Garden Hotel Tabiano

This is a clean, comfortable, friendly hotel in the small town of Tabiano famous for its thermal waters. All staff were very friendly and helpful. The evening meals of very good home-cooked Italian food were excellent value for 20 euro - four courses... 1st salad, hot vegetables and on one night salmon as a buffet could have been the meal in itself! and you could go back during 2nd or 3rd courses to add anything to your plate, all other courses waiter served to your table - 2nd pasta dish, 3rd meat or fish, 4th dessert. I stayed two nights but wish I'd stayed more. Everyone very helpful in Tabiano, good tourist info office, good delicatessen for local cooked meats and cheeses at top of main street. Tabiano is quite small so nowhere that sells fruit. Easy bus ride to Salsomaggiore Terme for the nearest train station.

The hotel and staff were great. We don't speak Italian and they went out of their way to make us feel welcome. The room was clean and spacious. This was a real bargain.