Just to wrap things up we decided to spend an hour or so in the pretty town of Salo. Just down the road from Gardone and a 5euro ferry trip. Chance for a bit of people watching, a drink and maybe something to eat. Salo like other towns on the lake cling to the lakeside and do not venture much into the mountains behind. The land is used carefully and the villas gardens reach down to the shoreline. All pink, buttermilk and cream. Pretty things. And so much what you expect an Italian lakeside town to look like. Trees behind climbing the hills completed the pretty picture and cafes and restaurants spilled on the pavements. Shops a few, the usual up market and down town tat. Not a place you can linger long. One main street
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