Mantova Forum: Boat rides in Mantova

I love Mantua, but don't know about boat rides. Please come back later and post to tell us about your experience with the boats.

Hi,

this (Italian only): http://www.perilparco.com/content/view/18/37/

is the official website for the boat riding association, and they organize Autumn birdwatching rides upon request, by calling +39. 0376. 225724

Other English links:

http://www.insolitomincio.it/indexENG.htm

I strongly reccomend the "Mincio's Boatmen":

http://www.fiumemincio.it/homei.htm (EN)

They have these small boats and will take you around the Mincio river to spot birds and fish of all kinds.

I'm not sure they speak English. Give them a call to make sure they do!

Hope this helps!

I will be in Mantova for a few days at the end of September. Is it necessary - or advantageous to have car to get to the lakes and river? I would also like to get out to the countryside, but hear it can be expensive having a car as I would need to pay for parking. Would appreciate any replies.

I suggest you go to maps.google.com type in Mantua Italy and look at the map that comes up. Mantua has rivers and lakes all around and it is easy to slip outside the city walls and come to the lakes. People fish and boat there and it is all quite lovely and easy to access. I am sure some of the addresses given in the post above will suggest places to go to catch a boat.

maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

-:- Message from TripAdvisor staff -:-

This topic has been closed to new posts due to inactivity. We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one.

To review the TripAdvisor Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow this link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/forums_posting_guidelines.html

We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason.