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About Sirmione
Sirmione packs two thousand years of history onto a single peninsula: Roman villa foundations at the Grotte di Catullo, the Scaliger Castle rising straight from Lake Garda, and medieval lanes layered over earlier settlements. A guided walk is the best way to read those layers, whether you join the Sirmione Private Walking Tour: Roman Ruins & Scaliger Castle Secrets or the Guided Tour of Sirmione: History, Fun Facts and Mysteries of Lake Garda, which connects the town's monuments to the wider story of the lake.
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Sirmione's historic centre is small but dense: the Scaliger Castle and its harbour, the Roman Grotte di Catullo at the tip of the peninsula, and churches and lanes built over earlier Roman and medieval layers. A guided tour explains what you are looking at, from Roman engineering to Scaliger rule, and separates documented history from the legends.
