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the lake. The salad-based menu includes lobster, veal and prosciutto with mozzarella. The
candle-lit buffets (Friday and Saturday from mid-June, booking required, €45) feature a
gourmet spread accompanied by live music.
GASTRONOMIC
€€€
Locanda San Vigilio
(
045 725 66 88;
www.locanda-sanvigilio.it
;
Punta di San Vigilio; meals €80;
12.30-2pm & 7-10.30pm;
)
In the restaurant of the Locanda San Vigilio the setting almost upstages the food. Dark
beams, rustic tables, elegant tableware and crisp fabrics combine to bewitching effect. The
sophisticated menu includes rabbit with wild fennel, lake-fish risotto, and quail with
polenta and caramelised onion. For a special touch ask for a table in the open-sided log-
gia.
Bardolino
POP 6700
Prosperous Bardolino is a town in love with the grape. More than 70 vineyards and wine
cellars grace the gentle hills that roll east from Bardolino's shores, many within DOC and
the even stricter DOCG quality boundaries. They produce an impressive array of pink
Chiaretto, ruby Classico, dry Superiore and young Novello.
Bardolino is at its most Bacchic during the
Festa dell'Uva e del Vino
in early October, when
the town's waterfront fills with food and wine stands, as well as musicians and dancers.
The tourist office stocks a map of local producers on the
Bardolino Strada del Vino
(
www.stradadelbardolino.com
)
. Otherwise, plan your visit on a Thursday in order to catch the
weekly market.
Bardolino is also also a big spa town and the springboard for the ancient walled village
of Lazise.
Sights & Activities
Museo del Vino
( 045 622 83 31;
www.zeni.it
; Via Costabella 9; 9am-1pm & 2.30-7pm Mar-Oct, 8.30am-12.30pm &
2.30-6.30pm Jan-Mar)
The Museo del Vino is set inside the Zeni winery on the outskirts
of Bardolino. The museum visit includes free tastings of Zeni's red, white and rosé wines
or you can pay to sample the more expensive vintages, including barrel-aged Amarone.
MUSEUM
