“The smile of our baker, the mild climate and the view of the lake where the road starts to descend from Nago to Arco are the qualities that make us very happy and content.” You know when you meet people that make you feel just better - this is your hosts and owners here - they enthuse you with their love of the Arco Mountains

The design of the Vivere Suites and Rooms - next to the Arco Mountains, a stone's throw from Lake Garda - is bold, crisp, unimposing, yet every bit subtle and sophisticated, created by Milan-based architects Genuizzi | Banal. Vivere lets the landscapes of Trentino, carved by the glaciers, take Zen-like centre stage, mindfully complementing and respecting the surrounds with a fabulously modernist low-rise build. Crisp, cuboid structures frame the ancient vineyards, whilst generous open spaces dissolve the barriers of the internal and external – allowing nature to flood the place with the scents, sights + sounds. The design contrasts of the Vivere Suites and the clever usage of local stonewalling with rusted steel panels - raw elements that act as a protective skin whilst lending an appearance of age, substance and seriousness to this creatively designed boutique Italian hotel.

Arco is your best location for an active and reinvigorating holiday. Arco is situated at the heart of the northern Lake Garda region. At one end, Arco faces Lake Garda, while its other end is surrounded by the mountains. It is a well-known holiday resort by virtue of its mild climate, clean and healthy air and its position right by the lake-side. Archduke Albert of Habsburg built his winter residence, the Villa Arciducale, in Arco. Surrounded by a lush park, the Arboretum, it hosts exotic and Mediterranean plants. The Habsburgs ornated the city with parks and gardens, elegant liberty villas and beautiful palaces. The Castle of Arco, one of the most beautiful medieval fortresses in the Alps, was built by the Counts of Arco at the top of a towering rock overlooking the plain of the river Sarca and offers a breathtaking panorama.