1.   Bardolino is just five minutes by local bus from Garda and the shingle beaches are a ten minute walk from the village.

2.   Both resorts have small shingle beaches.

3.   Colourful parasols dot its fine shingle beach and, inland, rolling rural landscapes await those who like to explore.

4.   On the shingle beach, where the burnet rose grows, ringed plovers incubate eggs in shallow scrapes.

5.   Taking courage in both hands, I began to steer the fish towards the shingle beach.

6.   The concealed flakes must have reminded him of hunting for food on a shingle beach.

7.   The place fascinated me - narrow country roads, little lost villages, great shingle beaches and lonely salt Marshes.

8.   The tide was high, he could hear the sound of waves on the shingle beach.

9.   There is a shingle beach in the town, with bathing facilities.