After meeting your fellow travelers and the Nostalgic team, you’ll start the engines and take your place behind the wheel of your Alfa Romeo Spider – an icon of the Dolce Vita era. Today’s route leads through the sun-drenched Lugana wine region, past cypress-lined lanes and into the enchanting village of Borghetto sul Mincio. Along the way, you’ll pass landmarks of 19th-century conflicts between the Habsburg Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont – silent witnesses to a turbulent history.
The Monte Baldo panoramic road awaits – climbing to over 1,600 meters above sea level. As you ascend, wildflower meadows, sharp serpentines, and crisp mountain air create a striking contrast to the heat and bustle along the lakeshore below. At midday, we stop in Arco for a light lunch at a peaceful agriturismo, surrounded by vines and olive trees. In the evening, we return via the Gardesana lakeside road. In the evening, we’ll take you to Trattoria Clementina, where you’ll enjoy authentic Italian home-style cooking
Today’s highlight is the exclusive visit to Isola del Garda – a private island still inhabited by the Cavazza family, who reside each summer in the stunning Villa Borghese Cavazza, built in Venetian neo-Gothic style. After crossing the Alpe del Garda, you cruise down to Limone sul Garda for a relaxed lunch. The day closes in style with a gourmet dinner at one of Peschiera del Garda’s most celebrated seafood restaurants – refined, romantic, and unmistakably Italian.
From early morning, the historic center of Brescia hums with excitement. Gleaming vintage cars line the cobblestone streets, engines roar and purr, and the air is thick with fuel, leather, and anticipation. Drivers sip espresso in old cafés, fans snap photos, and conversations buzz with passion and nostalgia. Aston Martins and Bugattis park beside Ferraris and Alfa Romeos – it’s a moving museum of motoring history. By midday, all eyes turn to the Viale Venezia. At 12:30 sharp, the first teams roll over the starting ramp and into the heart of Italy. You’ll watch the spectacle unfold from your table during a leisurely lunch by the route, as hundreds of cars thunder past on their way to Rome. It’s not just a farewell – it’s a grand finale.
* sharing a double room/ sharing a car
It is one-third smaller than Lake Constance, but still the largest lake in Italy and is the dream spot of many holidaymakers from up north for decades: Lake Garda or "Lago di Garda," as the locals call it. The 150 km long coastline is shared by three Italian regions, Lombardy in the west, Veneto in the east, and the region of Trentino-South Tyrol in the north. The year-round mild climate make this lake feel so predestine along the southern edge of the Alps as a holiday destination. Mild winters, hot summers and an annual average temperature of 15°C (~63°F) are also the reason why there are some very well-known wine-growing areas around the lake. To the east of the lake, known as the 'Riviera degli Olivi,' the Bardolino and Soave area, in the southeast towards Verona the Valpolicella, and in the south near Desenzano del Garda the Lugana are all many vast growing areas.
Lake Garda looks back on a long and eventful history, from the pile dwellings in the area of today's Torbole (now a World Heritage Site) to the Romans, who defended themselves against invaders from the north during the time of the Great Migration, to the Middle Ages, as the Lords of Verona who have built Scaligeri, castles in the eastern and south-eastern areas. The struggle for supremacy between the Doges of Venice and the Milanese Visconti, when the former had a series of galleys transported from the Adige Valley over the mountains and ultimately won the day, became legendary at the beginning of modern times. The French and Habsburgs later fought here, and the decisive battle of Solferino in 1859 near the south bank paved the way for the unification of Italy. It only became politically explosive shortly before the end of the Second World War, when the deposed fascist leader Mussolini founded the “Repubblica Sociale.” Now, since the 1950s, “conquerors” have been coming from abroad with much more peaceful intentions - as vacationers.
A large part of the visitors to Lake Garda come in July and August, the choice of the routes therefore makes it possible to slow down and relax behind the wheel of our vintage cars at the start of the “Mille Miglia” in June. Panoramic routes such as the “Gardesana” on the “Riviera dei Limoni” alternate with remote mountain routes around Monte Baldo, which are mainly for mountain bikers and climbers. Visits such as the “Vittoriale” in Salò or tastings round off the program, which comes to an end in neighboring Brescia with the start of the “most beautiful race in the world”, the “corsa più bella del mondo”.
Here you’ll find a comprehensive guide to the Mille Miglia—history, behind-the-scenes stories, participants, program highlights, and much more. <a href="https://www.nostalgic.de/us/mille-miglia
Not included in the arrangement:
Not included in the tour price: meals unless expressly included, arrival in Verona
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