting and Pickup
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End point
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LikeGarda (Pass By)
Lago Di Garda (Pass By)
1
Lazise
50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Sirmione
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
3
Salo
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
4
Limone sul Garda
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
5
Malcesine
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Most travelers can participate
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Dress code is smart casual
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 52 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.3
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julia_s, Jul 2026
Good day. Long day. Lots of chance to walk round. Boat trip amazing. Sit on opposite side of driver to see lake views while day. Search out the paths and away from main roads when walking.
carolann_a, Jun 2026
The towns that we had the pleasure of visiting were beautiful, the tour director was knowledgeable and very clear on directions on when we needed to be back on the comfortable bus. It was an enjoyable experience,
Jeff_S, Aug 2025
Too much to see and enjoy with Too many people too many languages and a lack of explanation from the guide. Shorten the tour and allow time to ride the ferry as a means to see select communities on the lake. 10 to 12 hours is painful and ultimately you do not enjoy the experience.
Karin_B, Aug 2025
The tour is realy good organized, they pick you up in time. The guide tells a lot of information, interesting! You see different parts from the Gardalake. The bus is good with airco and glass rooftop so you can see a lot. The boottrip was nice but long, almost 2 hours. It was a nice day!
SusanL_I, Aug 2025
The itinerary was very good but the guide was not engaged with the group in my opinion. He never initiated conversation with guests that I saw.
AHMED_A, Jul 2025
Everything was well arranged, timing was perfect, we enjoyed every moment & every spot in this trip.
Michelle_P, Oct 2024
Tour guide was great and had a great sense of humour and really knowledgeable. We covered a lot of lake Garda by bus and boat. This tour was great for a taste of Lake Garda.
Denise_W, Sep 2024
This excursion was very informative and gave you a great taster off Lake Garda, which gave you a great experience of this beautiful resort. The guide and drive were very professional. Thank you from the four of us
Matthew_C, Sep 2024
Tour was great and tour guide was very knowledgeable and coordinated everything nicely.
However I did not appreciate being asked to pay cash for an optional boat ride in Sirmione. If it is an optional extra - then include it as an option at the time of booking and provide a description so if we chose to take it, we can pay by credit card in advance. We were taken by surprise with this and had to pay 12 € per person, which for a family of 5, wiped out all our euro cash. I also would like to see some transparency with this process and wonder if the tour operator is making a margin on the boat fee?
Other than that, the tour was fantastic and we very much enjoyed it. PS - our bus driver Bruno was also exceptional!!
John_W, Sep 2024
A very nice tour including some fabulous scenery and nice towns. Main criticism is that there was only limited free time at the towns we stopped in. The result was a lot of clock-watching.
Joanie_H, Aug 2024
Historical Beautiful Lake mix of boats and lbus ride. Guide was fluent. Tour said English : NOT German English. Pick up was 15 min late. Tried to contact tour operator with the text no answer. Started to worry. Description could have started that there were many pick up points before and bus could be late
William_M, Aug 2024
Guide could not be heard even after we reported that her voice was too soft. Certainly not for the hearing impaired.
Kevin_W, Oct 2023
A good way of seeing other places aroud the lake altough sometimes felt you travelled more than you saw
Garda was nice quaint ally ways with shops for all
A lovely long promanarde full of restraunts and cafes
then a ferry ride of 11/2 hours to Sirmione a very nice boat ride to capture the Peninsula of Sirmione interesting and historic information and seeing the thermal waters
Busy in Sirmione could have spent longer ther didnt get to see much of the place due to doing the boat trip
Wonderfull icecream places
Very nice scenary on further coach journay and very knowledgeable guide Analeasea
Stopped off in Salo on return journy looked a nice place but after 17:00 everything was closed up
Roman_A, Sep 2023
I liked the tour and the guide, but I don't like that English and German groups are combined in the same bus, and the guide had to repead everuthing twice on 2 languages. When I am buying English tour, I expect it to be in English - not mixed with some other languages. I am sure the German speaking guys felt the same way. They paid for German language tour and had to sit and listen something else they didn't understand. If I knew this upfront, I wouldn't buy this tour.
Sue_C, Sep 2023
We had a good guide and the visit covered all around Lake Garda. It is a very long day so would recommend taking plenty of water especially as it was a very hot day, and be prepared to do a lot of walking. Suited us but may not suit everyone. We enjoyed the trip.
Andrew_S, Aug 2023
The Tour ended up being a very full day of circumnavigation of Lake Garda including a ferry ride to Riva and a boat excursion around the tip of Sirmione (Extra $10 Euro) A great trip around an amazing historical and geographically stunning Lake Garda. Frederick was a great tour guide and Sebastion, a great driver especially in those Mussolini Tunnels on the Lombardy side of the lake. Full of history & beauty. Perhaps a little too long on a very hot day but still agreat experience.
