We selected this hotel as the last stopover on our way back from Nice to Germany to pamper ourselves one last time before our vacation ends. The building is just lovely - it's really like staying in a castle of medieval times. Our room had a high ceiling, large wooden bed and other interior which looked like it has been build hundreds of years ago (and probably was). Fortunately the bathroom was more modern although I'v never seen shower appliances like this before. They looked like taken out of Nemo's Nautilus and thus didn't work properly (which, however, was not a big problem). They have a wonderful lounge area and inner patio all with flowers and old furniture and a smell of antiqueness around it. It could have been a great place to stay - if it weren't for the current owners...||||This place definitely deserves better. We got the impression that the current owners (apparantly family-owned) are not really interested in running a hotel. Upon arrival they were more or less suprised that guests showed up although we booked via Booking. We seemed to be the only guests on a Friday night in high season! The welcoming was cool and distant and we were asked if we're planning to stay out late tonight since someone would have to stay awake for us to return. The only other girl working there seems to be afraid of foreigners and looked very unpleased and sometimes bored. Breakfast is a joke consisting of a cup of coffee, toasted pieces of baguette (from the previous day) and some packed jam. I don't know how they got their 4 star rating but to us this isn't comprehensible. Apparently the son of the family is a good chef who serves pricey dishes in a restaurant section of the hotel. However, the entire athmosphere was so strange that we decided to find a pizza...
Read moreIt is a unique blend of history with a modern twist.|12 rooms, each one of them with a character and unified by a leitmotif: good taste.|Each room gives you space to work, relax, unwind, rest.|The location is far from any traffic and close to Varese Lake. It offers the right level of tranquillity without being too far removed from the rest of the world: Varese is not far and Malpensa Airport is easy within reach.||Bathrooms are all newly renovated with modern fittings, but without losing the "classic" feeling.||Beds are really comfortable and if you are in need of a sound night of sleep, well this is the place.|Bed linen is of the best quality.||Breakfast is intimate and it has a true "family feeling".||It is served to you with a smile, rather than the copious all you can eat buffets offered by large chains. And the welcoming smile at the breakfast room makes up for anything you may be used to, but that you really don't need.||Toasted bread with jams, croissants, yogurts... And all varieties of coffees .||But with a heart ||And this place has a legacy. Family owned for generations it was an intellectual circle where topics like politics, literature, fashion were on the agenda of the intelligenza frequenting the "mai intees" club.||Ah.. I was forgetting .. "Mai Intees" is the local dialect for "never agreeing". And it gives you the idea of the variety of ideologies and beliefs who met there to openly discuss, but never argue ||It could be the perfect place to hold a...
Read moresaw five hotels this summer and this was by far my favorite.||||The moment i arrived and was greeted by the owner Paolo and heard sweet jazz tunes playing in the background i knew i was gonna like this place.||Do not expect a perfectly managed and groomed place,it's got more of an old world family run charm.||||Room was large and had that same old world charm,like time stood still.But things like the new bathroom and aircon give you all the modernity you need.||||The only one who speaks English is Paolo,his staff and lovely mother do not.||Again something i personally liked.His mother explained our options for dinner in Italian and we managed to get everything sorted perfectly.||||favorite moment was sitting in the garden with a cold drink and Paolo picking Courgette flowers from his garden en frying them for us[best thing i ate all summer]||||Very much recommended if you like old world Italian charm ,we arrived here coming from a 5 star Hilton in Rome,and it felt like a breath of fresh air.||||I will certainly try to return...
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