Locanda dei Mai Intees

After being canceled by a hotel closer to Malpensa airport the day before arrival, I had to scramble to find an alternative. So glad we stayed here! As mentioned in the description and reviews, this is a 15th century building, full of charm and history, not a modern conference hotel. We stayed in the Casanova suite, which is set on 4 separate tiers with stairs connecting - very unique! We enjoyed meeting Paolo, who shared the hotel and family history, and helped us arrange car service to MXP at 5:30AM - quite a feat during Milan Fashion Week. I wish we could have stayed longer to enjoy the hotel and town.

It is a unique blend of history with a modern twist. 12 rooms, each one of them with a character and unified by a leitmotif: good taste. Each room gives you space to work, relax, unwind, rest. The location is far from any traffic and close to Varese Lake. It offers the right level of tranquillity without being too far removed from the rest of the world: Varese is not far and Malpensa Airport is easy within reach. Bathrooms are all newly renovated with modern fittings, but without losing the "classic" feeling. Beds are really comfortable and if you are in need of a sound night of sleep, well this is the place. Bed linen is of the best quality. Breakfast is intimate and it has a true "family feeling". It is served to you with a smile, rather than the copious all you can eat buffets offered by large chains. And the welcoming smile at the breakfast room makes up for anything you may be used to, but that you really don't need. Toasted bread with jams, croissants, yogurts... And all varieties of coffees . But with a heart And this place has a legacy. Family owned for generations it was an intellectual circle where topics like politics, literature, fashion were on the agenda of the intelligenza frequenting the "mai intees" club. Ah.. I was forgetting .. "Mai Intees" is the local dialect for "never agreeing". And it gives you the idea of the variety of ideologies and beliefs who met there to openly discuss, but never argue It could be the perfect place to hold a summit... Not to miss.

The hotel is very run down and in need of a lot of attention. Check-in was chaotic - we literally blocked the road outside the hotel for 5 minutes waiting for someone to open the gate. Breakfast was minimal: a piece of toast each and no fresh bread rolls or croissants - we skipped it entirely the second day. Biggest problem, since we booked this location based on favourable images of the restaurant, was to find on arrival that there was no restaurant. We were told they couldn't get the staff and there was no indication this was a temporary situation. We had to leave the property to find another place for dinner. The description should make it clear there is no longer a restaurant at this location.

You feel immediately at home once you enter this historical family house. Enjoy the beautiful collection of antiques, jazz musique and frescos. A visit very worthwhile!

We booked three nights at this very different and unique family owned hotel in Azzate, which is very near to Lake Varese. A 15th century family owned and run hotel, set with it's own courtyard and enclosed garden, parking too. Our room had a high wooden ceiling, lovely old pieces of furniture and the highest quality bed linen, with air conditioning too. The hotel is a cornucopia of interesting and historical items, all set to a back drop of relaxing jazz music. We decided to eat in the courtyard two nights and were served beautifully cooked Italian food by Paulo (not be missed). A very simple croissant and boiled egg breakfast in the morning. ' If you like 'Escape to the Chateau' then you will thoroughly enjoy this experience - if you prefer a corporate bland hotel, then maybe not for you.

Place full of charme ...out of time... we stayed 4 very days 3 nights ...the location is great to visit the lakes and Milan too. Thank you to the very sympathic owner to maintain his house as it is and for his precious cooking. We slept in the Francesca room with terrace view on the peaceful garden. Very pleasant.

Very nice place with a particular style of what to remember. We will return when we have the possibility and hope that the place still exists.

For those who want to spend some time in a typical Italian palace from the 15th century and travel back into the glorious old times, the Locanda Dei Mai Intees is the place to be. The hotel and the rooms are superbly furnished, very clean and spacious, and the welcome is as hearty as you can wish. Paolo and his assistant Claudia do everything they can to make you feel home. The kitchen is delicious with simple but refined typical Italian food. No wonder, Paolo learned his art from a great Italian chef. The pasta and especially the Somma Clivo as local red wine is highly recommended. I spend two times a couple of days and nights here on business trips. Next time I stay and write a book.

When I arrived to check in the hotel was close. I tried the contact with hotel by phone but the number in the app was not working. Even the police, that was crossing the place, stopped to see what was happen and the impression of the police about the place was not the best too. I phoned to hotels.com that confirm that was impossible to contact the hotel, but they didn't book another hotel for me. I booked a new hotel (72km of distance - it's the closest for the same type of hotels). This hotels can't continue to operate. Hotels.com was very unprofessional. I am suing hotels.com for fraud and breach of contract.

This is a very old and beautiful house and family run hotel. The rooms (mine was a suite on three levels) are a modern renovation in-keeping with the style of the house - very different to your "normal" box room one gets in a typical hotel. Paulo and his mother run the hotel and they were so helpful and easy going. I was there for the UCI World Championships bicycle race and my bike was delivered before I arrived and they looked after it. They made everything so easy as I had a lot of things to do and coming and going early and late. I didn't eat at the hotel as I was in training for the race but had breakfast which was what I like - basic and simple continental style. If you want a big heavy buffet breakfast you need to go outside. The cat and dogs were friendly and we have pets also. In todays world everything is so standardised, uninteresting and does not stand-out. Locanda Mai-Intees is a unique style of hotel run by a family that made me feel very welcome and my trip easy.