Construction on the Gardesana Occidentale road began in 1929. Centuries of isolation ended in October 1931 when the road was inaugurated and finally linked Limone sul Garda with Gargnano and Riva del Garda.The future looked much brighter for the town. Afterwards, tourism gradually increased, although it was still very limited and sporadic.

People thought up of new ways to sell the local lemons. Many set up tables and parked their carts along the road, beneath the towering cliffs and in the shade of olive and cypress trees, to display and sell lemons and oranges to people driving on the road.