Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Get Physical in Riva
At the beach next to the castle you can rent rowboats or pedal boats for
about
€
6 to
€
7 per hour (buy 2 hr., get a third free) from March to
October daily 8am to 8pm.
For a more adventurous outing, check out the
windsurfing
at the
Nautic Club Riva
(Via Rovereto, 44;
%
0464-552453; www.nauticclubriva.
com).
Boards rent for
€
17 for an hour,
€
24 for 2 hours, or
€
39 all day.
Multiday and weekly packages, as well as lessons, are also available.
You can rent
mountain bikes
from
Superbike Girelli
(Viale Damiano
Chiesa, 15;
%
0464-556602)
for
€
4 per hour or
€
10 per day, or from
Fori
e Bike
(Viale dei Tigli, 24;
%
0464-551830)
for
€
8 to
€
13 per day (the
higher price for the better mountain bikes).
Most years, the tourist office runs a few
free guided tours
in English—weekends
around the town itself, Tuesdays and Fridays to sights in the surrounding area. You
must book in advance, by 5pm the previous day, at
%
0464-554444.
The main attraction is the lake itself, which Riva takes advantage of with a
waterside promenade stretching for several kilometers past parks and pebbly
beaches.
The water is warm enough for swimming from May to October, and air
currents fanned by the mountains make Garda popular for
windsurfing
year-
round (see “Get Physical in Riva,” above).