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Hotel Policies & Fees
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Property Amenities
This majestic, castle-like luxury hotel is set in the midst of a private park filled with expansive gardens, including a Japanese garden area and a water lily pond, classical sculptures, and hundred-year-old trees. In the midst of this idyllic setting are lake-front tennis courts and 2 heated outdoor swimming pools (seasonal). A third heated swimming pool is located indoors, at the health club. The on-site Spa Centro Benessere Stresa features a range of services including massages, body treatments and therapies, Chinese medicine, facials, and hair styling. Grand Hotel Des Iles Borromees has 4 on-site dining options offering indoor and outdoor seating. The hotel also has a conference center and 9 meeting/conference rooms equipped with air conditioning, complimentary wireless Internet access, and audio-visual equipment.
Rooms
Guestrooms and suites at Grand Hotel Des Iles Borromees are adorned with classical Italian furnishings and artwork. All guest accommodations have views of either the hotel gardens or Lake Maggiore, and some rooms feature private balconies. All 179 rooms and suites are air conditioned and outfitted with LCD televisions with international channels, high-speed Internet access (surcharge), direct-dial phones, in-room safes, and minibars. Complimentary newspapers are delivered daily. Marble bathrooms feature double sinks, bidets, handheld showerheads, bathrobes, slippers, hair dryers, bathroom phones, and complimentary designer toiletries. In-room childcare is available on request (surcharge).
Room Amenities
Dining
Borromeo Restaurant - Serves traditional Italian dishes in a light and airy setting with views of the hotel gardens.
Des Dames
Banchetti
La Terrazza
Recreation
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Spa
The spa offers a variety of services, such as massages, manicures, pedicures, body treatments, and aromatherapy. Guests enjoy garden views.
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“Italy at it's best! Classiest hotel we have ever been in!”
This is a magnificent Hotel in a gorgeous setting! Definitely get a lake view! Hotel is old Europe done in a baroque classic style with nothing left to improve.Can't wait to return!
“Magical experience.”
The hotel is a pure child of the bygone era of the Grand Hotels of 19th century. The atmosphere brings to mind places like Splendido in Portofino, Winter Palace in Luxor or Old Cataract in Aswan. You step in a different world, full of opulence and grandeur, it feels as a theater due to the splendid decorations and uniform of the staff. My room with garden view on the fifth floor had a nice balcony with a view of the fountain, which also had a carillon that played the Ode to Joy from Beethoven's 9th Symphony in the evening. The room itself was a delight, doors and furniture decorated with inlaid wood, marble bathroom splendidly and generously adorned with innumerable towels, robe and slippers. The toiletries were marvelous, too. The bed was extremely comfortable, and overall I could say - this hotel knows how to please guests for more than a century. The breakfast was quite good, average for a hotel of this class, and I loved the outside seating - the weather was perfect in the early October, and the view over the lake from the hotel terrace was beautiful. The service is professional and generous; they allowed me free parking and kept my luggage after the check-out until later in the day, when I departed. The location is excellent, 10 min to train station and 5 min to the boats to take you to the islands. Everything was a perfection. I will definitely return there, and I recommend this hotel for those who don't mind an expense to get the best of the best.
“We loved it, we will go back!”
This hotel is excellent. The staff is super friendly, food is one of the best. Our breakfast was the best ever. We loved staying theres. We will go back again.
“Stunning vistas”
We had a 24 hour lay-over essentially at Malpensa airport and decided to use the time driving to Lake Maggiore rather than back into Milan (which we happily visited on the start of our journey) and realized we could easily reach this recommended hotel for a one night stay. It was absolute heaven - the scenery and drive were amazing, the town of Stressa was fantastic, the weather divine, the hotel was memorable in a classic heavily decorated Italian way which we enjoyed for this particular experience. The hotel breakfast on the terrace was delicious with the various Italian meats, pastries, cheeses, proscecco of course, and started our day off with a smile before our hour's drive back to Malpensa for a long-haul flight back to Hong Kong. So many restaurants in Stressa made for an easy evening with our teens.
“Grand hotel; great value”
The hotel is beautifully restored, with impeccable service and excellent food. The out of season rates were very reasonable, considering the quality of the experience.
“Fantastic Experience”
This is a fabulous hotel. When we went in September, we actually got one night free with the purchase of two nights (total of 3 nights). The breakfast is wonderful and the hotel like staying in a museum. Every floor is decorated beautifully and the room is also very well appointed. The only complaint I had was that the mattress was very hard and it hurt my back, but my husband did just fine with it. The Stresa area is terrific, with great restaurants and shopping.
“An Exceptionally Fine Hotel”
This deserves the 5 stars it has been awarded. Exceptional grounds and decor with impecable service. The breakfasts, which were included in the price of the room, were excellent. The room was expensive, but worth the experience.
“best hotel in great location on lake and beautiful surroundings”
great hotel and beautiful setting and everythingworks andis perfect
“Good hotel”
the hotal was clean and staff very frendly. Good hotel. can reccomend.
“We loved it”
Fantastic hotel. We loved everything about it. We found the staff very professional and polite. The breakfast was excellent with a wide variety of quality food. We had a room overlooking the beautiful garden and fountain. We loved the paintings and objects d'art displayed on every floor. We hope we can return someday.
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Corso Umberto I, 67 Stresa, 28838 Italy
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The preferred airport for Grand Hotel Des Iles Borromees is Milan (MXP-Malpensa Intl.) - 31.4 km / 19.5 mi.
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Stresa, Italy: Favoured by European aristocracy in the mid-19th century, and consequently endowed with several grand hotels and villas, Stresa is now a small, quiet lakeside resort. Villa Pallavicino has a fine wooded park, botanic garden and small zoo. The favourite excursion is to the Borromean Islands, particularly Isola Bella, for its palace and gardens. A cable car from Stresa to Monte Mottarone (1,491 metres) offers great views of the lake and islands.
Corso Umberto I, 67 Stresa, 28838 Italy
