Activities in The Lakes
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Friends of Arco
Anyone looking to experience this outdoor-lover’s paradise should hook up with Friends of Arco, a mountain-guide service offering a huge range of courses and excursions, from gentle day trips taking in the local botany to multiday adventure courses, including canyoning, trekking, climbing and ski mountaineering. The Friends can also help you book accommodation.
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Marco Segnana Surf Center
Beginners and pros alike can hook up with the Marco Segnana Surf Center, which has bases at lakeside Lido di Torbole in Torbole and on Porfina beach in Riva del Garda. Three-hour lessons for beginners/advanced surfers are €59/68, excluding board hire (€18/42 per hour/day). It also rents catamarans (€39/89 per hour/half-day), kayaks and bikes.
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CanevaWorld
CanevaWorld has two theme parks. Aquaparadise has lots of exhilarating water slides, while Movieland has stunt-packed action shows. Exact opening times may vary slightly throughout the year, so check the website for details. You can take on an evening medieval show and banquet (of sorts).
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Lake Maggiore Adventure Park
If you’ve got energy to burn (or kids who do), stop off at Lake Maggiore Adventure Park. Thrills and spills include suspension courses, an artificial climbing wall, a trampoline ‘acro-jump’, and a cycling course with jumps. Its cafe has stunning lake views from its patio.
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Gardaland
The lake’s lower eastern shore is home to larger-than-life dinosaurs, pirate ships, roller coasters and a dolphinarium at the kid-oriented Gardaland.
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Tomaso Surf & Sail
Cannobio has an active sailing and windsurfing school, Tomaso Surf & Sail, next to a patch of gritty beach at the village’s northern end.
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Cicli Prezan
Mountain bikes can be hired per hour/day for €4/14 from Cicli Prezan.
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Ski Pass
Skiing down Mottarone’s gentle slopes is limited to five green and two blue slopes, making it good for beginners. Gear can be hired from the station at the top of Mottarone. The ski pass includes the cost of the cable car; you can hire gear at the top.
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Bicicò
The mountain itself offers good biking trails as well as walking opportunities (it takes about four hours to walk from Stresa to the top). Bicicò rents out mountain bikes at the lower Stresa cable-car station. Rates include a helmet and road book detailing a 25km panoramic descent (about three hours, of which only about 30 minutes require slight ascents, thus making it accessible to pretty much anyone who can ride a bike) from the top of Mottarone back to Stresa. A one-way trip with a bike on the cable car to Alpino/Mottarone costs €7/10.
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Movieland
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Bicicò
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Aquaparadise
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