Hotel Villa Garuti

Beautiful hotel just in front of the lakeside. Situated in a small village but ideal to start your visit of the lake by car - no trrafic jams like in the touristic villages. Everything was just perfect. Big, clean and quiet rooms with climatisation, huge bath room with all amenities, lovely terrace with ocean view, and a lovely park with big private parking just in front of the entrance. The staff was amazing - very friendly and helpful. The breakfast was incredibly good, lots of choices & homemade cakes. The two ladies working there were absolutely lovely & the breakfast terrace has a breathtaking view on the lake & mountains. The restaurant in the hotel is excellent and has a nice terrace & bar with view on the lake and a tiny harbour. There is absolutely nothing negative to say. This hotel deserves its stars and we will for sure be back. You can book it without hesitation.

We stayed at Villa Garuti for 3 nights as a couple, before travelling on to see the other Italian lakes. The hotel isn’t very big but does have a pool area and surrounding gardens. On the plus side the rooms are very good, lovely shower, large airy bedroom area and tea and coffee making facilities, fridge etc. Breakfast was fairly average, not much choice of fruit and constantly running out of cereal bowls, we were told to use a large coffee cup instead on one occasion! The breakfast terrace area is lovely and overlooks the lake, however this area is used again later in the day and promoted as a ‘roof terrace’ between 2-8pm for drinks .. except there’s no bar so the waiter produced lukewarm beer and G&T from a small cupboard area, no ice or lemon - it was all very odd. There’s a restaurant next to the hotel, apparently part of the hotel but we couldn’t get in on any of the evenings we stayed, really disappointing as the hotel wasn’t full so clearly locals were being given precedence. That wouldn’t have been so bad but the location of the hotel isn’t close to a lot of other amenities so choices to eat out are quite limited. We mentioned this to the reception staff, they just tried to book us into other restaurants further away. The head receptionist was very aloof and unhelpful but the other receptionists, Susannah and Roberta were lovely. There’s a short promenade and a beach area but apart from that you’re limited in seeing the lake side. We managed a day trip to Sirmione via the ferry (10 euros each return), it was very pretty and very busy! Unfortunately we wouldn’t stay at this hotel again due to the location and limited options with no bar and no restaurant for residents.