Although Lake Garda stretches some 32 miles in length and in parts is nearly ten miles wide, most of the diving happens in the northern part, with the majority of the marked dive sites being cluster in this area. One of the most-popular dive sites in Lake Garda is the Port of St Nicolo. Kitting up is easy - you don your gear in the nearby
Como is more expensive. (must get to Bellagio one day) We stayed at Hotel San Marco on Lake Garda in Pescheria del Garda. www.hotelsanmarcopescheria.it Check out booking through them or the many other sights and read reviews. We ended up going with hotels.com and paid $140 USD for a lake view room for our family of four.Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. Its name derives from the from the Germanic word warda, meaning "place of guard” or "place of observation"; it is also known as Benaco, which appears to derive from the Celtic language. With its 52 metres of length, a maximum depth of 350 metres and a surface of 370 square metres, it spans 3 regions