Castelnuovo del Garda trip planner

Castelnuovo del Garda is an Italian comune (municipality), in the Province of Verona, in Veneto, on a couple of morainic hills few kilometers south-east from Garda lake. Verona is about 15 km to the east, Venice is 120 km east and Milan 150 km west.Castelnuovo del Garda has a short beach on the lake, between the municipalities of Peschiera del Garda and Lazise. The comune borders the following municipalities: Bussolengo, Lazise, Peschiera del Garda, Sona, and Valeggio sul Mincio.Gardaland, the biggest amusement park in Italy, is expanding mainly within the Castelnuovo municipality, close to Garda lake shores.HistoryFrom few archaeological rests found on the top of the main hill, probably Castelnuovo del Garda was already inhabited during the prehistorical age.During the Roman period, it was first known as Beneventum, and after renamed Quadrivium which literally means 4 roads, or crossroad. Indeed, its location was strategical being at the crossroad between the Via Gallica, and a connection with the Via Claudia Augusta .