Peschiera del Garda: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Verona, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Peschiera del Garda, the fortress where the Mincio leaves the lake
Peschiera sits at the south-eastern corner of Lake Garda, where the water flows out of the lake and becomes the river Mincio. The old town is enclosed in a five-sided fortress ringed by canals, built by the Republic of Venice and later strengthened by the Austrians. Since 2017 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage site covering Venice's defensive works. Lombardy begins a short way to the west, towards Sirmione.
This is a lake and tourism town, and the figures show it: 189 bars and restaurants, 17.20 per 1,000 residents against 5.43 across the province of Verona. In summer the campsites, hotels and holiday flats fill up, and Gardaland, just over the municipal boundary in Castelnuovo del Garda, brings queues on the roads. Inside the walls and along the lakefront many homes are second homes or short lets; inland, towards the moraine hills, daily life runs at a village pace.
It is a practical base for commuters. There is a station on the Milan-Venice railway and a junction on the A4 motorway, and Verona is under thirty kilometres away.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,987 residents in 2023, up 14.5% on 2011. The estimated average age is 46.5, slightly above the provincial 45.6, and foreign residents make up 11.5%. Average declared incomes are higher than in the rest of the province.
Earthquakes deserve attention around Garda. In the classification of the Civil Protection department, Peschiera is in seismic zone 2, like 54 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.159 g in the built-up area. For a house inside the fortress, ask what work has been done on load-bearing walls and floors; in a complex built for holidaymakers, read the building's rules on short lets too.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report can trace an address to its plot. Low-lying areas near the shore and the Mincio are checked for flood hazard address by address.
Key points
- UNESCO-listed Venetian fortress where the Mincio leaves Lake Garda.
- 10,987 residents in 2023, up 14.5% since 2011.
- Bars and restaurants: 17.20 per 1,000 residents, province 5.43.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.159 g.
Overview
Peschiera del Garda is a municipality in the province of Verona, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 10,987 residents, ranked 21 of 98 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Peschiera del Garda is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (55 of 98) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.159 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Peschiera del Garda, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 14.5%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Peschiera del Garda declared an average taxable income of 28,549 euros, above the provincial average (25,520 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Peschiera del Garda is in climate zone E, with 2,381 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 68 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Peschiera del Garda has 6 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 12 healthcare facilities, 13 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 1.1 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).
Public transport
We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 32.3% of the land in Peschiera del Garda, compared with 13.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 6.3 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Peschiera del Garda is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list no open contaminated sites in Peschiera del Garda; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Peschiera del Garda: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.
House prices
The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.
Land registry
The cadastral maps for Peschiera del Garda are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.
Liveability area by area
The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 79 inhabited census areas in Peschiera del Garda. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.9%
- fair 38.9%
- good 58.1%
- very good 2.1%
Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out
Data sources
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Veneto, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 023059. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.