Hotel Savoy Palace

returned fro 2 weeks at this hotel, we were looking for a hotel to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary and we certainly found the best. On arrival the receptionist made us feel welcome and took us to our room and helped with luggage. we had a large room overlooking lake with balcony it was beautiful. we were half board and just cannot rate the food highly enough, truly Italian ( great to see no British food or chips ) their was new dishes on the menu every night any choice from the menu was a good choice obviously a great chef that knows his food. We really felt we were on holiday in every way. we ate outside for every breakfast and every dinner except on when thunder was forecast which didn't happen til we were in bed , so lovely to be able to do this Laurissa ( hope l have her name correct) our waitress is really a credit to the hotel always serves with a smile and definitely has dining area well organised, the gardens are so well kept and very pretty it seems every part is so well looked after Hotel is spotless throughout standard is very high throughout, Massimo in the bar remembered us after the first night and always greeted us by our names and knew exactly what we would drink. Hotel is ideally situated for everything , lovely walk along lakeside with many restaurants, bars and shops, The ferry is just minutes from hotel and ideal way of traveling around lake so many places and so much to see and do, also Gardonne has a good bus service for getting around, having said the there is no need to go far, as its lovely to relax in gardens or a stroll along front and nearby is the Heller Botanical Gardens which are well worth a visit also Victorialle which is easy to get to by the little road train which takes you there for only 3 euro . All in All we cannot fault this hotel it was so enjoyable we came home feeling relaxed and would love to go back we highly recommend Hotel Savoy Palace. thank you to all staff who made it so enjoyable.

Unfortunately my holiday was marred by an accident on the first evening when I fell down the marble steps into the dining room and spent the next three days in hospital. The hotel (and hospital) staff were excellent and I cannot thank them enough for their kindness. However, I would like to see a handrail on these steps, plus some markings. With the reflection it was difficult to see where one step began and the other one ended. I went with Riviera Travel, whose Tour Escort and others in the group were wonderful. But it did mean I missed all the tours and it is proving difficult to get a cost of these from the company so that I can claim back on the insurance.