Wow! TWO pleasant surprises at one time. First being the town of Riva del Garda and this beautiful part of Lake Garda and secondly this medium sized hotel which may not have some of the fancy facilities and snooty waiters other hotels in the area have but what they do have are a very polite, helpful staff, clean recently renovated modern rooms (1st with terrace & 2nd floor with balcony), lake views, a good location, delicious breakfast served on the top floor with a spectacular view of Lake Garda. For the money, by far the best place we stayed on our 6 week trip. Only negatives were parking is limited and WiFi signal was weak. We enjoyed our stay so much that we tried to extend for 3 more days but sadly the Hotel was completely full so had to move to another hotel at twice the price and a much smaller, dated room with a small balcony and questionable Lake view.
Hotel Riviera is a bargain in this beautiful area of Italy.