The peninsula of Sirmione, approx. 4km long, is much frequented because of its thermal spas. The hot sulphur springs of Sirmione are just 8km away as is the fairy - tale castle (Scaligero castle) at the end of the peninsular - but the town is crowded so best to pick your time perhaps during lunch hours.
The peninsula has a luxuriant vegetation of olive, cypresses, laurels and magnolias. The remarkable Roman buildings, the tombstones, the capitals and other remains, testify to the ancient importance of Sirmione.
The prosperity of Sirmione, besides the Roman period, was particularly demonstrated under the domination of the Scaliger and of the Venetian Republic. In the 13th century, the Scaligers built the Castle or Rocca Scaligera, erected as a fortRess inside the ancient walls surrounding the Medieval Village. Presently the castle is said to be the most beautiful of the surviving Castles of the Scaligerian Age.
A pretty town full of renaissance buildings over looking a harbour which offers numerous water sports as well as having some romantic little restaurants and a number of wine bars.