If you want snow the swiss mountain tows are the best place...good call there.
Just recall the place, Interlaken, its between two lakes (no kidding ), close to ski centers and a very cheerful (and cheap) hostel: Balmer´s, good for using as a base for the surrounding though the city is quite big to swiss standard.
Other hostels in Switzerland charged even to use their stoves and I remember in Mcdonlads you were charged separately for the Ketchup ...luckily I don´t like Mcdonalds
In Rome the best for me was the Jewish Quarter (or Jewish old town, don´t know the name in english), lovely old town that is frozen in time...good for photos.