Verbania hotellia

Plussat: nice hotel in the nice location, friendly staff

Plussat: Perfect location on the sea front

Miinukset: Neighboring rooms were quite close and we chatted with the neighbors through the window.

Plussat: One of the beat hotels. It was a marathon weekend, and hotel was right next to finish line. And a view from a balcony... mmmm... super nice! To the lake and mountains. Very friendly staff and a croissant as a welcome was super nice. :) good breakfast.

Plussat: Accommodation was suited for the Lago Maggiore Marathon 200m from start .

Miinukset: Public transport from Milan Malpensa airport to Verbania,start of winter and transport reduce

Plussat: Breakfast good, location close to alternative eateries was excellent

Miinukset: Lift was a little busy at peak times

Plussat: Huone järvinäköalalla oli erittäin siisti ja viihtyisä. Henkilökunta oli kohteliasta, asiantuntevaa ja kielitaitoista.

Plussat: Perhehuone oli tilava ja puhdas. Huoneessa oli ihana parveke ja upea näköala järvelle! Henkilökunta oli todella ystävällistä ja aamupala oli hyvä. Hinta-laatusuhde oli kohdallaan!

Miinukset: Äänieristys oli huono, erityisesti kadulta kuului paljon meteliä.

Plussat: Todellan ystävällinen henkilökunta, hyvä aamiainen. Hotellilla oma parkkipaikka pienen kävelymatkan päässä.

Plussat: The breakfast was excellent and the location was outstanding. A beautiful town with friendly people and an excellent staff in the hotel. Scenery is gorgeous and food delicious.

Miinukset: The air handling had been turned off due to the season but the weather was warm. We had to open windows to be cool enough but then the street sounds made it difficult to sleep until the early hours. All the positives far outweigh this inconvenience.

Plussat: Kiva ja siisti hotelli hyvällä sijainnilla, kaunis näköala huoneesta järvelle. Oltiin autolla liikenteessä ja välillä saatiin auto ihan hotellin eteen maksuttomille paikoille ja välillä jätettiin hotellin omaan parkkiin joka oli pienen matkan päässä. Ei ollut meille mikään ongelma. Henkilökunta oli todella ystävällistä ja aamupala hyvä. Hotellin vieressä oli pari hyvää ruokapaikkaa ja laivat järvelle lähtevät ihan edestä joten sijainti on todella hyvä!

Plussat: The room with the balcony. Great location.

Plussat: Location is right naar the lake. Close to small restaurants and bar facilities.

Miinukset: Nothing. No real negative remarks.

Plussat: Mukava miljöö ja hieno rakennus, ihana maisema.

Miinukset: Ravintolan ruoka oli surkea.

Plussat: I like the kitchen and breakfast. Food quality is good.

Miinukset: Rooms can be more comfortable.

Plussat: Very good location. Nice staff. A bit old, but good.

Plussat: Sijainti!!! Todella hiljainen vaikka sijaitsi ihan keskustassa.

Miinukset: Huoneemme ei ollut järvelle päin.

Plussat: Everything. Perfect location, efficient and friendly staff and great rooms. The only prolem is that I couldn't stay longer

Plussat: Everything was faultless - breakfast was delicious, staff very accommodating, rooms spotlessly clean. One of the best hotels that I have stayed in.

Plussat: The welcoming letter of the Managing Director is very nice. All members of Staff are helpful. Most fantastic of all is the beautiful central location with unobstructed view to the Lago Maggiore. A nice small terrace before the hotel is very well cared of with professional friendly waiter. Parking places are always available nearby.The car is allowed before the hotel-entrance by arrival and departure. Amenities are not exceptional but ok.

Miinukset: Shower is basic but functioning is very good. Bed is quite hard. No pillow-menu. No feathers. Breakfast time is mentioned until 10.30am. About 10.15am choice is no longer completed.Although the ingredients are very good quality.The orangejuicemachine is noo longer connected. Streetnoice is disturbing nightsrest.

Plussat: Todella ystävällinen henkilökunta, sijainti erinomainen, hyvin äänieristetyt huoneet ja ikkunat.. kadun äänet pysyivät ulkopuolella. Hotellissa oli jotenkin erikoinen tunnelma. Ilmastointi toimi hyvin. Aamiainen oli monipuolinen ja maittava. Suosittelen.

Plussat: Excellent lakeside location with wonderful view (having ordered and paid for a lakeside room). Very nice breakfast and very smart and comfortable facilities all round.

Miinukset: Lift a bit small.

