Monte Baldo
The Guardian of Lake Garda
Monte Baldo
and its surroundings
Mount Baldo, 2218 m, keeps watch over the lake and offers enchanting views, as well as walks along paths carved out over the centuries, along which visitors can admire rare species of flowers in bloom all year round.The strikingly large Mount Baldo dominates the landscape, rising up on the eastern side of the lake from San Vigilio to Torbole: potent, lofty, outstretched and isolated, it towers above the whole lake, visible from every point of it and immediately recognisable.
For the locals, the Baldo is more than just a mountain, since in the past the grassland and high woodlands provided the local population with various means of sustenance and supplies (berries, roots, chestnuts, hay, milk and timber).
The name Baldo is derived from WALD, meaning “wood”.
Baldo flora and fauna
Mount Baldo is a “goldmine” of vegetation and nature, boasting a wealth of rare plants, flowers and trees exclusive to the area. It is home to some 2000 species of plants that grow wild here and have earned the area the name of “THE GARDEN OF EUROPE”.In previous centuries, people used to climb up the Baldo in search of plants used to treat illnesses.
Wildlife was also once well represented on the mountainside, with wolves, eagles and bears to be found; more common species have survived until the present day, such as the roe deer, the red fox, the golden eagle, the capercaillie, the red deer, the sparrowhawk, the rock ptarmigan and the mountain sparrowhawk ...as well as a host of beautifully coloured butterflies.
Malcesine cableway
In just 30 minutes from the waters of the lake at an altitude of 1760 meters:a trip on the Malcesine cable car is an unmissable experience, suitable for adults and children and which promises breathtaking views. Its main feature is the rotation of its cabins which, from the second route to the peaks of Monte Baldo, offer a 360-degree view of a splendid landscape.
An exciting adventure to discover all the richness of Lake Garda from above: the clarity of its crystalline waters, the softness of its hills, the elegance of its villages and the steepness of its rocky walls.
