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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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All roads lead to Brenzone

Have you ever found on top of a mountain thinking to arrive in the evening in your sweet refuge on the lake where you planned your holiday? In Brenzone happens often, even if following our tips, definitely it will be easier not to get lost in the journey towards to the lake. Since the GPS has changed the way we travel, the Civil Protection of Brenzone is committed to recover unsuspecting tourists who venture on the hellish ascent / descent of Punta...

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Monte Baldo - Europe Garden

Famous as HORTUS EUROPAE the characteristics of this mountain are unique. The green (or white during the winter season) reflected in the largest Italian lake, offers a multitude of landscapes and natural activities that nowhere else are so rich. Its slopes are the perfect environment where different rare species of plants can grow form an incredible biodiversity. The climate is so mild and due to this the summer last more and is still such a dream...

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The water of the Lake

Blue and clear, fresh as from a lake surrounded by mountains, vital for countless animals  live inside, essential for the economy of the village. The water of our lake is a source of inspiration for poets and writers who have stayed here on its banks. It looks like a mirror and the desire to swim and abandon in it is stronger than the wonder that you have to contemplate the fortune to sit on its shores. To the lake water also Brenzone owes...

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Hotel Brenzone – 100 years of histrory

The Hotel Brenzone is one of the Garda palazzo that since it first opened in 1911, it has had an interesting story. Many celebrities have been our guests and enjoyed the special atmosphere in the picturesque town of Brenzone. In every corner of the hotel, you can feel this special charm that emanates from the ancient walls steeped in tradition.  Well aware of this priceless heritage, we aim to conserve it with care, yet we also want to offer...

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MOTH – the Flying boat

Someone looking at the lake, from the windows of our hotel, could have notice some yachtsman who enjoyed flying with their boats with incredible speeds. Those boats are called MOTH, heavy 30 pounds, made from innovative materials and created for giving fun. Due to the study in speed and aerodynamics, it is not easy to manage their energy, requiring skills as well as technical as athletic. It is only few years that the phenomenon is catching on and,...

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Events at Brenzone in September

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Punta Veleno - The Gates of Hell

“Abandon all hope, you who climb here” is the revisited Dante´s quote people find on the first 180 degree turn, where it will miss 7 of the 8 km of the climb. This uphill catapults from 60 meters above sea level to the 1.000 of Prada, the highest Brenzone hamlet. Every year on this ascent take place a bike uphill where the bikers over the road can challenge themselves. Extreme Race Punta Veleno this year will be taken the first of September...

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The land of Cockaigne

Cockaigne in mythology was a magic land, where the abundance was the source of luxury and pleasure. The inhabitants of Brenzone are convinced that in the writers quotes, as George Ellis or the Brothers Grimm, and in the paintings of the old masters such as Bruegel, inspiration was born on the river of Lake Garda. Brenzone is famous with this name also thanks to the challenges taking place in August, continuing the tradition of the cockaigne pole....

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Ferragosto in Brenzone - Saint Roch

The days between mid-August are special in Brenzone, in addition of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the little hamlet of Marniga is celebrated one of the religious icon of the town, San Rocco. The tradition of this festival is very old and the inhabitants are proud to be the passage of the baton in the Christian community life. A statue of the Saint, from the church of San Giovanni Battista, is carried in procession while...

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Hotel Brenzone, where also Nuvolari was living slowly

A yellow sweater, blue pants and brown leather vest, this was the “Nivola” equipment for his race. We are talking about the champion Tazio Nuvolari, born in Mantua but true lover of Lake Garda. Nuvolari is one of the famous guest who stayed in our Hotel in our 100 years history. The Garda was special for Tazio, because many important events of his life took place around, as one of its first victories in Verona, or as the meeting with Gabriele D'Annunzio,...

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SOCIAL HOTEL BRENZONE

It is since 1911 that we trust in the values of being together and sharing the days with our guests. We like to listen their stories and be interested in their lives, because hospitality is understanding who you are dealing in order to satisfy his needs. Today, as in the past this values moves all our actions and even if the relationship with the "customers" seems to have changed we still love being in family. For this reason we made an update to...

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August of party in Brenzone

August is a full month in Brenzone. People can take advantage of the climate of the lake and the freshness of its waters and enjoy relaxation moments on the beach, although it is when the sun goes that the village shows all its elegance. In this hot month, there are many proposals to spend the evenings in joy and the municipal calendar is full of great events and feast days to be exploited at all. Check-out the calendar of appointments, is so full...

