Costermano: Hiking, Culture and History

Costermano can be considered for your travel plans according to a range of interests: hiking in Valle dei Mulini, cycling routes in the municipality, and cultural and historical subjects. If you are looking for a hotel in Costermano, it helps to first identify your main interest. Local descriptions range from a specific circular route to frescoes and a military cemetery.

Hiking in Valle dei Mulini

Valle dei Mulini lies in the hills above Garda. The path through the valley can be walked as a circular route, is well signposted and starts on Via Valtesina. The fitness trail also starts there. The valley is also accessible to less experienced hikers. This gives you specific points of reference for your planning: you know the route’s layout, its starting point and the signposting. Accessibility for less experienced hikers also applies specifically to Valle dei Mulini.

Cycling Routes and the Bicigrill

The municipality of Costermano has combined walking and cycling paths, as well as cycling routes. This adds a different perspective on the region than the circular route in the valley: the cycling routes cover the municipality, while the focus at Valle dei Mulini is on a specific path. When choosing your destination, you can therefore distinguish between a particular circular route and cycling routes in the municipality.

The Bicigrill includes a dining area, ancillary rooms and a large meadow. The meadow is suitable for sporting, recreational and public events. Here, alongside the rooms, the focus is also on the meadow’s possible uses. This sets the Bicigrill apart thematically from the routes: the routes are about getting around on paths, while the Bicigrill is about spaces for dining, ancillary rooms and events.

Church, Frescoes and Remembrance

The Chiesa di San Lorenzo was consecrated in 1910 and became a parish church in 1949. Inside the church, you can see frescoes by the painter Angelo Marchi depicting the Madonna del Rosario. The two dates mark different stages in its history: its consecration and its later status as a parish church. The frescoes add a specific artistic subject to this historical perspective.

The German Military Cemetery of Costermano is located in hilly terrain on the eastern shore of Lake Garda, in the municipality of Costermano. The remains of 22,028 fallen German soldiers, along with those of other people who died in the Second World War, rest there. The remains of the other war dead were transferred from war cemeteries and other burial sites in northern Italy. The cemetery is accessible to people with disabilities. The number and the transfers describe two aspects of this memorial site: the fallen German soldiers buried there and the origins of other war dead, whose remains were brought from various places in northern Italy.

The church and the military cemetery offer different historical perspectives. The Chiesa di San Lorenzo is notable for its consecration, its later role as a parish church and its frescoes. The cemetery commemorates those who died in the Second World War and the transfer of their remains from across northern Italy. Together, these subjects give your travel plans a cultural and historical focus alongside the routes and the Bicigrill.

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