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The new dock "Bruno Manfredi" at Peschiera del Garda
Whomever seeks the many boating areas on Lake Garda may breathe a great sigh of relief:
soon a new dock with about 200 spaces will be available, complete with prepaid light and water,
socket for parabolic antenna, do-it-yourself boat cleaning, 150 land spaces, and lifeguard
service 24/24.
The lakeside constructions at Peschiera del Garda have already begun and the management
will be in the hands of Nautica Pioppi, formerly the agency Ilver.
The construction project, conceptualized in August of 2000 by interest of the County
Administration of Peschiera del Garda, is a resurrected idea, nursed and nurtured back from
March of 1973 by Nautica Pioppi, and will take the name of "Bruno Manfredi", which is
remembered as a true visionary entrepreneur of this area: one thinks, in fact, that it was
only in 1955 in the same zone that there was just one big marsh.
The results obtained by this entrepreneur aren't bad, considering that the current little
port, between buoys and floating docks, hosts no more than 30 boats, big and small, and
in less than a year it will host a good 200. Considering that the Nautical Center Pioppi
already offers its guests excellent services, like: complete technical service, commercial
assistance in sales and post-sales on all nautical territory, nautical practices, licenses,
consultations, leasing, etc., and that on the shoulders of the dock, it is already foreseen
the stupendous 4-star Hotel Residence with about 150 rooms, certainly for Lake Garda one
can speak of an "event". The 150 rooms will be furnished with every comfort, from a global
fitness center to the daycare service and with ample parking for about 200 cars.
From within, always in keeping with a refined style and following many years of experience,
at the renamed restaurant "A Pioppi", one may have everything from a simple pizza to the
most refined dinner.
Article published in the magazine Nautica in February 2003.
Bruno Manfredi Port
We find ourselves on the southern banks of Lake Garda, to be precise, at Peschiera
del Garda, in an area rich with tourism and infrastructures giving way to the realization
of Bruno Manfredi Port.
Active from the summer of 2003, the new port offers its guests
more than 200 boat spaces furnished with all services. It is sufficent just to glance at
the quays, equiped with gas pumps of modern design and capable of offering nocturnal
illumination, water, and electricity, at the disposition of the boat spaces as well as
the entire location, to convince oneself of the quality and security of this landing-stage.
The overall look is bright, here yellow reigns, yellow are the caps on the gas pumps, the
wall confining the port, the crane for docking and launching.
We're not exaggerating
if we speak of an “exotic” touch produced by the numerous palm trees distributed along
the length of the principal quay and the entrance hall, in addition to the small
hexagonal tower, built on pile-dwellings, the seat of the administrative offices and of
those in charge of port security, the latter, in fact, takes our thoughts to some tourist
village in the warm seas.
Other than the services on the quay, this port offers a real “nautical center” for storage-on
land winter storage of about 250 watercraft, distributed over 8,000 mq of which half is covered.
The gathering and storage of special refuse to which a part of the shipyard has been
dedicated, has also been thought of.
An equiped workshop, a shipyard for the maintenance
and preparation of the hulls, administered by a team of specialists, guarantee technical
assistance of high regard. A travel-lift and a crane equiped with a tree-lift, located
on a fairly spacious quay, consent to facilitated docking and launching operations.
And if the navigator arrives when it is already dark? A guard service ensures assistance
all year round, 24 hours a day.
Thanks to a program accordance stipulated with the town hall of Peschiera, the port provides
its guests with the use of a public beach situated near the port, currently in the preparation
phase, of areas for parking and of a touristic lakeside, now in construction.
For whom wishes to temporarily interrupt nautical activities to respond to the desires of
the palate, the restaurant-bar “Ai Pioppi”, complete with a spacious terrace overlooking
the lake, offers a generous and suggestive touch to the lessons of the “breathtaking sights”
and “delicious enjoyment”, guaranteeing a direct sense of the specialties of the culinary
art of fine food and wine and their harmonious combinations.
Fuel, gas, and diesel oil are available at the nearby distributor, located in the proximity
of the mouth of the Mincio. It is precisely the river that renders the landscape all the
richer, offering the opportunity of long hikes in its fascinating valley, perhaps in
mountain-bike. Nature hikes can be discovered in the hinterland between the vineyards
and the hills of Verona.
Cultural trips to the nearby cities of art: Verona, Mantua, and
Brescia, can be undertaken, without leaving behind interest for the areas of pure divertment
like the numerous theme parks, dedicated to both adults and and little ones, all concentrated
in this area.
Along the secondary road that leads to Manfredi Port from the exit of the
highway A4, Peschiera del Garda, one seems to be temporarily displaced in one of those
areas of North America, like Florida, here in a largely reduced scale, where this type
of touristic structures bubble: between Peschiera and nearby Lazise lie the parks
Gardaland, Caneva, Movie Park and many others.
Hotels of all categories, tourist
villages, not to mention campgrounds, are the ultimate expression of the vitality—and the
attention given to the tourist in this zone of the largest lake in Italy, seat of the new
Bruno Manfredi Port.
Article published in the magazine Nautica in Dicember 2003.
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