Hotel Ristorante San Carlo

San Carlo Hotel & Restaurant, Arona - I have been visiting lake maggiore and in particular Arona for quite a few years as we are fortunate enough to live 2&1/2 hours away. Firstly, when you only know Maggiore as a (completely and utterly stunning!) lake, you will go to small towns around the lake which are all beautiful in their own way, but to me don’t have much real heart, variety (ALOT are very small for what to do or eat and many are very poorly served for things to do or eat in off season, aren’t served by the ferry in off season, so anytime other than mid spring or autumn there isn’t much going on in almost all the smaller towns) Also traditional shopping or the traditional promenades and cobbled streets etc are lacking in other places. Aroma surpasses all towns in my opinion around Maggiore (I haven’t investigated the North still yet!) I suspect due to the fact it is on the main train line to Milan making it commutable. Then, steep inclines around the lake = THE BEST VIEWS! no trees houses in front of you partially blocking many a fabulous view, but also when being in front of you so detracting from the views. HOTEL SAN CARLO has not one property in front of it, just trees and forest down to the shoreline; it’s views are PANORAMIC through floor to ceiling and wall to wall glass french doors, very unusual in italy as most are small openings with patio doors. It offers its own parking, and, to date, consistently the best restaurant I have still ever eaten at worldwide can you believe with the simply out of this world class of food, and to date, some of the nicest tasting wines which are superbly selected (I’m not usually a big wine drinker) There is an unbroken feeling of welcome, intimacy & care with this secret kept gem on the mountain as well which as a lady on my own makes me feel so at home really in some way when I pop here; unusually I also feel very at home popping down to the restaurant on my own too which takes a certain atmosphere and intimacy of feel for me to ever feel this is ok for me :-) Only thing I can think of is that if you don’t have a car then it’s probably not the hotel for you if it’s not just a lovely overnight stay (you could easily get a taxi from Arona station up here I suspect as must be 5 minutes only) as the very quick little pop into arona by car is what makes this hotel so fabulous being near to arona as opposed to other hotels anywhere else around the lake; you wouldn’t want to walk down to Arona from here, too far, too steep, and it’s a well used road; IF you want an historic old over 100 year old hotel (which will have small window openings to the lake bear in mind..!) this isn’t the hotel for you; what you get here it wall to wall floor to ceiling glass unparalleled views from dining and bedroom, with quirky (I’m a designer..) fabulously successful warm coloured hand finished decor with Gustav klimt artfully placed around; it has a charm and character all uniquely of its own, nestled in the most unpar

Affacciato a una delle zone più panoramiche del lago Maggiore offre una ospitalità confortevole e curata. La struttura ha dimensioni contenute, ma offre ogni confort e stanze spaziose. Ambiente sempre pulito e attenzione per la clientela

Lago Maggiore Beauty Great location, beautiful views, very kind staff, super-comfortable bed, all necessary amenities, world-class restaurant, free-parking at hotel.. All in all - a winner.

Dagar i Stresa Hotellet ok. Personalen sådär. Parkering dålig. Lyhört mellan rummen. Satt kvar efter frukost en stund för att kalla vad vi skulle ta oss för men blev ivägskickade för man skulle duka till lunch. Klockan var 10:15. Parkeringen var bara kaos. Inga fickor utan alla ställde lite godtyckligt. Vilket resulterade i att bilen blev inlåst. Vacker utsikt från terrassen.

Tolles Hotel, nur leider hat sich abends wo wir auf dem Balkon gesessen haben sich die Musik vom Hotel und die Musik des Nachbarhotels überschnitten.... Das war etwas nervig und hatte nichts mit Entspannung zu tun die wir eigentlich gesucht hatten. Essen, Sauberkeit und vor allem das Personal war super. LG Sandra & Mathias

Great location, relatively close to Arona and Meina. Our room was not facing teh lake and was an average room, however clean and comfortable. Breakfast good, but nothing special. Maybe the owner could be a bit more warm and caring about guests. A smile never hurts.