A unique boat tour in which you will experience the highlights of Lake Garda. You will encounter Scaligero Castle, Maria Callas’s villa, the “Grotte di Catullo“ as well as much more.

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Duration 25 minutes: Check availability to see starting times.
Skip the ticket line
Host or greeter: English, German, Italian
Small group: Limited to 10 participants

Highlights

Enjoy a boat tour to discover one of the most beautiful places of Lake Garda
See Scaligero Castle, Maria Callas’s villa, the “Grotte di Catullo“ and the Boiola Sulphur Spring
Visit Sirmione from a different and unique perspective

Full description

Your tour will depart from the Scaligero Castle’s port. From here you will start sailing along the peninsula’s coast, where you will be able to see Maria Callas’s 1920s villa where she felt inspired to create many of her opera characters. You will also be able to observe the nearby thermal spa baths as well as the Aquaria Wellness Center, before spotting the place where the famous poet Catullus wrote many of his poems. You will also cruise past and discover the charismatic Roman villa known as the “Grotte di Catullo“. Afterwards, you can simply just look through the waves to discover the bubbles of the underwater Boiola Sulphur Spring, which provides thermal water to Sirmione. Finally, after admiring the architecture and perfect preservation of Sirmione Castle, you will have to "lower your head" to pass under the castle drawbridge before returning back to the port.

Includes

Boat tour of the Sirmione peninsula

Transportation to the meeting point
Live guide

Not suitable for

People with mobility impairments

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You must keep social distance while in vehicles
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds

Traveler requirements

You are required to bring and wear a mask

Meeting point

Present your voucher to the staff at the Gardatours stand.

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Important information

What to bring

Comfortable shoes

Not allowed

Luggage or large bags

Know before you go

This tour departs every day from the beginning of April until the end of September
Please keep in mind that there might be people speaking different languages on the boat, therefore your guide (the captain) will speak in Italian and/or English and/or German depending on the guests

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Overall rating

4.5 /5

based on 112 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.6/5
Transportation
4.8/5
Value for money
4.4/5
Safety
4.4/5

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The boat trip was amazing, even if the weather was not perfect you could feel the magic of the place. The guide gave us some information about the place in both English and Italian. Due to transport issues we were late and the crew allowed us to get on the next tour so that was great of them .

June 22, 2022

25 minutes in the sun on a boat that takes you around the "peninsula" of Sirmione. The boat was very nice and comfortable, the tour was interesting and the captain was very friendly to give us various information on the various stages we traveled. I highly recommend to everyone, perfectly timed (25/30 min), very honest cost and meeting point at the beginning of the center.

May 2, 2022

It was wonderful! Fantastically beautiful and the driver was personable, nice and humorous. Since the other guests traveling with us, almost all of them only Italians, the explanation was translated into English for us, which was completely fine. For the day when we booked the tour online, it had extremely thunderstorms and rain and therefore could not take the tour, but we were able to experience the tour the next day as an alternative ... we can warmly recommend it, we were thrilled ... Thank you for this great experience and the flexibility ...

July 16, 2021

Sirmione: Peninsular and Lake Garda Boat Tour

Sirmione: Peninsular and Lake Garda Boat Tour

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