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( 031 51 14 11;
www.albergo-centrale.com
; Via Regina 39, Cernobbio; s €70-90, d €80-160; )
Situ-
ated just 50m back from the water on Cernobbio's main street, the cosy, wood- shuttered
hotel has a flowery terrace, a red-brick cellar, and a tavern serving pizzas baked in a
wood-fired oven. The early-20th-century building has 22 rooms with parquet floors,
muted pastel colours and high ceilings.
Hotel Villa Marie€€
( 0344 4 04 27;
www.hotelvillamarie.com
; Via Regina 30, Tremezzo; d with garden/lake view from €100/130;
)
The 19th-century Hotel Villa Marie has a charming lakeside terrace (where you
take breakfast) and spacious, light-filled rooms. The variety of rooms explains the broad
price range - the two
stile liberty
(Italian art nouveau) suites could be part of a museum
visit.
HOTEL
Relais Regina Teodolinda€€€
(
LUXURY HOTEL
031 40 00 31;
www.relaisreginateodolinda.it
; Via Vecchia Regina 58, Laglio; r €180-520;
)
Want to stay in a villa on the waterfront near George Clooney's place? This charming
villa, just north of central Laglio, 200m short of where Via Vecchia Regina meets the
more modern SS340, could be the place for you. You can approach by boat if you want, as
it has a private landing. Either way, you'll be greeted by pleasant gardens. Most rooms,
decorated tastefully in muted colours, offer lake views. It's open March to October.
Lake Como East Bank
Albergo Conca Azzurra€
( 0341 93 19 84;
www.concazzurra.com
; Via per l'Abbazia di Piona 19, Colico Olgiasca, Lecco; s €46-65, d €70-85;
)
One kilometre short of the Abbazia di Piona Cistercian abbey, on a verdant
promontory jutting into the lake close to Lake Como's southeastern corner, this bucolic,
three-storey hotel is a peaceful hideaway, with gardens and wooden shutters, in a lovely
location. It offers a variety of rooms, many with balconies and lake views, and has its own
restaurant-bar. A cobblestone path runs down to the abbey.
HOTEL
Albergo Milano€€
( 0341 83 02 98;
www.varenna.net
;
Via XX Settembre 35, Varenna; s €115-125, d €140-180; )
In the
middle of Varenna on the pedestrian main street (well, lane), Albergo Milano is high up
HOTEL
