Torbole is the Wind's Capital. It is famous around the world for the constant winds. In the morning blows the northwind (Péler) and in the afternoon blows the southwind (Óra): the sails of whom sailing on the lake of Garda are always swollen. During a vacation on the Lake Garda don’t lost the spectacle of the sails racing and crossing itself in front of Torbole. In Torbole a lot of world regattas are held both for the windsurf and for the sailing. We can lie on the beach and admire the hundreds motley sails, while wind invites to try the windsurf adventure or we can:
- visit the church of S. Andrew
- visit the Belvedere, panoramic place offering a sight which spaces on the whole Lake Garda up to see Sirmione
- walk up to Nago along the street S. Lucia.
This ancient street saw in year 1439 the transit, hauled by 2000 oxen, of the galleys which the Republic of Venice sent in aid of the besieged city of Brescia. For twice the generals Gattamelata and Colleoni repeated the extraordinary enterprise, rearming the ships in the harbour of Torbole. Eight Galleys and and eight Galleons and many more others of smaller dimension which surprised and destroyed the ships of Viscounts in the near of the Ponale.