Plussat: Great breakfast. Hot food and lovely fresh fruits and vegetables and a juicer available for a healthy drink. Great location for ferry, restaurants and shops. Staff friendly and helpful at all times. The beds are comfortable and the rooms spotlessly clean.

Miinukset: Hotel has no lounge except for a very small bar area that opens at 6.00pm. While there is a nice outside veranda for outdoor eating or just people watching it's noisy due to the busy road.

Plussat: Mahtava järvi ja alppimaIsema Hyviä ruokapaikkoja vieressä Rannalla

Miinukset: Pieni hidas hissi

Plussat: Central location with lovely lake views Pet friendly Welcoming staff Car park close by and vouchers available to purchase from reception Great breakfast

Miinukset: Nothing!

Plussat: The only thing worth the rate is the location

Plussat: Location

Miinukset: Breakfast was not great Fruit not fresh Usual ham eggs cheese affair Expected more

Plussat: Beautiful lakeside location! The hotel staff was very friendly and helpful. The room was clean and large enough for 3 adults and our small dog. I would definitely return to Hotel Pallanza.

Miinukset: The quality of coffee served at breakfast could be improved.

Plussat: Very clean

Miinukset: The carpets are old and used

Plussat: The Hotel is weil maintained , the breakfast was good.

Miinukset: The walls are quite thin so you could hear everything happening around your room.

Plussat: the room was nice but bare.

Plussat: Very friendly staff, polite and helpful. Great location.

Miinukset: Substandard facilies, dirty room. Upon arrival had to change the room due to many huge spiders and webnets in the room. Very cheap unimaginative breakfast with juices from plastic packaging (mind you we are in Italy,!!) , old smelly carpeting, obsolete furniture and the whole tired atmosphere of the place that looks nice only on the photo... Shower cabin with black from fungus silicone and rusty metallic part. The most annoying was the heavy rock music from the next door facility that made our bed tremble up to 12.30 in the morning. Definitely not for those seeking calm holiday. The customer service as business, not the people, who are very kind!! , is quite average compared to 4 star hotels that I have visited in the world. No safe in the room. They take your objects to the safe in reception, but in case you need them or need to leave urgently the place due to circumstances, you cannot get access to them till the morning and you are not advised about it... It is a shame , as the place has an enormous potential.

Plussat: We got a really nice room upgrade with sea view, staff was very friendly and helpful. And initially we were happy with this upgrade.

Miinukset: After having a shower we noted that the bathroom had a rather unpleasant smell for a while. This reoccurred after each use; we were unable to find the root cause. Since we stayed only for the night, we didn’t bother to call reception. A second nuisance started a bit later the evening, apparently they had at least that Saturday a DJ, dance event up to midnight right next to the hotel. So no sleep till midnight.

Plussat: Location and breakfast.

Miinukset: One of the staff accompanied us in our room but he did not offer to carry our lugage, My friend is 80 year Old lady carrying her lugage, the staff supposed to help carry our lugage, I had 2 lugages frommy other friend who is 76 year old.

Plussat: Big, clean, outdoor area was amazing!!! Magical there were swans in the lake at the hotel - like a fairy land.

Miinukset: Both my husband and I like to workout in the mornings (early) and the gym didn’t open until 10 am (understanding Italians run on a different schedule) this was annoying for us. The gym also didn’t have the best equipment (free weights and matts) - this is very minor as most people don’t like to work out at 7am on their holidays!!

Plussat: Unfriendly and arrogant staff at reception Booked the room for 3 adults with side-lake view 11 months in advance, by arrival we Just got a 2p room and no lake view. By showing the booking papers the Just put a crappy camping-bed instead of the television-desk. Totally not a 3adult worthy!!! After complaining they suggested an upgrade to a normal 3p room for 220 euro per night EXTRA! On top of this the rooms are very old-fashioned, even no free bottle of water, no dry-clean or ironning services due to danger of fire Hahahha and this in a 4 star hotel, are you kidding me!

Miinukset: Unfriendly and arrogant staff at reception Booked the room for 3 adults with side-lake view 11 months in advance, by arrival we Just got a 2p room and no lake view. By showing the booking papers the Just put a crappy camping-bed instead of the television-desk. Totally not a 3adult worthy!!! After complaining they suggested an upgrade to a normal 3p room for 220 euro per night EXTRA! On top of this the rooms are very old-fashioned, even no free bottle of water, no dry-clean or ironning services due to danger of fire Hahahha and this in a 4 star hotel, are you kidding me!

