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SPORT FACILITIES AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES AT THE PROPERTY OR NEARBY |
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Hotel Facilities
“Verdelli” Boutique.
Wellness Centre (Beauty Farm “Ai Capitani”)
Reading lounge, internet point.
''Il Ramo'' Gourmet restaurant with the refined local cuisine.
Shopping in the main streets of the historical centre.
Reserved parking places. |
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Sport Activities
Sailing, fishing, water skiing, tennis, kite,
trap-shooting, wind surf.
Diving with qualified instructors, trekking and excursions
around the lake and its hinterland.
Golf: For the lovers of this noble sport, golf courses are
available at a short distance.
Horse riding: Nature lovers can enjoy relaxing hack along
the paths of the beautiful "Mincio Valley", all the way to
Mantua or in the hinterland, amongst the morenic hills,
surrounded by peace and tranquility. |
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“Orangerie” Meeting Room
Conference room with a capacity from 8 to 20 people,
equipped with all the latest technology for every needs.
Ideal location for coffee breaks, working lunches and
private dinners. |
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Verdelli Boutique
Since 1964 the name Verdelli has been synonymous with
style and quality. The boutique is located in a refined
environment in via Dante, linked to the "Ai Capitani Hotel".
Here the sales staff offers exceptional service to clients
and hotel guests. Verdelli has the best italian and
international fashions to dress for every occasion with
elegance. |
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The Locanda ''Ai Capitani''
Available both for the hotel guests and the day- visitors,
standing closed to the hotel, the “Locanda Ai Capitani” will
delight you with typical specialities, proposing the most
refined dishes of the local cuisine.
The word “Locanda” in the tourism tradition, refers to the
place where the welcome is synonymous of hospitality to the
tired traveller seeking a genuine rest.
Not only place of relief, but also elegant and comfortable
landing for real connoisseurs.
For this reason, our “Locanda Ai Capitani” is addressed to
whom, in the peace of a small lake village, prefers the
authenticity of the human relationships in a romantic
ambiance of ancient time.
The atmosphere and the hospitality are those of a happy and
comfortable tavern, where you are sure to appreciate the
unique tastes of the boiled and roasted meats with their
authentic sauces and the highly esteemed Italian wines. |
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Beauty Fram “Ai Capitani”
Placed in the hearth of Peschiera del Garda and integrated
inside the Sixteenth century building of the hotel, the
Beauty Farm “Ai Capitani” offers its guests a unique
experience, immersed in the background of Lake Garda.
A refined, elegant and comfortable place, where you can
treat yourself to one hour or a whole day. Great care and
attention on the details in order to spend pleasant and
unique moments.
Soft, feather filled leather lounge sofas in large
candle-lit rooms is the ultimate in comfort while receiving
a facial treatment, a manicure or a pedicure. Authentic,
beautiful materials in a perfect mélange of creams, tans and
grey tones, transmit immediately escapism through total
relaxation.
All the face and body treatments are high quality and
carried out by using top quality ingredients exclusively of
plant origin, without the use of technical equipment. Each
treatment of the Beauty Farm is accompanied by a musical
background.
The unique philosophy of the Beauty Farm reflects the human
need of being spoilt in the true sense of the word. |
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Boat Charter
The “Benaco” (Garda Lake) has got a surface area of 370 kmq;
it is 65 mt. height above the sea level; its max deepness is
346 mt. and its volume of water is about 50.000 millions mc.
Its widest distance is of 51,600 km and the coasts length is
about 160 km.
On Garda Lake emerge some islands that, in order of
importance are: the Garda island , ab. 900 mt. long and 200
mt. large (it stands nearly in front of Portese and San
Felice); the Trimellone island, near Cassone; the Olive
island, in front of Malcesine hospital; the Dream island,
before Malcesine and it closes the homonymous small bay; the
San Biagio island, nearby the Rocca di Manerba.
