Hotel Ancora

While the hotel is well-located right on the lake, is in excellent condition, and the breakfast choices are terrific, the best thing about Hotel Ancora is the staff. Super friendly and responsive to your needs. Not so many places will custom-make a cappuccino for you - these folks do. And service with a smile!

The Benchmark by which all hotels should be judged! There is nothing that can possibly be better than a stay at Hotel Ancora. From the minute you arrive until the minute you leave you feel like you are part of the Ancora family. The lovely reception staff, Marissa in particular is fantastic, Alberto so helpful. The breakfast is the best ever and the team that deliver the goods Tania and Jennette are wonderful. Balcony rooms give a great view and feel the buzz of Intra. Eating out - highly recommend Concordia just up the short lane at the side of the hotel (Ancora does not do evening meals, if they did we would have never left the hotel). Finally Magnificent Marco - totally in command of the whole Ancora operation - if you want anything he is the go to guy - nothing is a problem. He is a credit to the hospitality profession. If I win the lottery I will immigrate to Hotel Ancora :) Loved our stay, loved Hotel Ancora, loved all the staff, loved Intra and loved the lakes.

We visit Intra on a regular basis to catch up with family and have stayed at hotel Ancona on each of our last 4 visits. We keep coming back because each visit is such a pleasant experience. You can not get a better location overlooking the lakefront and near the ferry terminal and the main square. The rooms are generally a good size with all needs catered for. We normally stay in the apartments which are larger but cheaper than the lakefront rooms and more suited to a longer (7-10 day) stay. Even though these rooms don’t have a view themselves you can sit out on the front patio, overlooking the lake, for breakfast and in the early evening (or anytime you want). Breakfast is definitely a unique offering with fresh orange juice squeezing machine, blocks of chocolate, real honeycomb, as well as a good selection of more standard offerings. All the staff are very friendly and helpful and you see the manager at breakfast most mornings checking up on how things are going. Highly recommended and certainly better value than the bigger hotels in Stresa.

A few special comments about our hotel in Verbania, Italy. The Italians pay attention to the smallest details. Our room was so well appointed, with lots of storage, solid wood doors, wood floors - very modern. The railing on the staircase was a series of intertwined snakes. The breakfast was a buffet of just about anything you could possibly want to eat, including a real honey comb and an orange juicing machine you could operate yourself. It was fun feeding it oranges! We ate on the terrace each morning and enjoyed after dinner drinks there in the evenings. We had a great view of everyone coming and going from the ferries on Lago Maggiore. We are forever in love with Hotel Ancora and its incredible staff.

Friendly, very clean, great room & bathroom, lovely furnishings & great people offering plenty of helpful info, arranging taxis & going out of their way to make sure you have the best time. Breakfast is very good, food plentiful, fresh & with lots of choice. Wi-Fi is great & AC in the rooms is excellent. The front of the hotel which has fabulous views out over Lake Maggiore is positioned on a very busy, partially cobbled road. The noise from the road is constant so much so that you can’t have the windows open when you’re in the room or enjoy any time on the balcony. The best & most expensive rooms are sadly mostly impacted by the road noise. That said the triple glazed windows block out most of the noise & earplugs complete the job to enable a good nights sleep in comfortable beds with fresh crisp cotton sheets. Rooms at the rear may have little noise but no view. The hotel is in a good position a few steps from Intra ferry terminal, bus stops & many good bars & restaurants. There are many fantastic places to visit nearby and good links to those at greater distance.

Amazing hotel with a beautiful staff and perfect location!!! The staff was always full of smiles and very kind! The hotel is charming and clean. I have been to many countries and places and this hotel is definitely the most pleasurable!! Thank you so much!🥰 Rosalia Iannetta

We loved everything about our stay, including the staff, room, breakfast and location. Marco Donzelli, the manager, welcomed us each day and sent daily messages checking that we were happy with everything. The location is ideal as it close to the ferry port and local restaurants

A very nice hotel located in central Intra (Verbania). Easily accessible parking, many restaurants and 2 beaches within walking distance. The hotel itself and the rooms are tastefully decorated and the staff is very friendly. Especially our receptionist Martha. She gave us a very friendly welcome and was totaly accommodating with further questions. The good breakfast deserves a mentioning as well. We would come back every time a trip takes us to the region!