Villa Marina — Hotel in Bellano

I can recommend the Villa Marina in Bellano highly. We stayed for 3 nights towards end of September 2023. Firstly, Bellano is a great place to stay on that side of the like. It is a train stop (next after Varenna) so is easy to get to. It is quiet and away from the hordes of tourists In Bellagio and to a lesser extent in Varenna. I cannot understand why everyone want to go to Bellagio. It is mobbed; hard to get to a restaurant and not that much to recommend it. You can easily skip it. Varenna is a much nicer town and the Villa Monastero has beautiful gardens. Restaurants there have beautiful views over the water. |But Bellano is quieter, is train stop or ferry stop away; cheaper and beautiful. The Villa Marina is a 6 roomed historic house on the lake with a magnificent patio and some rooms with lake view. Base yourself there and us the ferries as I did. (You need to time the ferry's so understand the timetable). The ferry is a 15 minute walk. It also has very nice garden area.|The Villa is run by Angelo who is the most helpful person I have ever come across in a hotel. Nothing was too much trouble. He can arrange a taxi at short notice to Varenna or the train station; is full of information; carried my bags upstairs (no elevator) and nothing was too much trouble. Breakfast is fantastic (his assistant is Fulvia) and there is coffee all day. He arranged a pickup at the train station (12 EU) and a ride to the ferry with all my bags. |The room itself was smallish but all Italian rooms are. It was on the 1st floor overlooking the lake and was very comfortable. Showers are small in almost every hotel I stayed in. We stayed 3 days and it was great. It rained one day so I never got to visit the Orrido. I used it as a base to visit Bellagio; Varenna; Villa Carlotta; Tremezzo and Villa Balbienelo. |Highly recommended. (Learn the ferry timetable!). Happy to...

I can recommend the Villa Marina in Bellano highly. We stayed for 3 nights towards end of September 2023. Firstly, Bellano is a great place to stay on that side of the like. It is a train stop (next after Varenna) so is easy to get to. It is quiet and away from the hordes of tourists In Bellagio and to a lesser extent in Varenna. I cannot understand why everyone want to go to Bellagio. It is mobbed; hard to get to a restaurant and not that much to recommend it. You can easily skip it. Varenna is a much nicer town and the Villa Monastero has beautiful gardens. Restaurants there have beautiful views over the water. |But Bellano is quieter, is train stop or ferry stop away; cheaper and beautiful. The Villa Marina is a 6 roomed historic house on the lake with a magnificent patio and some rooms with lake view. Base yourself there and us the ferries as I did. (You need to time the ferry's so understand the timetable). The ferry is a 15 minute walk. It also has very nice garden area.|The Villa is run by Angelo who is the most helpful person I have ever come across in a hotel. Nothing was too much trouble. He can arrange a taxi at short notice to Varenna or the train station; is full of information; carried my bags upstairs (no elevator) and nothing was too much trouble. Breakfast is fantastic (his assistant is Fulvia) and there is coffee all day. He arranged a pickup at the train station (12 EU) and a ride to the ferry with all my bags. |The room itself was smallish but all Italian rooms are. It was on the 1st floor overlooking the lake and was very comfortable. Showers are small in almost every hotel I stayed in. We stayed 3 days and it was great. It rained one day so I never got to visit the Orrido. I used it as a base to visit Bellagio; Varenna; Villa Carlotta; Tremezzo and Villa Balbienelo. |Highly recommended. (Learn the ferry timetable!). Happy to...

Where do I begin to describe the perfect holiday? Should I begin with the perfect location? The entire house is so beautiful, on the inside as on the outside! Just like Marco an Tanja! The couple who runs the place are amazing! So friendly and helpful. For a nice restaurant recommendation or just a little chat, they always where there for us! We enjoyed the breakfast in front of the most amazing view we've ever seen with the most amazing cake! (Made by Tanja every day! So delicious! Please try the magic chocolate cake and thank me later) If you stay in this lovely location you can take a 7 minute walk to the center of the village for a boat rent to explore the lake or take the ferry to another village. Or you just use the day, to relax on the terrace and work on your tan or read a nice book. You always can order something to drink or a little snack. You also have a direct access to the lake which we very enjoyed! The location also has gated private parking, which we also used. The rooms are very nice and clean and we had the pleasure of a lake and garden view. The garden on the property is so lovely designed. I hope my review helped you decide to stay at this little paradise and you will enjoy it as much as we did! We will definitely come back and recommended it to every friend we have. Marco and Tanja, thank you...