Riva del Garda, Trentino

Riva del Garda is a bustling Italian town which doubles as a tourist resort, located at the northern end of Lake Garda. This is the dramatic end of the lake, with mountains rising on either side, and Riva sits comfortably on the shore, with a backdrop of lake, valley and hills. Until the lakeside road was constructed, Riva was an important port for communications along the lake's length. The town was part of Austria until 1918 and there is still something sedate and un-Italian about the streets and architecture. Nowadays it is in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige, within the province of Trento. After Desenzano, Riva is the second-largest town on Lake Garda, and it has a very different atmosphere from the other lake resorts: simultaneously alive yet staid. https://www.visittrentino.info/en/trentino/resorts-towns/riva-del-garda_md_271