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Brenzone, the new Brazil for Kitesurfer

You, the board and a kite able to transports you to the mercy of the wind, and let you experience the thrill of the speed, if not for the grace of the flight. It is one of the extreme sport and although it is so recent, has ancient origins. In Europe in ‘800 there were already who imagining the power wind in of transport and the opportunity to fly upon a board. We are talking about Kitesurfing. In Brenzone over the past decade was born spontaneously...

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Quality Approved certification of Italian hospitality

The certification “Ospitalità Italiana”  is promoted by the Chambers of Commerce to evaluate the quality of the receptive and restorative facilities in Italy. After careful examination by ISNART (National Institute for Tourism Research) on 250 different parameters an hotel can receive the mark of quality if in line with the standards of excellence. With pride we announce that the Hotel Brenzone becomes part of this group of 14 facilities throughout...

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Hotel Brenzone in Pictures

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Musica maestro

As in the Walt Disney Masterpiece the village will be animated by the music of the Corpo Bandistico of Brenzone. This band glorious in the past, is now a current reality of our village and in the summer evenings you may have the opportunity to be pleasured by a mixed repertoire of tradition and innovation. Reborn in 1996 now is a group of 30 players that during the winter are continuing study in order to making Music, the one with capital M. Performance...

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Night excursion with a historic ship

In the Brenzone’s dialect she is called “Siora”, Lady in English, although for years has not been considered as it has to. She was waiting in the Toscolano’s harbor the restoration in order to get her back to the lake. Veronica is a ship built in 1926 in Peschiera del Garda and she used to lighten the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio up, during the races organized on the lake in that period. Since 2001, its unique charm came back and now she is considered...

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Sweet dreams...

Hotel Brenzone is pleased to announce a welcomed news. This year we had a resfurbishment of a large part of our rooms! During the winter there was a lot of work in order to renew our hotel, maintaining the style we would like to propose. We worked remaining in loyal with the Hotel Brenzone style, which in the years has provided a warm family evirolment, with comfort in mind. If you are looking for lovely moments of relax with the pleasant company...

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St. John the Baptist, Brenzone’s patron saint

Overlooking the lake, guarding the hamlet of Magugnano stay a fourteenth-century church erected in honor of “San Giovanni Battista”, the patron saint of the village. Partially built with white marble and, according to the original project, not yet completed, with a bell tower that rises and with its tolling, is giving every day the right rhythm in the village of Brenzone. The Baptist is the greatest of the prophets (Luke’s Gospel 3,1-2) and in the...

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A Dog's Life!

It's been almost a century since Charlie Chaplin titled one of his best movies as we do with this post. Much has changed since then, although this metaphor still refer to a life lived under determinate conditions, where every day is lived in uncertainty. In the end of the movie, is showed as, when the social conditions change, between men and animal remains only the serenity of a life shared in a trustable friendship. Today, although there are still...

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Verona, the city of love

William Shakespeare describes one of the most intense love story in Verona even if the England’s national poet was too young for had a city tour in one of the most beautiful example of the Roman urban development. Verona is rich of Roman history, and the ruins of the greatest civilization ever existed, now create an open-air museum. Are still visible gorgeous villas, city walls, theaters and churches, but especially here: the Arena! The amphitheater...

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A family dinner with us

In the relax of the renewed rooms of the hotel, can happen to let you go too much and did not notice the passing of time and the ritual of lunch or dinner. Don’t be worried because the arrival of the steamboat will declare the perfect time to get ready to enjoy a hearty lunch or a great dinner at our restaurant "Al vapor." We have tried, over the years, to offer a menu that reflects our tastes typical from the lake, and let  our guests appreciate...

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Aria is not only opera

Forge for many sailing champions, a paradise for surf and kite, Brenzone every summer attracts a large number of air lovers, referring not on music, but to the one that blows from early morning on the lake side. Waking up early in the morning you can enjoy a steady wind from the north that comes with the right energy to allow athletes in order to have a couple of hours of intense practice. This wind is called “Pelér” and it blows from north. It...

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The king of the Lake Garda

A large numbers of fish lives the waters of the lake even if not all "wallow" The Garda Carpione is critical endangered due to a study of the International Union forConservation of Nature IUCN. This fish belonging to the Salmonidae, find the lake of Garda as the unique habitat for reproduce and live. Is a fact that is an exclusive for our lake and all the attempts for introduce him to a number of other lakes in Italy was unsuccessfully in all...

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Brenzone, a land, a past

testimony of civilizations so different between them are telling us this thousand years history. The oldest evidence of how already about 4,500 years ago man lived these lands, is based in the city hall of Brenzone. From that period to the present day different populations have alternated and the village has seen change its politics several times, never forgetting the nature and landscape that distinguishes today. At first were the Germanic...

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