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Customer Reviews
Overall:
Excellent
Enjoyed Most:
The views
Enjoyed Least:
The stovetop
Surrounding Area:
Gorgeous area with easy access to surrounding towns
Nearby Events or Locales:
Menaggio was within walking distance
Tips or Restaurants:
Bring binoculars
Directions:
Ensure the directions are givetto the renters.
Check In Out:
No
Thomas, October
Overall:
We had a truly wonderful time at the villa. It was all that the photos promised, but so much more! It exceeded our expectations!
Enjoyed Most:
The view is magnificent. The location is great. The villa itself is breathtaking and we didn't know this until we arrived. The kitchen was awesome and we cooked most nights. In short, we just loved it.
Enjoyed Least:
Our only difficulty was upon arrival. We hadn't been given instructions of where to go in order to pick up a key - we had to ask randomly at several spots, and our driver finally had to drop us off so we had to tote our luggage back and forth into town until we somehow found the local property managers who took us to the building. The last email we received said we would get an email with instructions but we never did. It was a stressful day. But once inside we loved it.
(Property Note: Voucher with details on check-in is sent via email with property manager address, it is important to make sure this and all pages are printed and taken with you)
Surrounding Area:
Positioned on Lake Como, the balcony provides the most incredible view... the gardens of the Palazzo are spectacular, and it was easy to walk to the ferry and the local grocery store.
Nearby Events or Locales:
Easy to get into the center of Menaggio. No care needed.
Tips or Restaurants:
we had lunch several days in Varenna and loved that. Truthfully the kitchen in the villa was so well equipped that we enjoyed making a simple pasta meal with ingredients purchased at the store, and eating dinner with great wine on our balcony. There really are not many views like that in the entire world, so why sit inside a restaurant? The weather was perfect every day.
Directions:
Please see above. This was a true problem unfortunately. The property managers in town were just lovely and helpful but it took us quite a while and a great deal of effort to find them. Once there, they gave us a printed document with very clear instructions about how to get to the villa. If we had had this beforehand it would have been easy. We did have the address of the villa, but of course it was locked since a key was required.
Check In Out:
Check out was easy.
Sandra, October