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Always nice to ride the Ponale especially out of season. Few bikes and few people, a spectacle.

More information about opening times etc. can be found here: https://www.cascata-varone.com/de/ Make sure you take a rain jacket with you... no one comes out dry here 😜😂! We were there at the end of October and were glad to have a change of clothes in the car 😉. Definitely a welcome refreshment in the summer ☀️

The Ponale road (in Italian: Strada del Ponale) was blasted into the rock in the second half of the 19th century to connect the northern western shore of Lake Garda and Riva del Garda with the Val di Ledro (in German: Ledro Valley). For decades, the old Ponal road was one of the most important access routes to the northern part of Lake Garda.

Here, on the Via Nuova, you get a nice first view and impression of the Varone waterfall! For 7 euros entry and enough time, you can of course see more of it. Unfortunately, the location is already very touristy: https://www.cascata-varone.com/de/varone-wasserfall.htm

Oolite stone quarries dug in the Vastrè hills. The extracted stone, called "statuary stone", was used above all for portals, fountains and statues as it is easily workable. The stone extracted from the quarries was used to create statues that adorn the Taro bridge in Parma, the fountain in Piazza Duomo in Trento, the statues that adorn the Prato della Valle in Padua, some statues found in the Collegiate Church of Arco and the statue of Moses located in the square of Arco. I advise you to enter the quarries and tackle the route inside. The location is truly very suggestive and I would say unique. The extraction planes are inclined about 30° towards the west and in the middle there are rock columns which were used to prevent the roof from collapsing.

Beautiful path from Riva to Pregasine with breathtaking views of Lake Garda.

Small Madonna in a rock cave on the Ponale

Madonnina in a cavity in the rock on the Ponale path before Molina di Ledro