Lake Garda to Munich Airport

End of holiday logistics at Lake Garda are straightforward by private transfer. Your carrier picks you up at your hotel door - no bus to the station, no train changes, no shared shuttle with strangers - and delivers you to Munich Airport in around 2 hours 40 minutes from the southern lake. It is the one transport option that works without compromise when you're travelling with luggage from a resort where the nearest train station is 4 kilometres away.

The route heads north from the lake on the A22 Brenner Motorway, climbing through Trento and Bolzano - two of the most scenic stretches of motorway in the Alps - before crossing the Brenner Pass into Austria. From Innsbruck the road descends the Inn Valley and crosses back into Germany near Kufstein, then continues on the A8 north to Munich Airport. Two Schengen border crossings, no routine passport control. Austrian motorway vignette and Italian A22 tolls apply; most carriers include these in the quoted price.

Pickup logistics vary by resort. From Sirmione, your driver comes to your hotel address outside the ZTL restricted zone - the historic centre has no through-traffic, so hotels inside the old town will need a short walk to meet the vehicle. From Riva del Garda, Malcesine, and Limone sul Garda on the northern and western shores, the approach to the A22 involves some winding lake road before the motorway. Factor an extra 15 to 20 minutes into journey planning from these locations.

The busiest time for the northbound Brenner is Sunday evenings and Monday mornings in July and August, when Italian and German families travel home from their holidays simultaneously. If your flight is early Monday morning and you're at the northern lake, consider a Sunday evening departure. Your carrier can advise on timing when you book.