Golf courses in Lake Garda

Lake Garda is one of Italy's most seductive places to play golf, where roughly ten courses ring the country's largest lake and spill into the gentle hills and vineyards that surround it. The setting is the great draw: cypress-lined fairways, olive groves and views toward the water and the mountains that rise beyond its northern shore. Chervò Golf San Vigilio and Arzaga Golf Club sit amid this rolling Lombard and Veneto countryside, while Golf Bogliaco clings to the western shore itself, and Golf Club Verona and Golf Club Villafranca lie a short drive inland on the plain toward Verona.

For the travelling golfer, Garda combines holiday and golf as few regions can. The Mediterranean-influenced climate gives a long season from spring well into autumn, with mild shoulder months that are ideal for play, and the compact geography means several courses are within easy reach of a single lakeside base. Expect resort-style layouts and parkland tracks rather than seaside links, framed by the scenery that has drawn travellers to Garda for generations. Pair the golf with the lake's villages, the wines of the surrounding hills and the art cities of the Veneto, and Lake Garda becomes an effortlessly enjoyable golf escape in northern Italy.