Gardaland Lake Garda: Tickets, Opening Times and How to Get There

The park mixes three kinds of ride. For small children there is Peppa Pig Land and a long list of gentle rides where a child of any height can go with an adult. In the middle are family rides such as Mammut, Jungle Rapids and Colorado Boat. At the top are the coasters: Raptor, Oblivion and Blue Tornado, plus the Space Vertigo drop tower.

The entry ticket covers every ride and show as often as you like. The SEA LIFE aquarium, a short walk from the gate, needs its own or a combined ticket, and the LEGOLAND Water Park inside the park needs a combined ticket or a supplement. Dogs are allowed in the park on a lead, with a muzzle for large dogs, but not on rides or in shows.

The rule is simple: decide the date and buy online. On the day we checked, the dated one-day ticket was €44 online and the walk-up price started at €59, and the same gap of €15 applied to the two-day park and aquarium ticket. An undated online ticket started at the gate price, so you pay for the flexibility. The ticket offices close two hours before the park does.

Children under 90 cm are free, there is a reduced fare from 90 cm up to nine years old and the full fare applies from ten. Entry is free on your birthday, on the exact day only, if you show photo ID at the ticket office. The park also advertises a combined train and park ticket with Trenord. Fast-track passes, called Gardaland Express, come in three packages and work through a virtual queue in the park’s app.

The 2026 season opened on 28 March and the main season ends on 1 November with Magic Halloween. In October 2026 the park was open every day, from 10:00 to 17:00 Monday to Thursday and 10:00 to 20:00 at weekends. Fridays were evening-only, 17:00 to 22:00, and on 31 October the park stays open from 10:00 to midnight.

The park then closes until Magic Winter, which runs on selected days from 5 December 2026 to 6 January 2027: the first two weekends of December and 7 and 8 December, then daily from 19 December except Christmas Day, from 10:30 to 18:00. Dates for the 2027 season had not been published when we checked. Our Lake Garda weather guide helps you pick a month.

By car, leave the A4 at Peschiera del Garda, or at Sommacampagna if you are coming from Venice. From the Brenner motorway, exit at Affi and follow the dual carriageway towards Peschiera. The uncovered car park is currently free and opens an hour before the park. Covered spaces are sold online from €7 and are limited. Motorhomes use a separate area signed with the bus park in Via Ronchi and cannot stay overnight.

By train, get off at Peschiera del Garda, 2 km from the park. A free shuttle runs every 30 minutes on every opening day, starting 30 minutes before the park opens, and the ride takes about five minutes in normal traffic. The park’s two pages disagree on the last run, giving 15 and 30 minutes after closing, so plan on the earlier one. Our Lake Garda trains guide covers the lines into Peschiera, and Peschiera del Garda is worth an evening afterwards.

Height, not age, decides what a child can ride. The main limits published by the park are: 140 cm for Raptor, Oblivion and Blue Tornado; 130 cm for Space Vertigo; 120 cm for Shaman; 110 cm for Mammut, Jungle Rapids and Fuga da Atlantide; 107 cm for Jumanji The Adventure; 105 cm for Wolf Legend; and 100 cm for Colorado Boat and Peter Pan. Several coasters also have a maximum height of 195 to 205 cm.

Many of the gentler rides have no minimum when a child rides with an adult. You can ask for a height stamp at a ride with the matching limit, which saves being measured again all day. Pushchairs can be hired for children under 110 cm, and a baby switch service is available for parents with a child too small to ride.

Gardaland Resort has three themed hotels with 475 rooms between them: Gardaland Hotel, Gardaland Adventure Hotel and Gardaland Magic Hotel. Gardaland Hotel, a three-star superior with 247 rooms, is 800 metres from the park with a free shuttle to the gate, and its Blue Lagoon pool area opens from May to September. Park tickets are not automatically included in a stay, though packages with tickets are sold. Hotel parking is charged separately, at €12 for 72 hours when we checked.

The Adventure and Magic hotels open on fewer nights outside summer, so check the calendar. If you would rather stay in a lake town, Castelnuovo del Garda, Peschiera and Lazise are all close by, and our best Lake Garda camping list has family sites on this shore.