{"id":39139,"date":"2021-12-17T11:38:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T10:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/what-to-do\/itineraries\/passeggiate-storiche-e-naturalistiche\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T14:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T12:37:06","slug":"historical-and-naturalistic-walks-in-sirmione","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/what-to-do\/itineraries\/historical-and-naturalistic-walks-in-sirmione\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical and naturalistic walks in Sirmione"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In Sirmione, architecture and natural beauty coexist in perfect harmony<\/strong>, giving rise to a series of fascinating routes that can be explored on foot through the historic town centre and the neighbourhoods of Colombare and Lugana; you can explore, both to get to know these places from an architectural and historical point of view, and to do sport, walking or running.<\/p>\n<p>Each step offers no end of <strong>amazing 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<\/figure>\n                    <\/noscript>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The old town<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A walk through the streets of the historic town centre<\/strong> on the tip of Sirmione peninsula allows you to visit many<strong> local places of interest<\/strong> including the Roman remains of the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/what-to-see\/art-and-monuments\/grottoes-of-catullus\/\">Grottoes of Catullus<\/a>, the early medieval remains of the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/what-to-see\/art-and-monuments\/churches-of-sirmione\/san-salvatore-church\/\">Church of San Salvatore<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/what-to-see\/art-and-monuments\/scaliger-castle\/\">Scaligero Castle <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/what-to-see\/art-and-monuments\/villa-callas\/\">Villa Callas<\/a>,\u00a0 where the Divina opera singer stayed.<\/p>\n<p>You can explore sacred buildings and noble residences, in the charm of the old town, as described in the <strong>map<\/strong> below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1xBRFozEA_9diALVNAg1hDwEiXpi6Xeg&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Walking around Sirmione<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sirmione is ideal for walking itineraries. The peninsula is surrounded by the lake on three sides so it is<strong> ideal for enjoying the lake\u2019s beauty on foot, by walking in nature<\/strong>, along the beaches, through the many parks and in the old town and Colombare and Lugana neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>By following the <strong>routes suggested on the map<\/strong> you can transform your holiday into a<strong> regenerating break<\/strong> immersed in a delightful green landscape.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1fJU6IO-0TrVxqr6-h4e1T7VtI4Pz-oc&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a title=\"Komoot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.komoot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Komoot<\/a><\/strong> site suggests <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/passeggiate-a-sirmione-febbraio-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;the 20 best excursions&#8221; to do in Sirmione<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Running in Sirmione<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sirmione has a beautiful route along the peninsula, away from the cars, for runners to enjoy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is an <strong>easy route<\/strong>, with only one climb; the one that leads to the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/what-to-see\/art-and-monuments\/grottoes-of-catullus\/\">Grottoes of Catullus<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/what-to-see\/art-and-monuments\/churches-of-sirmione\/san-pietro-in-mavino-church\/\">Church of San Pietro in Mavino<\/a>. As you can see on the map, apart from the section inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/what-to-see\/sirmione-the-pearl-of-lake-garda\/the-old-town\/\">old town centre<\/a>, the route is the same both ways.<\/p>\n<p>If it is too long, the route can be shortened (or started) from <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/what-to-see\/nature\/beaches\/lido-galeazzi\/\">Galeazzi beach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1YTCERpgX6zQZ6Q71rl1p23JpuR1KuTc&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Sirmione, architecture and natural beauty coexist in perfect harmony, giving rise to a series of fascinating routes that can be explored on foot through the historic town centre and the neighbourhoods of Colombare and Lugana; you can explore, both to get to know these places from an architectural and historical point of view, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43522,"parent":3473,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39139","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39139"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70749,"href":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39139\/revisions\/70749"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}