Flights to Lake Garda You can fly with Ryan Air to Milan Bergamo or with SAS to Milan Linate as an alternative to Milan Malpensa. Lufthansa flies to Verona which is about 30 minutes from Desenzano. From Milan Bergamo takes about 50 minutes by car and from Milan Linate about 90 minutes. Malenpensa is a little further away and takes about two hours by car. We strongly recommend renting cars, this is the easiest way to get to the airport. If you choose to fly to Venice you have about 17 miles to Lake Garda. Take a train to Lake Garda It's nice to take the train from Sweden to Lake Garda and the area is a popular destination for traffickers. By Bus to Lake Garda It is nice to take the train from Sweden to Lake Garda and the area is a popular destination for traffickers. Bila at Lake Garda An increasingly popular holiday in Europe is taking the car, and Italy is one of these the most common destinations for us Swedes. Northern Italian motorways go straight to Lake Garda, which makes it easy to get here by car.