Lago di Ledro suits families and walkers who want a small mountain lake with four public beaches, 15 km from Riva del Garda. Many homes here have a private pool and most have a garden. The homes are spread around the lake villages, though, so not every one is a walk from the water.
Lake Ledro is a narrow, elongated lake at 655 metres in Trentino, about 10 km round, with a shore path that is mostly track and asphalt. Four villages have public beaches: Pieve di Ledro on the western shore, Pur on the southern shore, Mezzolago and Molina, where the pile-dwelling museum stands. Pieve has a wide beach with pedal boat and windsurf hire, and is where the municipality is run from. The homes are spread around these villages rather than in one spot, so some are a walk from the beach and others a short drive. Evenings are low-key and centre on the villages' hotels and inns. In winter the valley switches to snowshoes, skis and skates, and the pile-dwelling museum stays shut until March.
Pile-dwelling village at Molina, about 4,000 years old and UNESCO-listed since 2011; the museum is closed on Mondays.
Waterfall at the end of a canyon cut by the Massangla stream, reached on a walk of about 20 minutes through woods.
Lake described as a nature oasis, linked with Ledro and Lake Garda on a mountain bike loop of about 25 km.
Village with a museum on the Risorgimento and both world wars, open mid-June to September, plus an ossuary on Colle Santo Stefano.
Verona airport is about 1 hour 15 minutes from the lake by car. By train, go from Verona Porta Nuova to Mori and take a taxi up, around two hours in all. Trentino Trasporti runs the coaches, but with homes spread around the lake a car is the easier choice.
Summer is beach season: on hot days the lake warms enough for long swims, and canoes and pedal boats are out. The pile-dwelling museum opens from March to June and September to November, with summer hours too, and the Garibaldi museum in Bezzecca from mid-June to September. The Ledro Trek routes can be walked almost all year, and winter brings snowshoeing, skiing and skating.
There are four public beaches, at Pieve di Ledro, Molina di Ledro, Pur and Mezzolago. Pieve's is a wide one, with pedal boat and windsurf hire, and canoes reach small coves that are otherwise only accessible on foot.
Yes, at Pur. The beach on the southern shore at Pur is the pet-friendly one of the four public beaches, so that is where to head with a dog.
About 9.5 km, taking roughly two and a half hours. The loop starts from the car park in Pieve, passes Pur and the pile-dwelling museum and returns along the lakeside path, with barely any climbing.
Very much so. Pieve has pedal boat hire on a wide beach, and the pile-dwelling museum at Molina gives a wet-day option. Many homes have a private pool and most a garden, though few sleep more than eight.
Riva del Garda is about 15 km away. Mountain bikers link Garda, Ledro and Lago d'Ampola on a loop of around 25 km that passes the Ponale fortifications and the pile-dwelling museum.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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