Mille Miglia Lake Garda Driving Experience – Alfa Romeo
Experience the World's Most Beautiful Race from Lake Garda
About This Tour
Be part of the legend as the Mille Miglia 2027 starts in Brescia – and take the wheel of a gleaming Alfa Romeo Spider for a journey through vineyards, alpine passes, and hidden villages around Lake Garda. This is where Italian driving dreams come to life: style, history, and soul on four wheels.
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 Vecchia Griglia, where you’ll enjoy authentic Italian home-style cooking
Today, our classic Alfa Romeos take us along the western shores of Lake Garda and into the winding mountain roads of the Alpe del Garda before reaching Limone. After time for an individual lunch by the lake, we return to Sirmione. In the early evening, a transfer takes us to Brescia, where the historic racing cars and teams of the Mille Miglia gather in the old town. We immerse ourselves in the unique atmosphere surrounding Italy’s most legendary road race and enjoy the evening in Brescia.
Our final drive in the classic Alfa Romeos takes us to Lake Iseo and through the vineyards of Franciacorta. After a visit to Bellini Riva Vintage, we return our classics – because now the stage belongs to the Mille Miglia. Brescia’s historic centre is buzzing with anticipation. Historic palazzi, gleaming bodywork, roaring engines and thousands of enthusiastic spectators create the unique backdrop for the start of Italy’s most legendary road race. Aston Martins, Bugattis, Alfa Romeos and Ferraris fill the streets before, one by one, the teams cross the starting ramp and begin their long journey to Rome. The scent of fuel and leather, the sound of historic engines and unmistakable Italian passion – today, Brescia is Mille Miglia.
After unforgettable days filled with Lake Garda, winding mountain roads, Italian classics and the unique atmosphere of the Mille Miglia, it is time to say goodbye. Following breakfast, there is still time to enjoy the final hours by the lake before our transfer to Verona Airport. A journey filled with automotive passion and Italian lifestyle comes to an end.
Italy
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 2026” 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”.
Included
- Transfer to/from Verona Airport (VRN)
- Nostalgic Alfa Romeo Spider for you to self-drive, including fully comprehensive insurance (Euro 2.500 deductible), fuel
- 4 nights with breakfast at Hotel Europa Sirmione**, Sirmione
- 2 dinners and 2 lunches
- Admission fees, guided sightseeing according to itinerary
- English-speaking guide and service team during the entire trip
- Welcome gitt
Not Included
- meals unless expressly included
- arrival in Verona
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