We came across this area walking around the old town of Riva del Garda. The medieval ghetto…read moreapparently was around the street Via Fiume. There is a signage under one of the second floor windows at Via Fiume 4 indicating that the Jewish area started in 1430, which would be almost a hundred years before the Jewish ghetto in Venice. Today this area is the heart of the old town with many restaurants and shops. We had dinner in one of the restaurants and enjoyed it.

Piazza Catena is a waterfront plaza of the town of Riva del Garda, and, if I am not mistaken, it is…read morePiazza 3 Novembre on maps to memorialize the end of the Italian front in WWI. On the plaza stand the medieval watchtower Torre Apponale and a number of lovely shops and restaurants. There is a ferry dock at the end of the plaza and the ferries take people to other towns and villages around the lake.

nice castle on the lake di garda inside you'll find many…read moredifferent information about this castle, the region and maybe a changing exhibition, we have seen the earlier time oriaund the lake, how to go fishing, grow up the houses and streets and important the tunnels ... have a good time, in summer time a little freshness inside, climb up the tower to look around the city riva or the lake or the mountains or all together :-)

The basics: lovely views in all directions, 7E entry fee, loads of stairs (some quite steep),…read morebenches scattered around, restrooms available near the exit, museums inside. While the grounds weren't as large as I'd expected, the views were beautiful.

Cultivation of lemons on the Garda Lake has been introduced from Genoa in the 13th century. To…read moreprotect plants and lemons from frost, special facilities have been built in the 17th century, which were closed with wood and glass from November to March. In 2004 these facilities have been restored and can now be visited.

Really fun day out(side)! We ventured up to the park on Easter Sunday with our dog. Yep, they were…read moreopen on Easter in Italy. Already earning brownie points. They are also dog friendly. Score, again. You park at the top of the town and walk down to the main entrance. Your GPS will try to convince you to drive all the way down. Don't do it! The road becomes very narrow and pretty much pedestrian only. Once at the entrance, you pay the entry fee (€6 per person as of April 2019), grab a map and set out to explore. They have three trails in the park. Green is the easy one and takes you past two really impressive waterfalls. They say it takes 30 minutes but we spent about an hour with breaks, photo ops, our dog's desire to smell everything, etc. Red is medium and black is difficult. We stuck to the green trail this visit but hope to tackle the red one next time. There is a small cafe in the park that serves cold drinks, ice cream and a few other snacks. They even have a little gift shop where I was super excited to find a magnet to add to our collection.