OK, Lake Garda makes some sense. It's sea-like.
We shall see, however, if Guadagnino keeps the references (and so many references in Aciman!) to Monet's Berm--https://akidfromguam.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/124/A Kid From GuamJust an island boy living in the cityMonet’s BermPosted on January 1, 2015 by Ryan Galindo @rygalindo“It never occurred to me that I had brought him here not just to show him my little world, but to ask my little world to let him in, so that the place where I came to be alone on summer afternoons would get to know him, judge him, see if he fitted in, take him in, so that I might come back here and remember. Here I would come to escape the known world and seek another of my own invention; I was basically introducing him to my launchpad. All I had to do was list the works I’d read here and he’d know all the places I’d traveled to.”
–Elio, Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman(Ooops, though, this kind poster seems to have chosen an image taken from Cliffs at Varengeville near Dieppe
over looking the Atlantic or even the English Channel (!!!)--nope, let's try for something else--)
Bordighera, Claude Monet 1883, oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm,
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Illinois USA. Riviera Italy.
Painting Description:
The Citta Alta of Bordighera emerges from behind the pine trees.
The canvas was painted by Monet from the Torre dei Mostaccini.
That's better! Better than that--in the novel, the town is never mentioned other than the capital letter 'B',
but when you look Bordighera up on Google Maps, right near the water you find a restaurant:
Monet's Café--perfect!
click for the link: