Not just a room, but the unique authentic hospitality experience, shared by our family with our guests from check-in to breakfasts and dinners togather with all our guests.
Our family run guesthouse GardaDoma has been fully renovated recently. Each room has a private bathroom, an iconic lake view and the unique designs. Free parking, starlink wifi, towels & linen and air conditioning in every room are included in the price. We also provide dining at our place for extra charge.
The space
Imagine yourself visiting your family country house, where everyone's waiting for you. The same way we at Garda Doma are expecting you to come. It is all done here in a way that you could feel yourself at home, in a family environment; we actually want this place, for a period of time chosen by you, to become your home. This is the touchstone of our philosophy.
The room has everything not just for an overnight or two, but for staying for as long as you'd wish to. Here's a noble bed, a big dresser, a reliable wardrobe, an old downton-abbey-ish chair, dressing table, and desk. All antique, all wooden, all good.
1. Basic information about the room and extra services
2. Why in my view we are located in one of the best spots in Garda Lake
1. BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROOM AND EXTRA SERVICES
In short if you are not too much into reading we provide everything:
- lake view (exactly as in the photos)
- 400 meters away from the waterfront
- air-conditioning unit to keep you fresh in summer & gas heating to keep you as warm as you would like to in winter
- free parking on the premises
- Starlink WiFi great for remote work&streaming
- linens, towels
- washing machine free to use for all guests
- breakfasts and dinners for extra charge
A bit less concise description follows;)
BASICS
Waterfront is 400 meters away (5-7 minutes walk down the 2000 years old picturesque stone paved mule route). All year round grocery store is 10 minutes walk away.
As you can see from the photos, the room has an air-conditioning unit, the gives coolness in summer. In winter central gas heating keeps it as warm as you like.
PETS are more then welcome, however we charge extra 30 EURs for antiallergic cleaning afterwards.
DINING
We cook home breakfasts and dinners at our guesthouse nearby and you are welcome to join them if you would like to.
The breakfast is continental style: freshly baked pancakes, oatmeal porridge, fried eggs, breads, cereals, jams, freshly brewed steaming coffee in Italian Bialetti coffee maker. For the dinner we usually cook Italian Napoli style pastas or Ukrainian traditional dishes, home made olive oil with breads and cheese and wines and it usually continues into evening talks between us and guests over the table.
The approach in both cases is there is no limited portions, so be sure you going to be full when you finish. For avoidance of doubt both breakfasts and dinners are extras, but not obligatory to take, so it’s up for you decide whether you would like to join it on a day-by-day basis. Please don’t hesitate to ask us of you would like to know more about it.
KIDS & BABYSITTING
If you travel with a child, we certainly provide baby cots and high chair for free. We can also help you out with baby-sitting if you want to run away for a romantic dinner on your own to a waterfront restaurant. Its 15 EUR/hour.
HOUSEKEEPING
And in case you need extra cleaning of the apartment during your stay we do that as well on request. The usual fee for these kind of help is 15EUR per cleaning, extra change of linen during your stay (if its needed) is 10 EURs.
TRANSFERS: If you need a lift or want us to pick you up from the airport, train station or any other place, just let us know. The pricing is very reasonable prices compared to local taxi services.
RECOMENDATIONS
We are eager to help you plan and organize your vacation as a compliment from us with our deep knowledge of the area. So lets us know what activities do you want to do around during your stay and we suggest how to organize that in the most optimal manner. We have many recommendations for restaurants, bars, sight-seeing and activities in the area based on our experience, in case you need ideas/inspiration for your time at lake Garda - please don't hesitate to ask us. There are plenty of other things to do around like: tandem paragliding jump from Montebaldo, watersports (sail yachts, windsurf or kites serf, SUP) beginners lessons or advanced trainings, private plane flight over the lake, horse rides & fishing, canyoning or whitewater rafting, via ferrata rock climbing, vespa rental and on it goes. Just don't hesitate to ask and we recommend you what you can experience around, what would be the indicative pricing for the experience and where you can find it.
Please also check out the “Location section” on this page below. There we have summarized tips about activities you can to do around all year long that certainly may keep you busy at least for 2 weeks around.
CHECK-IN (from 4pm): me or other member of my family will welcome you in person, show you the apartment and share basic details about the area.
We'd be grateful to learn you estimated time of arrival (ETA) once you get on the road on the day of your arrival and please send us a message *30 minutes before your actual arrival time* so we make sure we are on the spot welcome you to our place.
EARLY CHECK-INs and LATE CHECK-INs. While we are trying to accommodate all our guests requests for that and be flexible, it depends on number of factors, including the departure of the previous guests and cleaning times. For the early check-in you are always welcome to come earlier and leave the car in our parking spots for free and check-in once the room is ready after 16:00. We also accommodate a bit early check-ins free of charge if we can reasonably manage that with cleanings times. If you would like to check in significantly earlier (before 14:00), subject to the room readiness, we can accommodate that as well on most of the days subject for a 20EUR early check in fee. For the late check-ins we ask a 20EURs late check-in fee for the check-ins later then 21:00. So if you want to avoid this extra charge, please kindly plan your trip respectively and plan for the check in with us during the regular check-in hours from 16:00 to 21:00.