Plussat: Beautiful and stunning location. Very close to the center and restaurants. The swimming facilities were really enjoyable and well equipped. Free fresh pool towels and a stunning park like garden. The house itself is also as the name says: Majestic.

Miinukset: Breakfast could have been better in terms of quality of the food. Also the rooms could have been decorated a little nicer.

Plussat: A Perfect location close to restuarants/shops. Lots of interesting places to visit around the lake

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Every thing was perfect, location,breakfast,staff, clean

Plussat: Location is beautiful.

Miinukset: Breakfast offering needs improvement

Plussat: Location Garden

Miinukset: Staff’s attitude

Plussat: Wonderful grand hotel located by the lake, the personnel is very nice and helpful. Beautiful panoramas on the outside when you reach the terrace after the magnificent lobby, and garden. You can walk to a small part of town (Pallanza-Verbania) nearby, and in reaching distance to Verbania center. The restaurant is absolutely excellent, worth a try at least. The indoor pool is super and you can also rest outside in the garden, or even swim in the lake as well. Then please have a treat in the sauna/spa area if you can.

Miinukset: -

Plussat: Great location near the lake.

Miinukset: Had to pay extra to park and walk a few minutes to get to the hotel even though on Kayak's website it said they had parking. No wifi available in rooms. Broken mini bar. Hairs on toilet even though the clean seal was around the toilet seat. Stained towels.

Plussat: In the center of the town

Miinukset: View just to the building in front. Poor breakfast

Plussat: Service level very good Nice and helpfull staff Well located Good value for monney

Miinukset: Pillows not soft enough. Chair pad could improve the comfort.

Plussat: There is one very kind person at the reception and it's highly recommended to contact him in advance so the check in will go smoothly. Parking - public available at a cost of 1.5 euro per hour and is near by

Miinukset: No elevator, so it has to be noted that suitcases should be light.

Plussat: Very friendly staff. Central location in town.

Plussat: Everything was great and friendly.

Plussat: Everything was clean and as expected.

Miinukset: WiFi was lagging a bit but ok

Plussat: The garden is fantastic! So peacefull and beautifull; location was perfect.

Miinukset: I booked a single room, but felt the room quite small. Also if you travel alone, it would be nice to sit in a comfortabel chair, instead of laying on the bed.

Plussat: Historical. Nice and relaxing setting with great restaurant and bar service.

Miinukset: Bedroom a little small

Plussat: Great personell, nice restaurant, great surroundings

Plussat: The Breakfast is excellent, fresh and plentiful, staff always on attendance

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Helpfulness of reception staff. Gave good advice

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Great facilities, great value for money.

Miinukset: Rooms were very warm due to the very hot weather. No air con or fans made it difficult to sleep in the heat.

Plussat: The location right on the lake, with a nice, clean swimming pool, playground, pingpong table, rentable boats, and snack bar was fabulous - in particular for families. We also greatly appreciated the apartment-style housing with a kitchen and essential cooking equipment. This made up for the fact, that no restaurants were within easy walking distance

Miinukset: The breakfast buffet was perhaps the only weak point. The overall quality of the food (bread, cheese, vegetables) and beverages (coffee, juice) was rather low.

Plussat: Wonderful small pebbly beach for a dip in the lake. Really enjoyed hiring pedalo which had a little slide on it to add to the fun.

Miinukset: Room very small

Plussat: The staff and the location!

Plussat: Kiva allasalue, siistit huoneet, ilmastointi

Miinukset: Sijainti hieman syrjässä oalveluista

Plussat: Friendly staff, nice pool, good breakfast

Plussat: Lovely hotel with pool and lake access. Easy parking in the cool which was a real bonus. Big bedroom with small fridge and a kettle which was a real bonus, also good sized bathroom. The owner Massimo was very friendly and helpful, even phoned and ordered pizza for us when there was a bad storm and we couldn't get out. Make sure to visit Isola Bella, well worth a visit.

Plussat: The apartment was spacious, but very basic, minimalistic furniture. It was clean. The pool is nice with children. The little beach is perfect for swimming in the lake. The location is good. The kitchen has decent amenities. The beds are good.

Miinukset: The price on booking is 42 euro a night higher than when you book directly with the hotel. According to the receptionist it was because you book for 4 adults, but we specified for 2 adults. The receptionist was not friendly when we confronted him with this.

