I was in Riva del Garda 6 years ago with my chorus trip. Now, I’ve got the chance to come back and stay for a few days. Renting a small apartment on the edge of the historic center. A seemingly random religious procession complete with marching band passed under the window one night. 
Riva del Garda is a town at the end of a the very long and skinny Lake Garda, which is surrounded on all sides by the Alps. It’s impossibly pretty. You can walk by the lake, or around town, and it’s all pretty. Took a hike up to a castle on a hill which did not help protect the city from French invaders, but does have a nice view.
The last day, took a road trip to see Otzi, the iceman found frozen in the alps in full copper age fashion. From like 5000 years ago. There is a museum in Bolzano dedicated to him and his possessions. It starts with the discovery, then moves to the actual man and items, then to the death circumstances, then Otzi’s medical analysis. Otzi was wounded, and walking across a mountain when he was shot in the back with an arrow. He then fell, got frozen, and stayed there until 1992. It turns out he had Lyme disease and badly clogged arteries from a fat filled diet. At the end is a full body reconstruction of what he looked like. He’s a little short for a modern person, but overall looks pretty normal.
Then a drive a little north to see an old German castle. In Bolzano, the language I heard most was German. At the castle, it was all German. The main text was German, with Italian definitely as the subtitles. It’s like we moved into a different country. Everything suddenly looks like Switzerland.