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( 0457 40 11 77;
www.speckstube.com
; Via Navene Vecchia 139, Campagnola; meals €8-20; noon-midnight
Mar-Oct; )
Wood-roast chickens, sausages and pork on the bone are the speciality at
this family-friendly place 2.5km north of Malcesine. Chow down on hearty portions and
mugs of beer at trestle tables beneath the olive trees, while kids and pets amuse them-
selves in the play area and park.
Vecchia Malcesine
( 045 740 04 69;
www.vecchiamalcesine.com
; Via Pisort 6; meals €45-100; noon-2.30pm & 7-10.30pm Thu-
Tue)
Set far above the town with a bird's eye view over the rooftops and lake is this
Michelin-starred restaurant. Dine out on the covered terrace on a six-course earth, lake or
mountain menu paired with two local wines. Artful dishes include wild garlic and snail
risotto, marinated prawns with gin and tonic, and dainty 'meteorites' of chocolate filled
with Garda olive oil.
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Information
Tourist Office
( 045 740 00 44;
www.tourism.verona.it
;
Via Gardesana 238; 9.30am-12.30pm & 3-6pm Mon-
Sat, 9.30am-12.30pm Sun)
The main tourist office is set back from the lake beside the bus sta-
tion on the main road through town. There's a second
tourist office
(
045 658 99 04;
www.malcesinepiu.it
;
Via Capitanato 6
) with the same hours that's convenient for visitors arriving
by ferry.
Torri del Benaco
POP 2850
Picturesque Torri del Benaco is one of the most appealing stops on the eastern bank.
Another 14th-century Scaligero castle, remodelled from the town's 10th-century walls,
overlooks a pint-sized harbour filled with swaying yacht masts. Arranged around a single,
cobbled street, Corso Dante, are ivy-draped, 16th-century
palazzi
, relics of a past prosper-
ity when Torri del Benaco was a thriving financial centre, levying customs duties on lake
traffic.
Sights
Castello Scaligero
MUSEUM
