There are lakes you visit and lakes you remember, and Garda has always belonged firmly to the second kind for me. It is the largest of the Italian lakes, and it wears its size beautifully, shifting from the soft, olive-scented…
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There are lakes you visit and lakes you remember, and Garda has always belonged firmly to the second kind for me. It is the largest of the Italian lakes, and it wears its size beautifully, shifting from the soft, olive-scented…

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