This itinerary, also suitable for those with little mountain experience<\/strong>, allows you to discover not only the natural beauty of Upper Garda, but also the traces of its more recent history. The start is from Campione del Garda<\/strong>, where you take the spinning mills trail, an ancient path used by inhabitants to reach the villages above when the coastal road did not yet exist.<\/p>\n\n The path climbs toward the picturesque village of Pregasio<\/strong>, a cluster of stone houses that preserves the atmosphere of the old Garda lakeside towns. From here, continue toward the Grotte di Mezzema<\/strong>, a remarkable place where nature and history intertwine: the natural cavities were used over the centuries as shelters, storage areas, and workplaces, and during the Great War they became strategic observation and shelter points.<\/p>\n\n Continuing toward Pieve<\/strong>, the view opens up more and more over the lake and the Monte Baldo massif, while the trail crosses areas that were involved in military operations along the Garda front during World War I. Although the main front line ran further north, the entire area was considered strategic: mule tracks, control posts, shelters, and military connecting routes were built. The local population was involved in support work, requisitions, and forced relocations, living through difficult years marked by resource scarcity and the constant presence of military units.<\/p>\n\n The old military road, which you follow on the descent toward Campione, is one of the most evident testimonies of that period. Built to ensure safe connections between the Upper Garda posts, it still preserves dry stone walls, sections carved into the rock, and viewpoints that once served as observation posts over the lake and possible enemy access routes.<\/p>\n\n The entire itinerary is therefore a journey through nature, history and memory: a route that tells the story of daily life for the inhabitants of Lake Garda before the construction of the modern road and allows you to understand how the Great War left deep marks even in places seemingly far from the front.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-489","trekking","type-trekking","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n