8/10 Good
Christopher
20 Sept 2018
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Relaxing Week at Lake Garda
My wife and I stayed at the Hotel Sailing Centre for 8 nights, our first visit to the Lake Garda area. Francesca and the Team made us feel extremely welcome and were always very friendly and accommodating. My wife has a Gluten and Soy intolerance and they went out of their way to provision for that.
The hotel is located around 3.5 km north of Malcesine and is situated on the lake side of the busy road, unlike many other hotels in the area. It is also on a small spit of land that juts into the lake, so has a very pleasant and intimate feel for the lake itself. The rooms do not have a full lake view as that is reserved for the public areas / restaurant.
The room was comfortable enough with a selection of bathroom goodies provided; it would have been a nice touch for them to be replenished during a long stay as the shower gel in particular ran out after 2 days. The free WiFi is very efficient and the balcony was pleasant for a relaxing sit outside. As a Brit, I was slightly disappointed that there was no BBC News Channel on the TV; there are plenty of German stations :)
Malcesine is just a 30 min walk away along the main road / lake front and there is a regular bus service between Riva del Garde and Garda, via Malcesine. Plenty of watersports opportunities as well as hill walking and paragliding; the hotel also has a fleet of free hire cycles.
All in all a very pleasant stay and we will definitely be planning a return in the future.
Christopher
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2018