Do you remember the post where I was writing about the walk out from the Lago di Garda Castle, where I mentioned to you that I would post the rest of the photos "soon"... Well, here we are, 2 weeks later, I'm here to keep my word and to share with you how it was inside the walls of this Castle!
As I said in the previous post, this excursion took place last year in the middle of the summer, and it's perfect for the #tbt community, but this time, it goes to #worldmappin... So, it will come in handy to warm us up in these cold winter days...
Even before entering the castle, or town, I don't know what to call it, as it's not just the castle... Btw, there is another enigma with this place... It can be called a small peninsula on the big Lake Garda but as it's connected with the "mainland" with 2 bridges, it can be called an island too!
Scaligero Castle is situated at the very beginning, probably acting as a defense wall for the town which is behind, or inside the "walls"... It was built in the 14th century by the Della Scala family of Verona, but it was named Scaligero, as that was the "popular" name of the family... I could bet that I saw this castle in some movie, but I didn't find it on the Internet... On the other side, they do have a "summer cinema" in the town, but unfortunately, we didn't have time to check it out...
When we entered the town walls, we turned to the right and saw this water gate, where boats were probably coming into the port...
As you already saw in some of the photos from the last post, the lake itself is huge! When I see a photo like this, I immediately think it is the sea...
Leaving the castle and the lake, and going inside the old town... Even before we headed to this place, after looking at the map and some brochures, I didn't expect that some people actually lived there! I mean, it's a beautiful place, but it's heavily overwhelmed by tourists (the record was over 300K visitors in a year!)... It's like living in a museum... 馃槂 But, truth be said, most of these apartments are for short-term renting...
Imagine you are going out of your apartment, and you see this beautiful garden...
...and a few steps further, you can go down the stairs that led you to this great beach!!! It does look like a perfect scene for a James Bond movie! 馃槂 Tbh, I imagined Halle Berry going down those stairs... 馃ぃ
Back to the town... In a few places, there were these narrow gates that would lead you to the other part of the town, or better said street as the whole place is tiny...
Those who like street stickers would appreciate them in this place... For others who don't, it's vandalism... 馃槂 They were strategically stuck in discreet places... I wasn't ready this time and I didn't have HIVE stickers (or Worldmappin!) to leave the mark... Maybe next time...
We are now on the opposite side of the beach... The shore is completely different and probably the water is much deeper, which makes it perfect as a dock for small boats...
These two ducks were patiently waiting for their transport, ignoring hundreds of tourists passing by... 馃槂
There it is... Your boat is waiting! All aboard!!!
We decided to leave ducks alone and went back to the town... I have no idea why, but I took a lot of photos of the restaurant's terraces... I suppose I was hungry... 馃槀 馃嵈
The sign clearly says "Gelateria" and we all know what that means, but why there are so many huge lollipops outside?
Castle without the ice cream...
Castle WITH the ice cream... 馃槀
It looks like someone visited that ice cream shop, and didn't mistakenly buy a lollipop... 馃槂
That would be all from this place! I have run out of photos and stories... If you are in that part of Italy, you have to check out this place... I read that the Scaligero Castle is one of the best-preserved castles in Italy! But, don't do it like us... Take more than a day to explore the place... It is tiny, but it has so many things in the town, and you have to take another day to relax by the lake!
Thank you for your time,
--ph--