Plussat: Our reservation was only for accommodation, which was satisfactory. Nice view of the lake and the sound of running water from our balcony. The location was good (if you had a car). The staff (especially Stella) were extremely polite and helpful. Hotel had a nice pool by the lake. Check-in and check-out were simple and quick, and we were allowed a late check-out. Hotel has private (free) parking.

Miinukset: The price for breakfast was too high. Road a bit noisy; you couldn't relax on the balcony in the evenings (I guess it was a lot more for the appartments at the front). Hotel was a 20-25 minute walk from the city, on a very busy and dangerous road; we were advised to use another road (which we did), which at some parts was completely dark and "scary".... Check out time was too early (at 10:00). Once or twice we tried (unsuccessfully) using the bus.....(didn't run or was too late so we gave up).

Plussat: Very good location directly next to the lake

Miinukset: No watercooker+tee in the room. You have to buy this stuff at the bar downstairs. Small plates and cutlery would be nice

Plussat: This was our fifth stay at the Belvedere. Entire staff is most welcoming, especially Signore Paolo, who couldnt possibly be more helpful and accommodating. We feel it is our home away from home! Excellent breakfast and a perfect location. We wouldn't consider staying anywhere else when visiting the Lago Maggiore.

Plussat: The location of this traditional, Edwardian era hotel was excellent for catching the ferry around the islands. Our huge 4th floor room had a very high ceiling and dual aspect windows, meaning it was light and airy and offered fabulous views across the lake to Isola Madre and beyond to Stressa on the opposite shore. The bed was large and comfortable. The bathroom was also large with a walk in shower that could easily accommodate 2. The lift had been cleverly designed with to fit inside the original staircase, but had glass walls to maintain it's airy grandeur. Breakfast was generous and varied. with separate sweet and a savoury food stations. There were egg boiling points, ham cheese, rolls, cereals, muesli, yogurts, fresh fruit, cakes and croissants. Staff brought drinks to your table and were helpful and courteous. This is a more formal hotel, selected for its location and comfort as we were planning to celebrate our 36th Wedding anniversary on Isola Bella and Isola Pescatori. We enjoyed the peace and quiet of strolls along the lake.

Miinukset: As mentioned, the location was great for ferry connections and we thoroughly enjoyed watching the boats on the lake. Unfortunately, directly outside was a childrens' playground and with warm evenings we had the windows open, so their piercing screams travelled up to our room each night until around 10pm. Parking - there are parking restrictions outside the hotel due to the market traffic. Secure parking is offered but it's expensive. However we found free parking down the road on day one and left the car there throughout our stay.

Plussat: hotel is very close to ferry to approach all interesting places around. it's old fashion very classy but pretty renovated hotel with great and smiley stuff and terrific breakfast.

Miinukset: evenings were pretty cold but as in all Italian's hotels we stayed there wаs no heating available.

Plussat: Lovely hotel situated on the lake front right near boat pick-up to go around lake. Lovely restaurant inside hotel. Lovely large rooms, very clean .

Miinukset: Nothing.

Plussat: good

Miinukset: nothing

Plussat: Breakfast was excellent. Location very good. Free parking was at some distance (as advertised) but an eight euro per day pass for just across the street in public parking was excellent. Restaurant next door was excellent. (Hotel did not serve evening meal) Front desk staff very helpful.

Miinukset: Room could have used a comfortable chair for reading. Bed lights too dim for reading in bed. Tile floor was cold. There was no heat or air conditioning, so window used for temperature regulation.

Plussat: It was very clean, excellent location.

Miinukset: No facilities to make tea in room... Beds were not very comfortable...

Plussat: Super cute theme. Very friendly staff, and easily accessible. Breakfast is in the bar downstairs, and they bring you plenty of food (orange juice, coffee/cappuccino, bread and jam, croissant, yogurt, and water. The room was comfortable, well decorated to the theme, very clean, and especially for the price, you simply can't beat this place.

Plussat: - location was good to discover the southern part of the lake. Good restaurants nearby (though you should have a car) - Nice and friendly staff (speaking Italian and some English) - Breakfast was small but totally sufficient with wonderful coffee, delicious croissants, bread, juice... - free WiFi - free parking - big and very clean room. Conclusion : great value for money, if you can live with the noise from the street.

Miinukset: - No shower cubicle, so the whole bathroom got wet; that was really annoying. - Had a room to the main street; was very noisy - Only Italian TV channels

Plussat: Nice thematic room (Audrey Hepburn)

Miinukset: Property location, Breakfast should be better (only a few peace of bread with marmelade and brioche)

Plussat: Accommodation was according to our expectations.

