Verona · BARDOLINO, LUGANA & GARDA WINES
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The southern shore of Lake Garda pours lighter than Valpolicella: cherry-bright Bardolino, mineral Lugana, olive oil pressed on the same estates. These are the best Garda-side wine tours, with vineyard walks, lakeside tastings and the ones that pair a cruise with a cellar. Costs, settings and tasting counts are below so you can match the trip to your day on the water.
Make fresh pasta and tiramisu in Lazise, Lake Garda, with local wine tasting. Small group, 3 hours, English-friendly.
“The learning how to make true Italian food with two great guys at the helm! The location and faculty was top notch. So fun with fun people.”
Tour a Lake Garda winery near Bardolino, then taste 4 wines with local snacks. Guided by a sommelier for a memorable 1.5-hour visit.
“An authentic family business. delicious wines and lovely accompanied snacks. Beautiful location.”
A small-group Bardolino DOC visit with a vineyard walk, 5 wine tastings, and the winery’s extra virgin olive oil paired with local cheeses.
“The tour was very informative and provided an insight to the world of the small producer. It was so obvious that the brothers are proud custodians of the family business and committed to providing the highest quality products they can with respect to the investment made over the generations The tour was excellent and I recommend it to all”
A 1.5-hour Lugana vineyard and cellar tour near Sirmione with tastings of 3–5 local wines plus Brescian bites.
“Good tour! It is a small winery so you know you are getting authentic wine. The people that work there are very family orientated so we appreciated that a lot.”
Visit an Olio Viola mill in Bardolino, learn Lake Garda olive oil history, and taste four extra virgin oils, including Garda DOP.
Guided boat cruise from Bardolino to Sirmione on Lake Garda with Catullo’s Cave photos, guided narration, and 2 hours ashore.
“boat ride was good, though the guide could have been a bit clearer. plenty of time in sirimone to visit the fort and eat a gelato. and pick up a souvenir.”
A 2-hour guided Lake Garda wine tour on the hills: vineyard walk, two cellars, and a tasting with local bites and Garda olive oil.
A 2-hour Garda winery walk and tasting in Lazise, featuring six to eight wines, local snacks, and a family-run cellar dating back generations.
“The wine tasting was so informative and good fun. Tasted 7 with great variety the owner did the tour and was very good explaining also provided a lovely plate of meat and cheese. Shop at end was available up buy what you had sampled . Good trip”
Bardolino vineyard and gravity-flow cellar tour with 4 wine tastings, local cheese and cold cuts, plus panoramic lake views.
“Very friendly host and she had great knowledge of the area, the history and the production. Great wines and the bread, ham and cheese served with the wine can easily pass for a light lunch. We tasted four different wines, one olive oil, enjoyed the view in a relaxing mood and saw the production and storage afterwards. It’s possible to buy wine and olive oil in the shop. The host was fluid in Italian, German and English (possibly more, but that was what we heard).”
Hands-on Bardolino pasta cooking class on Lake Garda with Chef Marco. Learn tagliatelle and ravioli and taste your meal with wine.
“Great day from start to finish we would definitely recommend it. Everything is explained and demonstrated perfectly it's fun and interesting with delicious results at the end in a beautiful setting.”
4 hours on a Lake Garda speedboat from Sirmione, with castle sights, Bardolino wine tasting, nibbles, and a chance to swim.
“Absolutely beautiful experience. Our captain / tour guide was very helpful, so much fun and played great music. The views were stunning and the swim stop refreshing. Overall it was a great fun afternoon in a beautiful place.”
A 1-hour small-group wine tasting at Cantina Valetti in Bardolino: winery tour, Lake Garda flights, olive oil, and local bites.
“I loved how friendly they both were and all the different selections of wines! the setting was beautiful too”
A small Bardolino wine tour with a vineyard walk, cellar gravity system, and a guided tasting of 4 wines with local cheeses and salumi.
“The tour was very informative, the guide and owner spoke with great passion about growing and developing their grapes and wine. The wines were delicious. We are 2 wheelchair users and we found the access to be really good including a great toilet.”
A 90-minute Lugana tasting near Sirmione: learn sustainable Turbiana farming, taste two Luganas plus red, and pair with Brescian bites.
“It’s a very beautiful location and the guide was very informative and passionate about the wine and its production.”
Learn fresh tagliatelle and ravioli with a chef at a Veneto agritourism, then eat your pasta with Bardolino wine included.
“Loved every minute and had such a great experience. Beautiful environment and would highly recommend.”
