Hotel Riviera

Lovely, well situated hotel. Great 3 course meals and nice buffet breakfast. Staff are friendly and helpful. Rooms cleaned and changed daily. Riva very flat and easy to walk around compared to other towns on lake. Ask for card that gives you free bus travel and entry to things around Riva.

We had a fantastic holiday in Riva del Garda, staying at the wonderful Hotel Riviera. The lake view room was superb. The hotel and all the staff were exceptional, being so friendly and helpful. Cleanliness is first class and the facilities were excellent. The hotel is located about a 25 minute walk from the old town and just a short stroll from the lake. Mauricio and his family provide a first class holiday experience. Thank you so much and we can't wait to return. John

Amazing little hotel find !! Lovely stay!! Views at breakfast are amazing! Breakfast food is lovely. Rooms are modern and spacious. Fantastic location close to the lakeside and 10 minute walk from the town. Could not fault the stay and will most certainly return xx

Just back from a week in the riviera. Fantastic holiday. Photos are fair representation. We had a superior lake view double and a classic single. The single is small as shown in pictures but my daughter liked it. When refurbishing if the do an open or slide door wardrobe will work better in this space. The superior room had free safe, drinks fridge (deceptively roomy and useful for milk), kettle tea bags coffee and sugar. Both rooms had free water bottles. Proper showers. Blinds to darken rooms at night. Superior was electric control, the single a manual belt. We had trouble with this first time and let it go too far but the hotel fixed it straight away and then my daughter managed fine after. Breakfast fantastic. Best croissants ever. Scrambled eggs, boiler for boiling eggs, bacon, cold continental options, cereal, fruit, pastries, bread and toaster, jam honey, good juices, tea, coffee. Dinner. Always found something to choose for the 3 courses. Extra veggie options when needed. If you are not able to choose at breakfast as out for an early you can choose at dinner and it was not a long wait. The menu is in reception so you know the options in advance if you didn’t make breakfast. Pool area beautiful and peaceful. Enough loungers and lounge cushions. Never had trouble whatever time of day. Lovely hot tub. As well as the honesty fridge with very reasonably priced drinks there is a bathroom which was good. The hotel staff were very helpful, have timetables for busses and ferry and helped us with the free Trentino card which gives free local buses (we used to go to Arco) and free access including on the funicular to the bastion on the other side of riva for the views. We also used paid bus to malcesine 10 euros for 3 adults one way, and lake ledro 8.10 euros for 3 one way. Bedding and towels were changed frequently in the week. Location was very peaceful but short walk to coop supermarket and didn’t take us more than 30 minutes to town centre. Lake is just behind the port so only a few minutes walk. In the evenings there is a drinks menu and phone on the 4th floor breakfast terrace if you would like to have a drink up there rather than ground floor bar. Sofas and loungers as well as tables and chairs. Lots of repeat visitors to this hotel and I think we will be back too.

I have been waiting a couple of weeks since we came back, simply because I wanted to book again before I reviewed it. That’s because I didn’t want to miss a chance to book because it’s full because of a review I wrote! Does that make sense? Well it does to me. I have just booked for next year and could not get the weeks I wanted in the rooms I wanted and I think that tells you everything. Is it a five star hotel? Well no it’s rating is 3 star but it’s better than that. I have given it 5 stars because for us it ticked all the boxes. Great location, walk to the lake in just minutes. Hotel is immaculately clean. That’s a big plus for us. We have been to many hotels which just cannot get even this basic right. The owner and his family and all of the staff are just very very nice.and very very helpful. Just a quick note here, reference the Mio Trentino card. I have seen people saying they could not get it working for various reasons. I just asked at reception and it was done straight away. Okay the food.-The breakfast was brilliant, everything we needed. Great quality and an amazing view from the roof terrace. My comment on the evening meal would be ‘enough’ we were so full we couldn’t eat it all. I was worried about the pool being over the road,but it isn’t a problem at all. Excellent area with a honesty bar where you help yourself to the drink and write it down. The area is accessed by your room card so it’s not open to general public. I did notice from the roof terrace a couple of people putting towels on the sunbeds early morning but that’s common everywhere. The room was very modern. Apparently it has been modernised bit by bit over the last few years. Everything you need in the rooms, hairdryer, safe, fridge, lovely modern shower, comfortable beds. It won’t get a five star from the people who give these things out but it’s a five star from me. Looking forward to being back there next year, God willing.