Italian lakes - what is there to do? Other holiday suggestions welcome!

[Forgotmylogin]

I think you'll find the clue was in the word "honeymoon"...

Nocturnal sericulture? Couldn't you have done that at home?

[MrWebDev]

I'll let you know, we're doing a few days in Verona then taking a hire car up to Lake Garda this coming Bank Hol weekend.

[Platypus]

I'll let you know, we're doing a few days in Verona then taking a hire car up to Lake Garda this coming Bank Hol weekend.

Actually, please do. Thanks!

[Coalman]

Went to the Azores last year. Great holiday. The kids enjoyed it too, but it's not full of families. The volcanoes really interested them. We did a 4x4 trip around the crater rim. In the rain. With the driver looking over her shoulder to tell us about things. With 50 foot drop on one side and 100 foot drop on the other. Bloody terrifying! Brilliant holiday though. Go Furnas on Sau Miguel and try the Cozidas. It's a stew cooked in volcanic springs. Take your swimmers for the hot pools, really quite odd. It does rain but it's a brilliant place to visit. My kids both want to go back.

[Mordac]

Nocturnal sericulture? Couldn't you have done that at home?

What do you reckon Mrs M's reaction would have been if I'd suggested "You know, spending ones honeymoon abroad is just so last year - let's just stay at home. I'll sort out a takeaway pizza and a couple of nice bottles of Brunello, and you'll hardly notice we're not in Italy."?

My eyes are watering just thinking about it...

[Scruff]

I'll let you know, we're doing a few days in Verona then taking a hire car up to Lake Garda this coming Bank Hol weekend.

Verona is very beautiful, and easy to walk around. Park you car and leave it. Gazillion Romeo et Juliet teenagers around you-know-where. The best aperitivi in the bars near the amphitheatre in the evenings.

Garda is seriously overpriced and can get very cold when the wind blows down from the Alps across the water.

Don't skip Mantua in your trip, it is a gem often overlooked by tourists. Fantastic place to visit.

[Bee]

Thanks! Good to know.




^ All booked

good.

If you are going to visit all the islands you need to plan very well.

You can swim in the Lagoa das Sete Cidades, and I advise to swim also in "Caldeira Velha", have warm water heated by the volcano.