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Garda, Ledro, Tenno, Toblino, Cavedine:
the element water defines and distinguishes Garda Trentino. The Trentino
part of Lake Garda, otherwise known as "Benaco", is
narrow and enclosed by high cliffs that recall the roughness of the
Norwegian Fjords. In the past, it was frequented by Dante Alighieri, Mann,
Kafka, Brahms, Nietzsche and Goethe. It is this body of water, the largest
in Italy, together with the mountainous Baldo, that characterise the climate
and vegetation of Garda Trentino and bring about its Mediterranean side. Lake
Ledro is suspended among the Giudicarie and Sarca valley, and is a
natural balcony that has recently been used for hydroelectric purposes. It
is known, above all, for an extensive Bronze Age pile-dwelling site
carefully laid out on its shores. The turquoise blue waters of the small and
charming Lake Tenno are located on the lower south-western slopes of
Mount Misone, while the ice blue Lake Cavedine is located in the
setting of the Marocche, an enormous post-glacial landslide. Finally,
Lake Toblino, with its distinctly romantic turreted castle on a
peninsula that gently leans out into the water, the islets and the beds of
reeds…
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