Salò

Salò is a town in Lombardy, northern Italy on the bank of Lake Garda.

For the Finnish town, see Salo.

Understand

The town has the longest promenade on the banks of Lake Garda. It was the seat of government of the Italian Social Republic — a puppet state of Nazi Germany — from 1943 to 1945. The ISR is often called the "Republic of Salò" (Repubblica di Salò in Italian).

• 🌍 IAT Salò (Tourist information), Piazza S.Antonio 4, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Nov-May: M-Th 10:00-12:30, 14:15-17:00, Sa 10:00-12:30. (updated May 2016)

Get in

By train

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By car

Get around

See

• 🌍 MuSa (Museum of Salò), Via Brunati, 9. A museum dedicated to history and arts of the town. €16, combined with Vittoriale €28 (itinerary A) or €20 (itinerary C). (updated May 2016)
• 🌍 Parrocchia di Salò Duomo Santa Maria Annunziata (Duomo), Vicolo Campanile, 2. (updated May 2016)
• 🌍 Palazzo del Podestà (Palazzo del Capitano Rettore della Magnifica Patria), Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II. It houses Minicipio (Town Hall). (updated May 2016)
• 🌍 Palazzo Fantoni, Via Fantoni, 49. A 15th-century palace. It hosts an archive Ateneo di Salò. (updated May 2016)
• 🌍 Palazzo Terzi-Martinengo, Via Trento 4-8 (loc. Barbarano). A fortress-like palazzo, a part of which was built in 1560, in the hamlet of Barbarano. It is classified as a building of national interest. (updated May 2016)
• 🌍 Lazzaretto di San Rocco, Via Tavine. The major purpose of this complex was to prevent and cope with epidemics. Its construction started in 1484. Annexed to the hospital, the chapel dedicated to St. Rocco, built in 1514, and the monumental cemetery Vantini, made ​​between 1825 and 1853. (updated May 2016)

Do

• 🌍 Lungolago Zanardelli. A promenade with palaces and arcades along. (updated May 2016)
• Parco Alto Garda Bresciano. (updated May 2016)

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Connect

Go next

Gardone Riviera – to see the Vittoriale