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Toscolano-Maderno

Two Garda lakeside villages north of Salò, with the paper-mill gorge of the Valle delle Cartiere behind them.

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Highlights
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Routes
1 183 m
Featured summit · Falesia del Passo dello Spino

Highlights

1 from neighbouring places

Museum

Das Papiermuseum und das Tal der Papierfabriken
The paper museum in the Valle delle Cartiere above Toscolano, a gorge worked for paper from the fourteenth century.
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Church

Chiesa Monumentale di Sant’Andrea
A Romanesque church at Maderno on Lake Garda, Lombard in plan with Veronese detail, reusing Roman columns.
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Museum

Ethnographisches Museum von Valvestino
13.7 km away, in Magasa
A museum of Valvestino history and tradition at Magasa, housed in one of the old hay barns of the Cima Rest plateau.
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Routes

6 from neighbouring places

Hiking route Difficult
Il Rifugio Solidale, Pirlo allo Spino
A long climb from Toscolano-Maderno by the old hamlet of Gaino to Archesane and the Pirlo hut at the Passo dello Spino, with Lake Garda below.
26.4 km
Distance
1 380 m
Ascent
9 h 57 min
Duration
59
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Mountain bike route Difficult
Gardone Riviera in MTB
A loop on the hills above Lake Garda that follows the course of the Dannunzio Bike race, crossing Passo La Stacca before dropping back to the shore.
41.8 km
Distance
1 303 m
Ascent
4 h 56 min
Duration
16
Check-ins
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Cycling route Difficult
In Val di Campei al Rifugio Giuseppe Granata
A long ride into the Val di Campei in the Valvestino, a little-known valley above Lake Garda below Monte Pizzoccolo, ending at the Granata hut.
29.1 km
Distance
1 336 m
Ascent
3 h 50 min
Duration
8
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Hiking route Moderate
Percorso del Carbonaio
9.5 km away, in Valvestino
The charcoal burners' route from Bollone in the Valvestino, over Monte Pallotto and Monte Vesta where the poiàt kilns once smoked.
9.4 km
Distance
667 m
Ascent
4 h 25 min
Duration
5
Check-ins
Open route GPX Visitvalvestino
Hiking route Difficult
Cima Comer, dove migrano i rapaci
4.6 km away, in Gargnano
A long climb from Gargnano to Cima Comer, a modest peak on the west shore of Lake Garda watched by birdwatchers during the raptor migration.
8.1 km
Distance
1 727 m
Ascent
9 h 33 min
Duration
31
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Mountain bike route Difficult
L’anello del Tremalzo
14.6 km away, in Tremosine sul Garda
A long gravel circuit from the shore of Lago di Garda up to the Passo di Tremalzo and Passo Nota, with more than 2,000 m of climbing.
68.4 km
Distance
2 069 m
Ascent
8 h 1 min
Duration
106
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Hiking route Moderate
Percorsi dei Malgari
11.6 km away, in Valvestino
A walk on the old herders' tracks of the Valvestino, past grazing cattle and dairies that make Tombea cheese.
9.4 km
Distance
446 m
Ascent
3 h 18 min
Duration
24
Check-ins
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Hiking route Difficult
Percorsi antichi mestieri del bosco
11.8 km away, in Valvestino
A steep climb above Valvestino to the Cima Gusauer, on paths that served the old forest trades of the valley.
18.4 km
Distance
1 082 m
Ascent
7 h 34 min
Duration
15
Check-ins
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Hiking route Moderate
Il Rifugio Stino vicino alle trincee della Grande Guerra
12.4 km away, in Capovalle
A historical route around Capovalle along a First World War defence line, past mule tracks, gun positions, tunnels and trenches, to the Rifugio Stino.
6.9 km
Distance
440 m
Ascent
2 h 60 min
Duration
17
Check-ins
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