Varenna Royal Victoria Hotels

"We had a wonderful stay with a room overlooking the lake and a nice balcony. The location can’t be beat and the shuttle service a huge plus. Lots of great restaurants nearby and we had pizza and salads on our last night at one of the hotel restaurants- really enjoyable."

"This hotel has excellent staff, very clean rooms, perfect location, and beautiful grounds. The only downside is allowing smoking near the outside dining patio. "

"Amazing breakfast, really good variety. The staff are pleasant and kind. "

"One of the best hotels we’ve ever stayed at. Should be at the price we paid. Great amenities. Pool area n hot tub gorgeous. One thing I didn’t like was room service food. It was ok we did it twice n twice we barely ate the food. Rooms were impeccable and beautiful views from our balcony terrace. Staff very nice and helpful."

"We booked a superior room and unfortunately the room was located on the Ferry parking. There was no other room unless we spent 700$ extra for the 3 nights. We hardly slept that night. We insisted and got for the other 2 nights a room at the center of the building on same floor 2. Floors 3 and 4 have been renovated but the others need refurbishing. Location of the hotel otherwise is excellent and breakfast buffet delicious. Menaggio is charming"

"Perfect location "

"We stayed at Casa Mara for six nights with our son and daughter-in-law and two young grandchildren. Our hosts Paolo and Mara greeted us on our arrival. (Paolo met us at the train station and guided our walk to the apartment.) They could not have been more gracious as hosts. The unit is beautiful and very comfortable. We especially enjoyed cooking dinner and dining together at the large kitchen table and time spent relaxing in the loft watching boats on the lake and observing the ever changing landscape of clouds and sun and mountains out the large picture windows. The location in the heart of old Varenna was perfect - a short walk to the water, the piazza, ferries, restaurants, groceries, bakery and playground. We enjoyed the Villa Monestero and Villa Cipressi a short walk away and a hike up to the Castello de Vesio. Daytrips to Managgio and Bellagio were easily done by ferry. We arranged with a local taxi driver - Monica - to take us to our family cooking class high above Bellano. All worked out very well and made for a relaxing, memorable stay at Lake Como."

"Possibly the best hotel experience I've had in the last decade. Hard to find anything here to improve upon."

"Location wise this property was excellent and the apartment itself had everything we needed.Check in was with Ettore (a lovely gentleman) who doesn’t actually speak English which didn’t really affect check in however did make it difficult to ask any additional questions. We are over 65 travellers and the 30 stairs to get up to the apartment added a degree of difficulty getting our suitcases up the stairs on check in and down when we left. The spiral staircase (which I must admit I did see in the photos) did prove to be a little difficult especially going to use the bathroom through the night.The surrounding restaurants were all fantastic - Alberto del Sole, La Scarpetta, Il Cavatappi and Osteria Quattro Pass. All within a minutes walk of the apartment. View from the upstairs bedroom was magical at night. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay but think we may have reconsidered where we had stayed taking into consideration our age."