LAKE GARDA - ITALY │GARDONE RIVIERA

LAKE GARDA - ITALY │GARDONE RIVIERA. VIDEO VLOG OF THE BEST THINGS TO DO IN GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - LAKE GARDA.
GARDONE RIVIERA RISES ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE GARDA. IT DID NOT EXIST AS A TOURIST DESTINATION UNTIL 1875, WHEN LUIGI WIMMER CAME TO LAKE GARDA TO TAKE CARE OF HIS LUNGS. NO TOURIST DESTINATIONS EXISTED ON LAKE GARDA AT THAT TIME. WIMMER BUILT A SMALL HOTEL THAT HAD A GREAT SUCCESS AND BECAME THE GRAND HOTEL GARDONE RIVIERA. FROM THAT MOMENT ON IT’S A STORY OF TOURIST SUCCESS AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT LAKE GARDA. EVERYTHING STARTED HERE, IN GARDONE RIVIERA.
AT THE END OF THE '800 GARDONE RIVIERA WAS AN IMPORTANT TOURIST DESTINATION IN ITALY. ELEGANT VILLAS HOSTED INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS ALLURED BY THE ROUND-YEAR MILD CLIMATE OF LAKE GARDA, AND BY THE REFINEMENT, THE WELLNESS, AND THE ELEGANT BALLS OF THE GRAND HOTEL GARDONE RIVIERA DURING THE UNFORGETTABLE NIGHTS OF THE BELLE EPOQUE!
THE NEXT CENTURY WINSTON CHURCHILL, BENITO MUSSOLINI, WILLIAM SOMERSET, VLADIMIR NABÒKOV WERE CAPTURED BY THE CLEAR WATER OF LAKE GARDA AND BY THE BEAUTIFUL LAKEFRONT OF GARDONE RIVIERA, THAT NOWADAYS STILL ENLIVEN THE WARM SUMMER NIGHTS OF THE CITY.
GARDONE RIVIERA - THE HELLER GARDEN
ANDRÈ HELLER DESCRIBES HIS GARDEN "A COLLECTION OF SAMPLES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD", WHERE YOU CAN SEE HUNDREDS OF PLANTS FROM EVERYWHERE TWIST AND TURN AMONG ROCKS, PONDS AND WALKWAYS.
HIDDEN AMONG THE STREETS OF GARDONE RIVIERA,THIS UNBELIEVABLE DIVERSITY BLENDS WITH THE SCULPTURES BY INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS SHOWN IN THE GARDEN, IN A PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN NATURE AND ART. STREAMS, WATER GAMES AND GUSHES OF WATER FROM BRONZE HEADS BRING PEACE AND FRESH IN THE HOT SUMMER DAYS OF GARDONE RIVIERA.
THE BEACHES ARE REALLY POPULAR IN GARDONE RIVIERA. THE CASINO' BEACH IS WELL EQUIPPED WITH ANY KIND OF SERVICE. THIS BEACH IS ALSO REALLY APPRECIATED FOR THE CLEAR WATERS OF THIS PART OF LAKE GARDA. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT ACHIEVED THE BLUE FLAG! IT MEANS THAT IN 125 PLACES IN ITALY GARDONE RIVIERA IS THE ONLY LOMBARD HAMLET TO BE AWARDED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ITALIAN ENVIRONMENT.
GARDONE RIVIERA - THE SAINT MARK’S TOWER
NEXT TO THE BEACH IS THE SAINT MARK’S TOWER, THE SECRET MEETING PLACE OF BENITO MUSSOLINI AND HIS LOVER CLARETTA PETACCI. IN 1925 GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO PURCHASED THE TOWER, AND CONNECTED IT TO THE VITTORIALE DEGLI ITALIANI, THE SHRINE OF ITALIAN VICTORIES, A DWELLING THAT HE CREATED, AND WHERE HE LIVED FROM 1921 TO 1938.
GARDONE RIVIERA VITTORIALE DEGLI ITALIANI - THE SHRINE OF ITALIAN VICTORIES
GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO BOUGHT IT IN 1921. HE WANTED TO SET UP A DWELLING THAT COULD BE THE ICON OF HIS " INìMITABLE LIFESTYLE", A HOUSE AND A MUSEUM TO BE REMEMBERED. HE CONSIDERED HIMSELF THE HEIR OF DANTE ALIGHIERI AND MICHELANGELO, HE KEPT IN THE VITTORIALE DEGLI ITALIANI 33.000 BOOKS!
IN THE RELICS ROOM YOU CAN SEE AN ALTAR WITH A STEERING WHEEL. AN ENGLISH FRIEND OF HIM DIED DURING A SPEEDBOAT RACE, HE BROKE HIS CHEST AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. D'ANNUNZIO PUT THE STEERING WHEEL HERE TO HONOR HIS FRIEND AND TO HONOR ALL THE RISKY CHALLENGES AND THE RELIGION OF RISK, THE ONLY ONE HE HAD FAITH IN.
GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE LEPER’S ROOM MEDITATING, OR TO REMEMBER THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER AND THE DEATH OF ELEONORA DUSE, ACTRESS, LOVER AND THE POET’S MUSE. HE DIED AT THE DESK, HIS BODY WAS PUT HERE FOR ONE NIGHT, AND THEN PUT IN ANOTHER ROOM WHERE ANYONE COULD HONOR HIM.
HE HAD A LOT OF DEBTS BUT COULDN’T PAY FOR THEM, SO HE PRETENDED TO BE ONE-HARMED, AND NEVER ANSWERED THEIR LETTERS.
THE POET'S STUDY IS NAMED "WORKSHOP", SINCE HE DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS A “WORKMAN OF THE WORD”. THE DOOR WAS BUILT LITTLE TO FORCE THE GUESTS TO BEND DOWN BEFORE THE PLACE WHERE ART IS CREATED, WHILE THE DINING ROOM, CALLED CHELI'S ROOM, IT’S NAMED AFTER THE TORTOISE THAT LIVED IN THE GARDENS OF THE VITTORIALE DEGLI ITALIANI FOR 5 YEARS, BEFORE IT DIED OF AN INDIGèSTION.
ON THE TOP OF THE VITTORIALE THERE IS THE MAUSOLEUM OF D’ANNUNZIO. THE MONUMENT REPRESENTS THE VICTORIES OF THE HUMBLE, THE SAPPERS AND THE HEROES. IN THE CENTER THERE IS THE GRAVE OF D’ANNUNZIO, AROUND IT TEN OF THE HEROES AND LEGIONARIES OF FIUME WHO WERE DEAR TO THE POET.
THE PUGLIA MILITARY SHIP IS LOCATED IN THE PARK. IT’S MAYBE THE MOST EVOCATIVE RELIC OF THE VITTORIALE. IT WAS GIVEN TO D'ANNUNZIO BY THE ITALIAN NAVY IN 1923. INSIDE THERE’S THE MUSEUM THAT COLLECTS SOME PRECIOUS VINTAGE MODELS OF MILITARY SHIPS FROM THE COLLECTION OF AMEDEO DI SAVOIA. THE BOW POINTS TOWARDS THE ADRIATIC SEA AND DALMATIA, TO REMEMBER THE OCCUPATION OF THE CITY OF FIUME.
VILLA ALBA
VILLA ALBA WAS THE FIRST CONVENTION HALL ON LAKE GARDA. IT HOSTED EXHIBITS, EVENTS AND ART EXPOSITIONS, AND DURING THE YEARS HAS BECOME THE EQUIVALENT OF MEETINGS AND CULTURE.
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