The apartment Il BATTI is part of a picturesque old Venetian villa built as a holiday home for the Venetian Comincioli in 1770, on the site of a medieval building. This site was also where ruins were found of an impressive Roman villa which extended to the existing church nearby (where the original floors can still be seen). The apartment IL BATTI named after an old fisherman who lived here nearly all his life, has an independent entrance opening onto the jetty of the old harbour of Toscolano.

 

A short distance from the house (5 minutes by car and 15 minutes on foot) you come to the town of Toscolano. It has many family-run shops, bars, supermarkets, banks, a post office, a petrol station, a police station, well-equipped private beaches and small restaurants (trattorie). There is a market on Thursday mornings and there are also boats and ferries to the next town, Maderno. There are sailing school in Toscolano and its neighbouring towns and 5 km north there is an 18 hole golf course. The local fish man sells his fresh fish caught on the lake every morning from 6-7 am, as well as other local produce such as freshly laid eggs and great local wine from his family's vineyard. It's often possible to hire a small boat (with or without a boatman) for a swim out in the lake . A car is recommended. Parking: at 500 mt big parking place , not free, payment with coins.

 

Address:

Appartamento Il Batti - Via del Porto 40 - Toscolano (BS)

 

By car

Get off the motorway A4 at Brescia Est. Take the SS45bis Strada Statale Gardesana Occidentale.

 

By train

: nearest train station: Brescia From Brescia you can take the coach or rent a car ( recommended).

 

By plane

: nearest airports: Milano Malpensa, Milano Linate, Airport Verona.Villafranca Airport Bergamo Orio al Serio. It is recoomeded to hire a car fomr the Airport to Toscolano.