The “Benaco” is crossed, from Punta San Vigilio to Sirmione
caves, by a sub aquatic rocky dorsal. It is just above this
dorsal that we find the Vo’ sandbank.
The “Falstaff” is the 13 mt. long boat, a Lobster type, with
a total capacity of 6/8 persons, equipped with all the
comforts, among which: stereo, kitchen with stove and sink,
indoor shower, plant 220 V, and 4 bed places.
With Falstaff, you will sail the water of the “Benaco”,
steering towards your dreams: an aperitif with your friends,
a working luncheon, a romantic dinner or simply taking a
plunge on a sunny day. “Falstaff ” and its captain will take
you towards wonderful coasts and lovely villages…for a
journey out of the time. |
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LOCATION AND HISTORY |
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Lake Garda is surrounded by beaches and winding roads that
allow you to take in the beautiful scenery with its perfumed
flowers and captivating colours.
The climate is sweet and temperate with luxurious vegetation
that is reminiscent of the Mediterranean coasts.
Numerous tourist places surround the lake with their little
harbours, tiny colourful houses, gorgeous mansions and
gardens.
Peschiera del Garda is one of the most strategic and
panoramic places of the lake, where in the prehistory stood
up a piles- village. Later Peschiera is the ancient
“Arilica” of the Roman Empire, how Plinio Il Vecchio
describes it. The Byzantines, the Longobards, the Scaliger
family, Carlo Magno and Berengario, they all built castles
around here. In the XII c. Peschiera obtained the complete
autonomy of a free commune, but it could not defend itself
from the siege of Federico Barbarossa. In the following
centuries it passed through the Visconti and Venetian
supremacies and afterwards through the Napoleon’s and
Austrian dominions. With the unity of Italy, the tormenting
period of political and economical fights and disputes
finally got to the end for Peschiera as well.
Its historical centre preserves the main part of the
puissant city fortification walls, realized between the 1553
and the 1556 by Guidobaldo della Rovere.
The town with its alluring shops stands at the South-Eastern
part of Lake Garda, exactly where the lake water flows down
into the river Mincio. The historical town centre is very
interesting standing inside a huge star shaped fortress
completely surrounded by a moat.
In the narrow streets of the town centre there are shops and
bars. Monday is market day. You will feel the sensation of
being in Italy, as you wander through this traditional
Italian market with its street traders and alluring scents
of fresh market products. The wines produced in this area
include the very famous Lugana, a white wine of excellent
quality, whose production has been extended outside
Peschiera through Brescia territory, together with another
sparkling wine that has already obtained excellent quality
results.
We are writing about Lugana, as legends have it this wine
flowed from a fountain built in Peschiera, in celebration of
the first stay of king Charles V, coming back from his
coronation in Bologna in 1530.
The Emperor arrived in Peschiera on 20th April with a huge
retinue of soldiers, horses
and carts. The town triumphantly welcomed him as he took
lodgings with the local
Governor.
Today Peschiera is no longer the place solely for Princes,
Kings and Emperors, but
it is a town visited by cosmopolitan tourists, who love
spending time on the shores of the
most beautiful European lake. The days amble along offering
quiet relaxation not
only during the Summer season but as a destination for all
seasons.
The town is well located for visitors wishing to explore
cities of art, such as Verona, Venice, Milan and Mantua.
Mantua can be reached through the Mincio Valley, of which
Peschiera is the natural gateway for people who wish to
visit from the lake.
The ancient poet Dante refers to the town of Peschiera in
his famous XX “Canto” of the poem “Inferno”:
“Siede Peschiera bello e forte arnese da fronteggiar
bresciani e bergamaschi, ove la riva intorno più discese.
Ivi convien che tutto quanto caschi ciò che ‘n grambo a
Benaco star non pò e fassi fiume giù pè verdi paschi.
Tosto che l’acqua a correr mette cò non più Benaco, ma
Mincio si chiama fino a Governalo ove cade in Po”.
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