The Hotel Giardino is fabulously located in central Arona, on the shore of Lake Maggiore and immediately connected to the historic and elegant shopping zone with multitudes of cafes and restaurants. The service in the hotel is very efficient, good breakfasts, a bar, great views on the lake side, and most usefully, and excellent attached restaurant (I like it more than others in Arona) for which if asked, the hotel will provide 10% discount cards. The selection of restaurant wines is phenomenal. This is not a five star style of hotel, but it is a fabulous place to stay, as I often do.

Comfortable room with view of lake and balcony. Nice desk and chair for laptop. Small refrigerator filled with expensive hotel beverages. Lots of room to put away clothes. Many receptacles to plug in devices. Large bathroom with bathtub, overhead shower and wand. Lots of room in bathroom to put products and hang towels. Right on edge of the old town budello, a 10 minute walk to train station and 5 minute walk to ferry landing. Lots of restaurant along the lake by the hotel. Grocery store 5 minutes away. Very nice staff. Decent breakfast served early and late with good coffee from a machine. I highly recommend this hotel for comfort, view and location but need to select room with view.

Wi-Fi to slow to use. I had to get data plan to tether my phone to my laptop and my wife’s tablet to stream movies. This is the only reason not to give hotel 10 star rating.

Great location on lakefront. Excellent breakfast. General feeling of comfort.

The shower wasn't great, impossible not to splash everything in the bathroom (shower head could do with replacing). And unfortunately there were problems with the electricity/lights, which kept going off... this affected my room and others, as guests kept opening doors to find out what was happening. Sometimes everything came back on quite quickly, but at one point it took a long time... I don't know if this is a frequent occurrence, but it disrupted my evening.

We stayed for one night near the end of our vacation in December. I picked this hotel because it was a short drive to the Milan airport, and this hotel exceeded my expectations. Arona was a beautiful little town, even in December most of the restaurants and shops were open so we really enjoyed exploring. The hotel is in a perfect location and we had a beautiful view of the lake. The room was clean and warm, and the staff was very helpful. We checked out very early to get to the airport but I would happily stay here again for longer.

I often stay in this hotel, the facilities are good, practical and homely, so the stay is always comfortable, and the breakfast selection is good and the staff always very helpful. For its price range the hotel is brilliant, and the attached restaurant (on the lake front) is very good and offers a 10% discount to hotel guests who ask at the hotel reception. The wine list is huge. This is the best located hotel in Arona, lake front, street parking in front of the hotel, attached to the historic centre and shops, central in town. There is a hotel bar, and breakfast can be enjoyed indoors or outside under a canopy, overlooking the lake.

I didn’t like the breakast. There was not much variety. The fruits were too unripe. As for vegetables, there were only tomatoes, and not every day. The pastries were not fresh enough. There were long lines for coffee, which didn’t even come close to tasting like the good coffee you normally find in Italy. The WiFi was terrible—I couldn’t watch a movie in the evening because of the constant interruptions. Also, the air conditioning made a terrible noise, but fortunately, I didn’t have to use it.

the hotel is in a perfect location, close to the train station and boat trips. situated lake side, we had a room with a lake view with amazing sunrises . Breakfast was continental buffet, breads cheese, cereals, fruit,eggs cakes coffee all very nice. the staff were very friendly. the room was a little outdated but very good value and also very clean. I would recommend staying here.

nothing negative to say.

Right next to the lake and the restaurants and shopping. A nice level walk from the train station on sidewalks, so no worry about vehicle traffic. Lots of variety and good quality items offered at the included breakfast.

The decor looks outdated rather than beautifully olden. My bed had a spring or something hard really digging into me, but I didn't say anything to the front desk as I could just move to the other side of the bed.

Location was great, view from the window very refreshing and calming, not too noisy at night despite being town centre. The hotel staff gave me a 10% discount for the restaurant next door, which was a good bonus, as the food there was really nice. The check in/out fairly quick, the room was cleaned daily to a high standard.

On arrival the room was quite warm so asked about AirCon not working - apparently nobody complained earlier, and the unit is not working at this time of the year, Leaving the window open overnight was the only solution, but it kind of did the trick. Breakfast is so limiting, and boring that on 3rd day I just could not be bothered. The eating room lacks of the atmosphere, is dull and quiet - a bit of music in the background would make it more comfortable. The cleaning tables after guest leaving the table was super fast and efficient, but also a bit disruptive to other guests consuming at the same time. Perhaps waiting a bit longer would not hurt, especially there were loads of tables still setup for new arrivals, but the area was not busy at all.

Great room with view of the lake (ask for this) only 10 metres away. The hotel location is really excellent, on the lake front and in the middle of the restaurants and historic streets, and with direct front door car access for quick and easy unloading. The breakfast is very good. A great hotel for a great price.

The bar closes too early, at 10pm !! Should be at least 12, and if advertised, it may receive more customers.