Hotels to remember: Castiglione delle Stiviere
Villa Onofria
Sirmione Lago di Garda (Brescia) - Residences
A suite on Lake Garda with swimming pool, fitness, and a personal chef: welcome to Villa Onofria!
Lefay Resort & Spa Lago di Garda
Gargnano (Brescia) - 5 Star Luxury Hotels
The Lefay Resort & Spa is a contemporary hotel designed in perfect harmony with the landscape of Lake Garda.
Palazzo Arzaga
Calvagese della Riviera (Brescia) - 5 Star Hotels
Rich in history, art and culture, the magnificent 15th century Palazzo Arzaga has been carefully transformed into a five-star hotel
Palace Hotel Villa Cortine
Sirmione
Hotel Olivi
Sirmione
Villa Onofria
Sirmione Lago di Garda
Palazzo Arzaga
Calvagese della Riviera
Lefay Resort & Spa Lago di...
Gargnano
Travel ideas
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Golf & Spa - Garda Style
Sport and wellness breaks in the green hillside of Lake Garda.
Itineraries (Lombardy) Itineraries
Gonzaga family treasures
Journey to Mantua, where every piazza recounts a tale of centuries of art.
Castiglione delle Stiviere: introduction
Situated in the gently undulating landscape of the Moreniche hills, Castiglione delle Stiviere is a small town just kilometers away from Mantova. The town reached its maximum splendour when Ferrante Gonzaga chose Castiglione delle Stiviere as both his official and family residence, thus transforming it in important principality. The royal family resided in the old castle of which only the medieval entrance tower remains.
Walking through the center of Castiglione, a great number of patrician town houses can be admired, dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. In Piazza San Luigi there is an interesting fountain in late baroque style and, opposite, the town's most important edifice: the Basilica of San Luigi Gonzaga. In the Aloysius History Museum, frescoes and documents recounting the life and times of the Saint of Castiglione and the Gonzaga dynasty can be consulted. Another important house of worship in the town is Castiglione's cathedral, erected in 1762.
Not far from the Duomo, lies the Parco Pastore, a veritable natural oasis. Also worthy of visit, is the town's Red Cross Museum which recounts the story of the foundation, here in Castiglione, of Henry Dunant's international humanitarian association.
