From a dusty letter…

Today we met one of the first tourists of the Garda Lake, catapulted over time and come to our days. So, we asked him to write a letter to his family. Famous for their stories, the grandtourist were coming from the north, and they were used to write letters where tell stories and conditions regarding the people were living the places they were visiting, embellishing them with their style of narration and descriptions. Here the result:

Today, October 25, 2013, the lake offers a temperature of 20 degrees and the sunny rays are the right invite you to a healthy walk, along the lakeside of Brenzone. The people are returned to work after the summer holidays and the peace and tranquility of nature, makes Brenzone so fantastic. Only think that in my homeland now winter is coming, make me more happy to be here.

The air is clean and the crystal lake water are the perfect habitat for the species of fish. Last night I could appreciate their incredible taste, with a glass of wine at my abode on the lake . The post house is in constructed in Venetian style with the most elegant charme. A piano was playing and from my room I could see the moon , falling asleep on the lake.

From here, I don’t want to go, Brenzone is magnificent, just missing you!

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Gastronomic specialties of autumn

Autumn is the transit season on the lake, the dynamic summer full of life gives way to the beauty and the purity of the environment in the winter season . Thanks to the abundant presence of water the local product, as olive and chestnut have the opportunity to grow in the right way and make products at km 0 with a disarming goodness.

During the months of October and November while collecting and production, in Brenzone’s restaurants you can enjoy creative combinations and recipes related to the area , not processed as nouvelle cuisine requires, but with the important exaltation of flavors and aromas of the traditional kitchen. Lovers of Italian cuisine may find the taste true and authentic with the opportunity to enjoy delicious meals served with a glass of the new wine, produced not so far in Bardolino.

Are months where take place since ages important events following  ancient traditions . A two-month oil festival in Brenzone and some appointment in Malcesine (20 October). In San Zeno di Montagna the jubilation of food with the chestnut DOP and on the Garda's shores, in Lazise, with the event " Dishes & Flavors , Oil of the lake and Products De.Co. "

If you love Italian food , 0 km products, the joy of the tasty dishes with  the right pairing wine and our company, "Al Vapor " combines the tradition and the use of natural products of the land , offering delicious meal and value time!

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The Garda Gold, an age-old tradition

Thinking on warm, sun and dry that an olive tree needs to produce golden fruit, Lake Garda stands as the last territory to the north that allows high-quality production. Climbing the plant it is hard to not lose concentration admiring the superb view of the Italian largest lake.

The extra virgin olive oil is recognized with D.O.P.the Italian label for special products, by the EEC in 1997, and is one of the best in Italy. Its culture is not simple as in other zone, in particular the Mediterranean, because the plants are high and irregular, requiring different treatment in terms of labour. This affect the price of course, but beyond that, also the quality.

Olio del Garda DOP, the oil of Brenzone, is the primary product in the preparation of the majority lakes recipes and to the Mediterranean diet, bringing out the flavor of the fish the flavor of Monte Baldo’ s product. The total production does not allow export, leaving the territory this excellence limiting its trade within the local people.

Fortunately, Hotel Brenzone has its own production to ensure its guests to enjoy this unique product and also in order to take with them a piece of Brenzone. At the reception or in our restaurant you can find souvenirs in glass bottles or cans for an easy transport. Alternately you can enjoy the festival in November and helping us with the harvest!

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Dante`s Paradiso

A lake there lies, at foot of that proud Alp

That o’er the Tyrol locks Germania in,

Its name Benacus, from whose ample breast
  
A thousand springs, methinks, and more, between

Camonica and Garda, issuing forth,

Water the Apennine.


This words of the greatest Italian poet Dante in his Masterpiece, the epic poem called „Divine Commedy” are a tribute to our Lake. In the XX part of the Inferno Virgil, his master, explains the origin of the Lombard city Mantua and continues the description of the area of the lake from Peschiera to Verona, begun by the poet in chapter XII where carefully describes the landscapes surround the Adige, especially for the territories of Rovereto and Marco.
Like Dante, many artist have done a stop on Lake Garda during their Grandtour and the cultural effects they have done, let today a heritage of immense value. Each story helps us understand the beauty of these places and landscapes that inspire feelings close to art, music, poem.
Sometime watching at the sunsets in September we are led to ask ourselves if in our hotel, with its history and build in the Venetian style, some poets have composed verses or some painter has put his painting on canvas.

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