Hotel Metropole

This was the best hotel room we stayed in during our Italy trip. Room decor was exceptional and it had huge balcony. Only a few room offer it but the experience is worth the extra price. Food was nice as well. Breakfast buffet was fine, nothing extraordinary. Highly recommended for the views and balcony!

Our stay at the Metropole Bellagio needed to be longer. Friends had other very nice rooms, but ours was magnificent! Room 111 is one of two (I believe 110 is the other) on the first floor (one up from ground) with giant terraces overlooking Lake Como. The room itself was like a palace room, spacious, two large floor to ceiling doors opening to the huge private terrace. The view of Lake Como was commanding day and night. Room service offerings at arrival were elegant and delicious. Our waterside dinner here was perfection. When asking about limoncello after dinner....our waiter emerged with a house-hidden version, in which he happily joined us for a toast. Front desk service, suggestions for mid-lake travel, shopping, dining were outstanding. A 12 on a 1-10 scale. Included breakfast was spectacular......Coffee/Espresso offerings were topnotch.

Friends that I trust recommended Bellagio and, particularly, a lakeside room at the Hotel Metropole Bellagio for my first time at Lake Como ... and they were spot-on. I opened my French doors to my balcony and the lake was immediately below me, visible throughout the room, even when in bed: fantastic, and absolute lakeside is unusual even for Lake Como. Bellagio itself is very beautiful and so central to the rest of Lake Como. Do spend time, though, just walking around the immediate area of Bellagio ... there is so much to see just there alone ... or catch the ferry to other close-by palazzos and gorgeous gardens, just minutes from Bellagio. I stayed for a week, knowing all this in advance To get to Bellagio, I went from Milan to Varenna by TreNord, and it's just a short ferry ride from there to Bellagio. I found all the staff to be very friendly, professional and very helpful. As someone who speaks Italian, I know that respect, politeness and good manners are essential in being liked by Italians as it is part of their culture ... and, without exception, rudeness by hotel staff at any hotel in Italy is always only ever as a result of insentitivity on behalf of rude, disrespectful, and demanding guests.