2. WHY IN MY VIEW WE ARE LOCATED IN ONE OF THE BEST SPOTS IN GARDA LAKE?
Garda Lake is huge, so where is the best area for vacation? After 10 years of visiting Garda as a tourist I knew exactly where I wanted our family house to be located as we decided with my family to reallocate here and start doing bed&breakfast instead of corporate jobs.
Here are some points for your consideration:
a) Northern vs Southern part
Alpes mountains start in the middle between south and north of the lake where it gets narrow. So if you like mountains like me and want them to be right at hand for instance to do trekking then it is the Northern half of the lake. Here you can find any individual and family sport activity you can think of: trekking, paragliding, mountain bike, alpinism, windsurf, kitesurf, yachting, white water & canyoning etc. Too long list, just tell us what you would like to do and we tell you where to find that.
The Southern part of the lake is plain, however you still have great view of the mountain on the horizon. South is more beach tourist type, much less sport activities there. However all kids focused activities (namely Gardaland amusement park with Legoland waterpark, Movieland and Caneva World waterpark, Parco Natura Viva zoopark&safari etc) are close south and located near the towns of Bardolino and Lazise. It is not a long ride from North (around 40-50 minutes), however if you plan Disney World type of vacation with kids (I mean 7 days of amusement parks) – then certainly Lazise and Bardolino are the spots you need to stay around. Peschiera, Sirmione and Desenzano areas are mostly beach vacation focused destinations.
b) East vs West shore
In the south part of the lake there is no big difference. In the north part west shore is much more rocky with just few towns like Limone on the waterfront. Which means less beaches and tourist attractions around. And the view from the west beach is not as spectacular as from the East beach (like you can see in our photos).
c) Town vs village
In large and most popular touristic towns in the North like Malcesine and Riva del Garda to me it is too overcrowded in summer, however that are the centers for sightseeing and sports. In small villages like ours you have the same or even more authentic medieval scenery (like hundreds years old paved mule track in mountains behind the house you are welcome to explore), nice truly home run restaurants and bars, smaller local watersport centers and you can always easily reach the major spots for sightseeing or sports with a short car ride. So basically the smaller village, the less overcrowded it is. Which also means more space on the beach in summer.
d) Waterfront or mountains?
It looks like for an unexperienced Garda tourist that the closer the apartment to the waterfront, the better. However there is traffic noise from Via Gardesana. This is the highway which goes along the lakeshore, and which is busy 24/7. So if you think of tranquility - always look for something several hundred meters away from it.
This is a type of experienced Garda traveler in depth insider advice you can get from us regarding every aspect of your journey during your stay with us.
How to avoid traffic jams when driving to Garda Lake in summer?
How to avoid queues to MonteBaldo cable car?
How to organize a private plane flight over Garda Lake?
Where to go trekking?
What is the best wine yard of Valpoliccela to visit?
We know all this and many more. Just don’t hesitate to ask what you need!
Guest access
This is a room in a six-bedroom guesthouse GardaDoma run by our family. Every room has its private bathroom, so practically it is like a hotel room.
On the ground floor of our guesthouse there is a common garden with hammocks and pool in the summer that you are welcome to use. There is also a dining area in the patio in summer and in the fire hall in winter where we dine with our guests, play board games etc. These are the shared spaces with us and other guests.
For avoidance of doubt, it is not possible to cook in our rooms or in the kitchen of our guesthouse, even as a courtesy. If you would like to rent a place with a cooking space - all our appartments nearby our guesthouse (you can find them through our host profile) are equiped for cooking, so please consider renting one of those if you would like to cook on your own during your stay.
During your stay
Staying with us is a unique authentic hospitality experience, shared by our family with our guests from check-in to breakfasts and dinners together. It is hard to find these days such kind of hospitality in AirBnB run by a family that is eager to interact with the guests, give individual advice to each and every guest and to socialize together, but we are one! Simply check out our reviews.
We purposefully meet all our guests in person, because it matters to us. Please kindly let us know your indicative time of arrival once you know it according to the navigator and then drop us a message 30 minutes before your arrival, so we make sure we are around at the time, and we welcome you in person and give you introduction to the surrounding area and individual recommendations following you wish list of activities during your stay with us.
Other things to note
Our guest house is located on a hill and the path to the lake and the waterfront part of the village has couple of steep places. It is 5-7 minutes walk down to the lake (400 meters) from the house and 7-10 minutes back up to the house. We also pick up our guests from the bus stop if you travel by public transports. For families with small kids or elder guest we also provide a free pick up from the lake to the house in the afternoon and in the evenings (if it is too tiring to go up - just give us a call - and we will pick you up).
PARKING
We offer free parking to our guests in our private parking, that is located 50 meters away from the guesthouse (2 minutes walk). During the check in you come to the address, put your car in a temporary parking lot to unload the luggage and then we show you the dedicated parking lot in our private parking lot.
If you have vehicle with low ground clearance you might have difficulties, so you can use the flat public parking which costs extra 20€ a day depending on the season and availability.
Registration Details
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