Very good service and friendly staff. The rooms are very clean. The location is right on the lake. The food was excellent.

The Bellariva is a decent hotel and quite close to the water. The staff was quite friendly and I have no major complaints about the service. I was across the street in the "apartments". After finally finding my room (there are no lights on in the hallway!) I found that the size was quite nice and it had a little kitchenette and a washing machine - two great boons for vacationers.

Unfortunately, I was in Riva del Garda on business. As a business hotel, the Bellariva fell a bit flat. The "hotel" didn't feel like a hotel - no real hotel services. There was no iron and ironing board (really not surprising for southern Europe) and no hair dryer (I was quite surprised by that). There was no internet/wireless service and the few television channels were only in Italian (again, not terribly surprising, but business hotels would have a news channel or two in English).

Finally, the bathroom, especially the shower, was VERY small. If you're very big, you may have to leave the shower door open to even be able to move around!

So, if you're in Riva for vacation, the hotel is probably ok. But don't expect too much in the way of amenities.

Firstly,the staff of Hotel Bellariva were heartwarming and touched my hearts for being genuinely concerned for me and my contemporaries. When they told my teachers that we were wearing too little winter clothing and that we may fall sick before the competition, it exemplified the genuine care they had for us. In addition they were also generous enough to allow us to use their restaurant for practice. Also, they were so lovely in that they knew that we were students and gave us complimentary desserts whenever we dined at their restaurant. I am also pleased to say that their staff are multi-lingual and had no problems speaking to us in english. I found out they were multi-lingual upon inquiring.

Hotel Bellariva serves scrumptuous food. My favorite would definitely be their Penne Carbonara which is simply heavenly.

In terms of amenities, there is a little playground near the hotel , and hotel bellariva is of extremely close proximity to Lake Garda. I would say it is only next door. In addition the congress and town centre is only of close proximity to the hotel for an obese person like me 15 m,inutes was all it took to take a stroll to town centre.
For the catholics, i understand from my teachers that there is a church nearby as well, the Chiesa Santa Maria Assunta. A few blocks away from the hotel is a supermarket, a gelato store and a clinic. Which people like myslef who go to Riva Del garda for competition may need very urgently. All in all, HOtel Bellariva wanted me to go back so much. And I can still rmemeber GIno the owner of the hotel who touched my heart when he personally went to unlock my hotel room when it slammed shut on me leaving my kerys inside.

I had been on this site before I wnet to Riva for my cousin's wedding and could not find any reviews of the hotel that we were staying at.
So I felt I should let people in on this Lovely Hotel.

Hotel Bellariva is situated about 200 metres from Lake Garda and the room we had provided us with beautiful views over the lake.
The hotel is extremely clean and the people who work in it are very friendly.
The Breakfast is very filling and continental and the Lunches and dinners that are available at the hotel are varied and reasonably priced.
The rooms are of a good size as are the beds and the bathrooms are very clean.
Overall this hotel is very good value for money.
PS- the hot tub is an added bonus after a long day in the sun.

Myself and my girlfriend are hopefully coming back to the region nex year and will be staying in the same hotel.
Enough said