Coral-pink bougainvillea hangs over a stone terrace, and below the flowers a lake town tumbles down to the water.

Bougainvillea Terrace is Lake Garda wall art that looks out over Malcesine from a high stone terrace, in the soft, slightly muted colors of a retro-style travel poster. Put it where you drink your first coffee, and the day starts with tiled roofs and blue water.

Flowers first, then tower, roofs and water

Overhead the sky is a pale gray-blue that lightens toward the horizon. The lettering gives three lines: “MALCESINE” in tall coral-red capitals, “LAGO DI GARDA” in navy between two thin red rules, and “VENETO • ITALIA” in small navy type with a red dot in the middle.

A bougainvillea branch crowds into the right-hand side of the sky. It is thick with bloom and dark green leaves, and it trails a good way down that side of the picture.

Lower, a mauve mountain slopes to the lake past a rocky hillside dotted with shrubs. A pale stone castle tower with battlements rises ahead of it, with shorter battlemented walls and several dark cypresses beside it.

Under the tower the old town steps downhill. The houses are cream, ochre and tan, with a single brick-red one among them, and every roof is terracotta. They stop at a narrow quay with wooden mooring posts and awnings. To the right the lake opens out, blue, with a broad streak of white sparkle beneath the horizon.

Nearest of all is the terrace: a pale stone wall and paving, pink flowers growing behind the wall, and more wall covered in vine at the far left. Just off it floats one small wooden rowboat, empty, resting on its own reflection. A light paper grain runs through the whole illustration.

Square, thick and matte

• This is a square poster with no frame around it.
• Its three sizes are 14″×14″ (35.6 × 35.6 cm), 16″×16″ (40.6 × 40.6 cm) and 18″×18″ (45.7 × 45.7 cm).
• The paper feels thick and looks matte.
• A gauge puts its thickness at 10.3 mil.
• A scale puts its weight at 189 g/m².
• Its opacity is rated 94% and its ISO brightness 104%.

Who it's for

This poster belongs with the visitor who climbed Malcesine’s lanes and stopped at a view like this, with the gardener who nurses a bougainvillea through every winter, and with the planner who has Lake Garda circled on next year’s calendar. As a present, think of a couple home from an Italian honeymoon, a parent who passed on a love of flowers, or a friend moving into a place with a balcony.

Quick answers

Which room suits a terrace view like this?

Some ideas: a sunroom, or a kitchen with potted herbs on the sill. A stair landing you pass ten times a day. The wall by a balcony door, where real flowers can answer the drawn ones.

Which colors does the picture lean on?

Coral-pink and terracotta warmth set against deep lake blue, with cream and sand houses, dark green leaves and a mauve mountain. The tones stay soft and slightly muted.

Where does the eye travel across it?

From the flowering branch at the upper right, down through the roofs to the quay, then out over the blue water to the rowboat.

Shipping and returns

Free US shipping. US delivery usually 5–12 business days. Easy 30-day returns.

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