The Scaliger Castle, the Grottoes of Catullus and the thermal spring bubbling up in the lake: Sirmione looks best from the water. This guide compares every Lake Garda boat tour (the Sirmione peninsula, Malcesine’s historic sailing boat, half-day cruises), what it costs, the public ferry, and hour-by-hour weather with wind.
Budget option → · Sirmione, Lake Garda
Weather at 2:00 PM. Boat trips start from 09:00.
| Tour | From | Duration | What you see | Languages | Cancellation | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our pickShared motorboatTiqets | €12 | 25 min | Scaliger Castle, Grottoes of Catullus, thermal spring | Commentary IT, EN, DE | Free until the day before | Sirmione, Piazzale Porto |
| Historic sailing boatGetYourGuide | €40 | 2 h | Malcesine and the north-east shore | IT | Free up to 24 h before | Malcesine, Via Capitanato |
| Historic boatTiqets | €63 | 4 h | Lazise, Rocca di Garda, Punta San Vigilio, Isola del Garda | Guide IT, EN, DE | Free up to 24 h before | Peschiera, Lungolago Garibaldi 16 |
| BoatGetYourGuide | €55 | 4 h | East shore and Sirmione peninsula | Guide EN, DE | Free up to 24 h before | Garda or Bardolino |
Our pick: the Sirmione peninsula tour, from €12. In 25 minutes you leave from the Scaliger Castle pier, skirt the Grottoes of Catullus and see the thermal spring rising from the lake bed. Commentary is in English, and you can cancel until the day before.
25 min · 4.5 from 145 Tiqets reviews
2 h · in Italian · 4.3 from 382 GetYourGuide reviews
4 h · guide in English, German, Italian · 4.4 from 8 Tiqets reviews · in season only
4 h · guide in English and German · 4.3 from 186 GetYourGuide reviews
Indicative prices, checked on November 2, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
Navigazione Lago di Garda’s scheduled boats link the lakeside towns and are a cruise for the price of a ticket.
Fast services carry a €4 supplement. In winter there are few sailings: check the timetable.
The best months are May to September: highs between 23 and 29 °C, with June and July the warmest.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7° | 7 |
| Feb | 9° | 6 |
| Mar | 13° | 8 |
| Apr | 17° | 9 |
| May | 23° | 11 |
| JunBest | 27° | 10 |
| JulBest | 29° | 7 |
| Aug | 29° | 8 |
| SepBest | 24° | 6 |
| Oct | 18° | 8 |
| Nov | 12° | 9 |
| Dec | 8° | 6 |
1981–2010 averages for the Salò station: mean high and rainy days. Source: ISPRA, table on Wikipedia (“Lake Garda”).
Good
Good: cloudy, 11 to 11 °C, no rain, wind up to 8 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Cloudy | 11° | – | 7 km/h |
| 15:00 | Cloudy | 11° | – | 7 km/h |
| 16:00 | Cloudy | 11° | – | 6 km/h |
| 17:00 | Cloudy | 11° | – | 8 km/h |
| 18:00 | Cloudy | 11° | – | 7 km/h |
Fair
Fair: light rain, 11 to 13 °C, 1 mm, wind up to 7 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Cloudy | 11° | – | 6 km/h |
| 10:00 | Cloudy | 11° | – | 4 km/h |
| 11:00 | Cloudy | 12° | – | 5 km/h |
| 12:00 | Light rain | 12° | 0.3 mm | 6 km/h |
| 13:00 | Light rain | 12° | 0.2 mm | 4 km/h |
| 14:00 | Light rain | 12° | 0.1 mm | 2 km/h |
| 15:00 | Cloudy | 13° | – | 5 km/h |
| 16:00 | Light rain | 12° | 0.1 mm | 4 km/h |
| 17:00 | Light rain | 12° | 0.2 mm | 7 km/h |
| 18:00 | Light rain | 12° | 0.1 mm | 3 km/h |
The best days for a boat trip are Friday, November 13. The rating only looks at rain and wind during tour hours.
Today and tomorrow are accurate hour by hour; up to day seven the trend is reliable; the last days give a rough idea. Above 30 km/h the water gets choppy and small boats may postpone departures. Updated every hour.
In light rain tours still run; in storms and strong wind they are suspended.
By train: Desenzano and Peschiera stations are on the Milan–Verona line; from there boats or buses go to Sirmione.
By car: Sirmione’s old town is closed to traffic; park outside the walls.
The 25-minute peninsula tour costs from €12. Half-day cruises cost from €55 (from Garda or Bardolino) and from €63 (Mincio boat from Peschiera, with lunch).
From Piazzale Porto, the pier in front of the Scaliger Castle.
Desenzano–Sirmione costs from €3.50 one way; the day pass €27 for half the lake and €39.50 for the whole lake.
Yes: the Sirmione tour, the Mincio boat from Peschiera and the cruise from Garda and Bardolino. The Malcesine sailing boat is in Italian.
The Sirmione peninsula tour was bookable in November too; many cruises and the Malcesine sailing boat run in season only.
Good: cloudy, 11 to 11 °C, no rain, wind up to 8 km/h.
Saturday, November 14: Good: partly cloudy, 11 to 11 °C, no rain, wind up to 4 km/h. Sunday, November 15: Good: cloudy, 11 to 11 °C, 0.2 mm, wind up to 3 km/h.
Reliable forecasts go about 10 days ahead: here you get the next 10, hour by hour (with wind) for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To choose the month, see the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Tour prices and conditions are checked on the sellers’ pages, with the date.
Sirmione peninsula boat tour · from €12
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: November 2, 2026.