Hotel Garden - Garda

One of the nicest hotels we have been to. The family who own and run the hotel have done an excellent job of ensuring that guests have a very relaxing holiday. Location is perfect - just a few minutes walk from the town, bus and ferry connections, but very peaceful. Nice swimming pool and well-maintained gardens and terraces. Rooms very clean (thanks to the excellent and unobtrusive cleaning staff), bed very comfortable. The staff are all very friendly, with a good sense of humour. Special mention to Corrado on front desk and to Carmen, Dana and Michele who served breakfast and lunch and were so attentive and patient. We can 100% recommend the Hotel Garden!

Breakfast was a highlight, eggs of your choice cooked to order, served by friendly staff. The rest of the choices were buffet style and plentiful, replenished when needed. The bread was amazing too. The room we were allocated was on the first floor with lake view, only the very tall trees obscured our view, perhaps they could be trimmed a little. Room had a free very small digital safe, would not fit an iPad or our camera. Bathroom had the usual requirements, the only disappointment was the shower pressure, it was one of the worst we have experienced, we didn???t mind the small cubicle! Towels were changed daily and were large and fluffy. Pool towels in room on arrival. No tea/coffee making facilities, we knew this and took our own, there is a mini bar fridge so we bought fresh milk. There was plenty of hanging, shelf and drawer space for clothes etc. In the room you are given a handle hanger for do not disturb (red) and come in (green), when we were later going out we put the red side to show the room was not available for cleaning, the maid completely ignored this, knocked, must have counted to three as I couldn???t get there before she unlocked the door! It happened again on check out day, time to vacate room given as 11am, but again she unlocked our door at 10am before we could answer it, she even had our door hanger in her hand!! Just a bit of training on this would eliminate the issue. Other guests had also spoken about this issue. We ate lunch once at the hotel and it was very good and served by the same staff from breakfast so very happy with that. A daily special is given every day. Being early May the pool was cold, but even so people were using it. There were plenty of sun beds around at this time of year. The bar was well used in the evening by lots of couples, only one night was a bit rowdy with a group of men enjoying themselves. In general the hotel has a lovely feel to it, an older guest dynamic, staff were friendly and always said hello, they answered any questions we had in our weeks stay. We would definitely stay again when visiting Garda.

Very nice hotel in a super location for the Garda area as the town and main lake front are just a short walk away where there is a fantastic range of bars, restaurants and shops. Short walk away from the bus station (expect them to be usually running late in the high season !) and from the ferry terminal. We had a lake-front room with a good size balcony and appreciated the view but the room was a little dated and the shower cubicle was very small as am I, so it would be quite challenging for a larger person. Plenty of hanging space but drawer space was limited. We needed the assistance of the hotel too with a plug adapter as the typical European one did not work (suspect it is because it is a slighter older property which we have encountered in Italy before). Short walk from a lovey bakery in the heart of the town but only open in the morning. Good supermarket just beyond the bus station which was useful for snacks, cold drinks and souvenirs. There was a mini bar in the room but we just purchased our own cold drinks. We only took breakfast from the hotel which was very good with a nice cold buffet selection with fresh eggs cooked on request. The cakes were amazing !. Absolutely loved the pool area. No grabbing of beds in the early morning and there was always one available if you went out sightseeing for a couple of hours. Pool towels were left in your room on arrival and mattresses for the sunbeds are beside the pool. In August the pool temperature was just lovely. There is a service available around the pool for cold drinks and lots of folk were taking lunch too but we didn't try this. On a final note there is a good local market in Garda on Friday if you enjoy a bargain or two !.