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What is the best airport to fly into to see Limone Su Garda?

We’ll be in Verona for a wedding on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, and will be arriving from Orlando on Saturday, June 26. Before the wedding, we’d like to spend a couple of days in Limone sul Garda and are trying to decide whether it makes more sense to fly into Milan, Venice, or Verona.

Since Limone is on the west side of Lake Garda, it seems like it may be more challenging and time-consuming to reach. For those familiar with the area, which airport would you recommend flying into, and what mode of transportation works best to get to Limone sul Garda? Approximately how long should we expect the journey to take?

Posted by
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Verona is the closest airport, but it will have fewer flight options compared to Venice and especially Milan.
If you decide to fly there from Orlando, the best option is probably British Airways via London Gatwick or Air Lingus via Dublin.
Air France via Paris CDG is another option.

Posted by
1885 posts

Limone Su Garda is not served by train so you will need to drive, bus or ferry there. You can ferry from Peschiera del Garda (2+ hours) which is a few minutes by train from Verona. Or from someplace like Malcesine which is much closer (20 minutes) but you will need to take a bus to or drive to Malcesine.

From Verona airport there's a short airport bus ride (15m) to Verona Porta Nuova to Peschiera del Garda, Italy (15m) and then walk to the ferry station and ferry to Limone Su Garda. There are bus options that get you closer but are not much faster than the ferry.

Milan MXP is an hour outside Milan and then Milan you can either train to Desenzano Garda-Sirm (1 hour) and the ferry to Limone Su Garda (2 hours) or to Brescia and take 2 buses to Limone Su Garda.

Venice is a bus or taxi to Venice Mestre and then 1 hour to Peschiera del Garda which may direct if you get lucky or change in Verona.

So Verona is closest but none of the transportation are easy or great. If you want to throw money at it you consider an driver to take you there but it will not be cheap. Or you could rent a car since the drive from the airport is about 1.5-2 hours.

If you search the forum there are people who have taken the train to Rovereto (1 hour) and then used a local driver to get around the lake. Those threads include a local driver recommendation. Rovereto to Limone Su Garda is probably an 45 minutes to an hour depending on traffic.

Hope that helps, have a great trip,
=Tod

Posted by
785 posts

Do you have a particular reason for wanting to visit Limone? It is difficult to get to by public transport, quite small and very, very crowded in summer.
Sirmione, on the south side, is much easier to get to ( 10k cab ride from Peschiera or Desenzano rail stations), much more attractive in my view, although just as crowded.

Posted by
97 posts

Thank you everyone for your comments. We already have the airline we are flying. Just need to decide whether to fly into Venice or Milan.

And yes, we know it's hot and crowded that time of year, but we have no choice as that is when our niece is getting married.

Has anyone stayed in an AirBnb in Limone su Garda you can recommend? We prefer that over a hotel and stayed in AirBnb's in each city when we went to Italy last time and loved it.

Posted by
2566 posts

I'm one of the people who has used a private driver. PM me if you'd like details.