Miinukset: The street is busy and not suitable for walking. No problem if you go only by car.

Plussat: Everything.

Miinukset: Breakfast- good, but always the same.

Plussat: Room size & location

Miinukset: Strange shower with no shower screen & no air con in room.

Plussat: Staff were great and very helpful.

Miinukset: AC would be switched off at 7am making the room extremely hot, if the AC was on during the morning it would be great

Plussat: Excellent location. Very nice, very large room. Good breakfast selection. Beautiful view of the lake. Quiet street. Very nice staff.

Miinukset: No access to bottled water nor ice on site. Common areas/elevator floors/lobby doors not the cleanest. Ordered caffe Americano; got instant coffee.

Plussat: The location was perfect right on the lake sorounded by resteraunts. The breakfast was very good. The rooms where very big and we had a balcony with lake view. 5 min walk from ferry station to visit the Bormeo islands (dont need a car for the day)

Miinukset: On sunday music from street till midnight. Parking on the street is free but sometimes all the parking is full. Toilet room a bit outdated decor.

Plussat: The location is perfect and the staff is very polite. The room is ok (mine was the double room).

Miinukset: The bathroom is very small. To take a shower can get complicated. The breakfast was too modest. Very few options.

Plussat: The bedroom was enormous, the bed very comfortable. The view of the lake from the window was amazing. Breakfast choice was good. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Hotel is well situated for parking, restaurants and ferry.

Miinukset: We have stayed before but was disappointed with the bathroom in this room this time. The shower was over the bath, placed halfway along the side. There was no shower curtain which meant that the water went all over the bathroom floor. There was no rubber bath mat and it was very slippery. It was also very slippery on the bathroom floor. It was quite dangerous. Decor was a bit tired, could do with a bit of a makeover.

Plussat: The location of the hotel made up for the dated interior. It was easy to imagine you had walked back in time to the thirties! To some guests this would be a bonus. We could imagine it would be a fantastic venue for a murder mystery location. Having said all this, the rooms with a view of the lake (at an additional cost) were wonderful. Breakfast was also plentiful and of good quality.

Miinukset: Again, just a tired hotel, that would cost a fortune to update. However, tea/coffee making facilities would not cost a lot to implement, and would be appreciated by many guests.

Plussat: Perfect location

Miinukset: Old but very spacious

Plussat: Hyvä sijainti, siistit huoneet, hyvät ja suuret sängyt, hinta-laatusuhde ok.

Plussat: Friendly staff, quiet territory, breakfast, good view to lake.

Plussat: Good communication from the hostel before I arrived. The hostel was nice and the breakfast was good and plentiful. Great location.

Miinukset: There was a large organised group of children staying all week for a kids club which was very noisy and pretty much took over the hostel and made the stay much less enjoyable than it could have been.

Plussat: Great view! And I was lucky to be alone in a room for 10 people. Breakfast was also really nice

Miinukset: It will be a bit hard to go up to the hotel with a suitcase, make sure you get a taxi or don’t have big bags

Plussat: Superb view.

Miinukset: About private room: very spartan, only one chair, an old cupboard, and four beds.

Plussat: Only the price and my roommates

Miinukset: Very rude, aggressive and unhelpful receptionist! I left one day earlier because of her unacceptable behaviour. It is far away from the city center and the boat station. It is hard and tiring to arrive at the hostel because of the uphill location. Hard and long time access from train station. There are many children parties in the garden and they woke me up. There is no wifi available in the rooms, it is available only at the waiting room. Very incense heat in the dorms during the summer (definitely they must buy air conditions). Definitely this hostel must not be visited. I don't recommend it.

Plussat: We had a double room. Basic, as can be expected in a hostel, but comfortable. Very friendly welcome. Great location to explore the town and the rest of Lake Maggiore.

Miinukset: Shower could be better.

Plussat: The view from the hostel was amazing, and the breakfast was very nice!

Miinukset: The hostel is a bit tricky to get to with public transport, as I couldn’t find the bus timetable online. Also there’s currently a kid’s holiday program on during the day until 5pm ish, which is fine, but just know that music is definitely loud during those times. Otherwise I loved my stay!

Plussat: All excellent : Staff, wifi, apartment, view ,parking, cleaning. We will come back!!

Miinukset: nothing

Miinukset: Vilkasliikenteinen tie parvekkeen ällä häiritsi yötä päivää. Huone oli liian kuuma.

Plussat: Fantastic location and very friendly and helpful staff.