GETTING AROUND: We began our lake crawl in Vicenza, about 45 miles west of Venice, where we rented a mid-size car with manual transmission for about $65 per day. We traveled the autostradas: A8 to Maggiore, A9 to Como and A4 to Garda. The only snag of the entire trip was trying to pump gas at self-service stations on a Sunday morning when there were no attendants on duty. We left $20 at one pit stop, unable to activate the pump or retrieve our bills.
