Giardinetto

Ottimo hotel, buona la posizione ottima va vista sul lago. Buon ristorante.

The hotel is small and somewhat tired, its saving grace is that it is in a beautiful location. The buffet style breakfast was great, with a vast choice of what to have. The evening meal although I enjoyed most of the food, was very limited choice as there were only 3 choices for starter, main and dessert, some of the group did not like any of the choices. There is a roof top bar, which you need to reserve, and the prices of the drinks are more expensive than the restaurant and bar downstairs (the same bottle of wine we had down stairs was 10 euros more on the roof top bar. We were made to feel like second class citizens as people who were not guests at the hotel were given preference over us. No-one had explained that we had to make reservations for the roof top bar, the manager of the roof top bar (the older gentleman), rather than explain to us that a reservation was required he rudely, told us to drink down stairs, when we questioned the pricing. It would not have been so bad if there were other places to go and have a drink in the evening, so we ended up going to our rooms after dinner. My room was at the back of the hotel, if you are a light sleeper, the noise of the cars and motorbikes could be a nuisance, It is much worse during the day by the pool, as the noise can get a bit irritating. The hotel could do with having some low level music playing to drown out the traffic. Aside from the rude rooftop bar manager, the rest of the waiters and waitresses were very friendly and accommodating.

Stay at hotel was excellent, reception staff were fantastic they couldn't do enough for us. The room we stayed in overlooked Lake Orta, The room our daughter was in was oddly shaped but ideal for one, 2 may be a bit of a tight squeeze. The breakfast selections were of good quality and catered for all tastes with continental and cooked offerings. The Rooftop bar was an ideal setting although the weather wasn't great we made good use of it. Our only complaint (not of the hotel) was the lack of transport to local areas. No buses or Taxis unless you book well in advance. There are a few water Taxis available at restricted times during the day which were reasonably priced and a pleasant trip over to Orta San Guilo and Omenga for the market on Thursday.