Guzzi Lovers: La vacanza perfetta a Mandello

Everything was great, very spacious, clean, great beds, great living room. Washing machine and outdoor space for hanging laundary. Very good supermarket within a few minutes walk. Good swim facilities nearby. Good off street parking

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Spacious and free adjacent parking. Comfortable and clean. Friendly and uninformative hostess and wasn’t clued up about transport and access, which is vital given the road closure and poor ferry service.

Mandello has very poor ferry service. The road to Varenna is closed for major recovery work so it’s a 45min detour. So one must train to Varenna. This is a good service. Once we discovered this, the lake became accessible. The town itself has little or no charm with a small waterfront garden and a few benches at the quiet ferry station being the only place to relax. The Moto Guzzi factory does not advertise easy tours or access for the curious, non-biker tourist.

The location was perfect: very close to both the train station, ferry, nice restaurants and supermarket/pharmacy. The host was very helpful and accomodating.

The location is stunning.The views outstanding, the hosts wonderful.

There was nothing to dislike.

Maria who greeted us to do key handover was really lovely and even saved us a park outside the building! Communication with Maria and Sergio was effortless, they created a whatsapp group and I filled out check-in information online to make for a seamless key handover :) Maria checked in to make sure everything was okay and was available if we had any questions. The apartment had plenty of space and good basic facilities for our stay. Bathroom and shower were great - clean, hot water, shampoo and body wash. WiFi also worked well. Apartment is situated in a good location. I would recommend staying here, great value for money!

The heating was turned on late so the apartment was cold when we arrived, Maria apologised profusely and the apartment was warmer once we got back from dinner later that night and worked perfectly after that. We found the beds to be on the too firm side (but each to their own!).