Maree_S, Aug 2023
Beautiful locations to see. Hostess gave great information. Saw all tge hoy spots around the lake. Wish we had more time to be more relaxed but theres a lot to see. Would do this tour again.
Darrell_T, Aug 2023
My wife and I took this excursion in mid August. Most of the tour was spent riding the bus in horrible traffic. We boarded the bus in Sirmione and rode for about 2.5 hours to Limone, spent a short time there (hot and crowded), then took a boat ride to Malcesine, re-boarded the bus to return to Sirmione. When we got to Peschiera, they asked us to exit the bus and told us a taxi would pick us up “in just a couple of minutes” to take us to Sirmione. We waited for about 20 minutes on the side of road in the hot sun. The hop on hop off ferry system is a much better way to see Lake Garda area. This was a total waste of a vacation day and waste of money.
Aaron_S, Jul 2023
We spent time in Limone and Malcesine but really needed much longer. Both places are fantastic but it was such a rush to see as much as possible in the allotted time. I've still given the tour 4 stars because of the scenic drive, the friendly guide and the fact that we thoroughly enjoyed our time in both towns. We just came away desperate for more!
Alison_B, Jun 2023
Getting back to hotel was very boring to long on a very crowded ferry.
No guide on start of trip and was all very boring and very old passengers on trip as trip was not for the elderly
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Good morning, I'm sorry the tour was boring for you. You probably didn't read the itinerary well before booking, as our tour of the lake has been like this for years and we always have numerous positive reviews demonstrating how wonderful this tour is.
in just one day it is possible to discover the entire lake, stopping to visit the most popular villages with the guide!
I hope you will find other interesting and more youthful tours, before joining the "very old passengers" too
Cheers, Riccardo
Margaret_T, Jun 2023
A wonderful tour with an informative guide - the only critiicism would be the lack of either an on-board WC or the opportunity of a toilet stop en route as there it was a long coach journey with people of all ages on the tour.
esdag, Sep 2019
Bought this excursion because of Riva del Garda. Due to some traffic on the way, the itinerary was unilaterally changed to prolong the stay in Malcisine and scrap Riva completely. No consultation no nothing- just told what will happen. Shortening the Stop over in other stops could still have accommodated Riva, but there was none of that. ☹️
Response from Host, Sep 2019
Hi, i'm really so sorry to read this reviews.. that was not our fault..
There was an accident between two cars and the road was unusable. No way to reach Riva del Garda, except wait. Would you have preferred to wait in the bus and thus risk skipping the other stages too?
We decided the better way to see Malcesine and Limone and do the Boat Trip in time (unfortunately it start at programmed time)..
This happens... Hope the next time you can enjoy another tours with us in a perfect program! :)
Hilton_G, Jul 2019
Frederic the tour leader was knowledgeable, fluent and personable. The tour was well organized and exceeded expectations. Frederick's knowledge of the history, culture and geography of the region was very informative.
tedreg, Jul 2019
A great introduction to Lake Garda. Its a bit whistle stop,but gives you a chance to see where on the lake to would like to visit for longer. The driver and guide were very good and kept the journey interesting. Its a long day but well worth it at the beginning of a Lake Garda stay.
Adrian_D, Jul 2019
Had good time great tour and Frederick was a great guide informative and witty ! Only slight gripe was only 45 minutes to look round sirmione (although was longer if you didn’t do boat trip- which was a must ) , all in all was a great days trip !!!!
colin_k, Jun 2019
Really is the best tour to see the villages/towns around the lake. Tour guide was very informative and had a sence of humour. Stopped for around an hour at each place (Riva for two hours so you could have lunch) for you to wander. Very comfortable coach. Will do this tour again.
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susan, Dec 2017
Overall a good experience. Monte Baldo was not included in the tour as promised.
Lynn V, Oct 2017
Unfortunately we had a really foggy day so wasn't able to see the spectacular sights well. That said, the day was very enjoyable. Loved the towns we stopped in , the ability to see all the various parts of the lake and our guide was terrific. If the weather had been better it would have been spectacular.
Brian W, Oct 2017
The trip was brilliant. Well organised and did exactly what was written in the literature. Our guide and driver were also brilliant.
Our travellers were mixed languages and our tour guide was very good at balancing her descriptions equally well in all languages.
The only disappointment was the misty/foggy weather but that could not be helped and did not spoil our experience.
James H, Oct 2017
Very beautiful scenery, great tour guide. I would say that the towns mostly cater to tourists, so if you do not like that, probably not the way to view it. However, the lake and scenery are very much worth seeing. The day we went was cloudy, and that was too bad, because we could not see the mountains. If we had, I am sure I would be raving!
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