Hotéis perto de Orto Botanico “G. Emilio Ghirardi”, Toscolano Maderno

The hotel itself was lovely, but the staff were amazing - especially in the dining room, they couldn't have been more helpful! The hotel has pretty much everything you would need for somewhere you don't plan on spending any time in, and why would you with all the amazing Italian country side around?? The bedroom was huge and functional, so seemed a bit sp****, but again, you didn't need anything extra. The only problem is it's in the middle of nowhere, with only big outlet malls nearby. The front desk were really helpful though! When we arrived in the area we had no idea of public transport as there's not much help online, but the front desk had loads of information! The breakfast was pretty standard fare, but there was plenty of it and, as I said, the staff there were just amazing with their help (my partner has dietry requirements and they accomodated them so well, and actually went out of their way to do so).

Stayed at the Eurocongressi for four night. My partner and I were greeted by the lovely ladies in reception. We were given our room and It was lovely. Had a lovely view of the village. The hotel is dated but that doesn’t take away the cleanliness. Our rooms were cleaned daily with fresh towels and rooms all mopped. There’s a good selection of cakes and pastries for breakfast and a few options of eggs and omelettes. Plenty to choose from. It’s in a good location, I would suggest hiring a car if you plan on travelling to sirmione. We absolutely loved our time at this hotel and in Italy. Definitely recommend it to anyone looking to stay here.

The fabric of the hotel is very good. Clean and fresh and so it should be as I believe it has recently been refurbished. If you want a hotel where there is daytime/night time entertainment this is not for you. It is generally a quiet relaxing hotel. Children are allowed but they will have to provide their own entertainment. There are three pools, one in the spa, one adults only and one that children can use. The pool bar was not in operation while we were there. The hotel is a 50 min walk from the town of Lazise on reasonable paths that are shared with cyclists. But you take your life in your own hands as the cyclists and scooter riders just fly past with no warning. A taxi into town costs 15-20 euro. There is no shuttle bus at the hotel even though it indicates there is on the trip advisor hotel listing. And to the reviewer who says it is a 5 min walk to the lake..you are wrong. I would say it is at least 15 mins and that includes a shortcut through a vineyard and a campsite. The rooms are a decent size. Storage for clothes could be improved with more drawer/shelf space. There is a fridge (no mini bar) which on arrival has two bottles of water in. It seems pot luck as to whether the water is replenished. A good size TV but maybe only 3 English channels (news). The bedside lamps are quite dim...not enough light to read by. All rooms have a balcony or terrace for ground floor. There was no milk to make hot drinks. We purchased some from the local supermarket. Breakfast is more or less typical for a holiday hotel. Fresh fruit..well melon and pineapple, yogurts. Continental style with meats and cheeses plus a pastry section. Don't expect a full English here.... there is bacon, fried egg and sausage but that is all. The food was a decent quality. There is a gripe I do have in that when the bread ran out we were tod it was finished and no more would be coming out.....this wasn't at the end of the breakfast sitting but with still 45 mins to go. NOT ACCEPTABLE. One thing that we observed was a family who loaded up breakfast food of all description including fresh fruit, as well as taking water bottles from the display and then blatantly took it back to their rooms. They took plates piled high and filled bags. It wasn't as if they were having breakfast in their rooms as they were eating breakfast in the dining room. They were clearly taking food to eat later in the day! The staff knew but did nothing. Maybe that is why they ran out of bread. We only dined in the evening twice. The menu is not extensive .....in fact there were only two choices of main meal. Other course were labelled starter, first course, second course, so maybe you are supposed to have one of each course because the size of the main dish is not huge. If you have a decent appetite you will need more than one course. The main problem with this hotel is the lack of staff. There was not enough waiting staff at all so tables were delayed in getting cleared and more importantly food

Upon our arrival we were led to a room which was stinking badly of mould. I started looking for the source and soon discovered that all walls were mouldy, some of the biggest patches covered with furniture or bed. We were shocked and immediately asked the receptionist to change our room as being in these conditions is extremely hazardous to health, even for people who are not allergic to mould (my partner is). We couldn't believe that a 4 star hotel or any kind of hotel would have rooms like that and show them to guests. These rooms should be completely torn down/renovated. Luckily we got a different room, the situation there was better. However, it was still not a 4 star hotel experience: hotel and the room smells really bad (probably old irrigation systems and old furnishings). Bathroom doors wasn't closing (would open by itself, really romantic). To get to bed you would need to climb wooden stairs which were squeeky and loud, which doesn't work for nightly toilet visits. The floors were very low so you couldn't walk straight up in the bedroom. The roof window had a broken ”curtain” so it was always closed, hence it was always dark. There was no net from insects on the window, so you would always have some mosquitos in the room or other bugs. It wasn't as quiet as expected, as the hotel is right by the busy road so you would need earplugs to sleep with a window open at night. Breakfast: good for people who eat sweet breakfast. Not so good for people who eat continental breakfast, because there was almost no choice. You had bacon, watery scrambled eggs, watery boiled eggs and some tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, ham. It would have been satisfactory had the eggs were done properly, but they were always undercooked/almost raw, so as I didn't want to get ill I chose not to eat that and survived on veggies. Staff was nice and friendly, the view from the window absolutely beautiful, but that does not really recompensate for the overall poor state of the facilities.