We had a superb stay at Villa Loredana. An excellent property : the photos on the website do not fully do justice to how big the property is. Spread over 3 floors. And of excellent quality. All clean on arrival. Although there were only 4 of us, there is plenty of room for 8. The kids spent the first day or two getting lost. The pool is excellent, being approx 12 metres in length, with diving board, although max depth is approx 150cm , so no neat diving (and take care anyway!)! It is almost completely private, being just about visible from the road if anyone is nosy enough to peer through the netting. Google earth street views will give you a reasonable idea of this (explore Via Resola).

The views are really good , again, the photos on the website do not fully do this justice. Certainly, whilst sat in the veranda in the evening, or on the master bedroom veranda, you begin to appreciate how big Garda is.

It's located in Fasano (right next to Gardone Riviera). Gated drive adds to privacy and security. Approx 1.25 miles from Maderno shingle beach and ferry. There's a car park approx 1 mile away for parking up for the beach or ferry (7 euros for the day at present). We originally booked Garda thinking shingle beaches would not be ideal - how wrong we were : ideal for nipping to for an hour or three, with no need to dust sand off. There is a pay beach area with some sand also at Maderno.

Cafe's in Maderno also sold take-out pastries (this was our morning jog....) and supermarket there also.

Gardone is well located for days out : Parco Avventura Rimbalzello (near Gardone for rope course for the kids), ferry to Torri (nice beach on north side of town plus castle), 2 theme parks near Lasize (Movieland and Gardaland - both very good, the latter being slightly more professional - about 60-90 mins in the car, but leave reasonably early otherwise queues off the autostrada to the toll booth make for long delays) , water park at Canevaworld(also Lasize), Venice (via train at Desanzano, free and available parking when we arrived outside the station at 710am), Parco Grotta Cascata Varone at Riva (then beach at Torbole), Lake Idro for kayaking at Vantone (located on the campsite, (it's somewhat gentler water than Garda, although if you go, make sure you take the tunnel roads, rather than following our satnav over the mountain pass(hair raising!)), and also Il Vittoriale (in Gardone, with it's warship in the grounds of the garden - bonkers!).