We arrived in Bellagio on Saturday afternoon, parked the car in the free parking area (where there are green lines). Blue lines you pay 1,50 euro per hour from 8am to 8pm, even on weekends and holidays.
This is the oldest hotel in Bellagio, where Mark Twain stayed. There is a little booklet with the history of the place in our room.
It is a modest 3 * hotel on the lakefront. Most of the hotels along this street are comparable, except for the Grand at the end of the Piazza Mazzina.
We walked by the Grand a couple of times and took a look at the restaurant menu today, thinking we might go for a meal this week. I think not. Everything seemed to be priced atleast 10 euro more than the restaurants right in our block.
This hotel has everything one could ask for except a pool, for the summer months. With one hour of wifi in the lobby per day, I am happy. Breakfast is good. Glad to see some whole wheat bread there this morning. The grapefruit juice is real. Even boiled eggs.
The balcony and view are to die for. It has been very relaxing these past three days. Tomorrow we hope to take the ferry to a couple of nearby villages and walk around.
The stairs haven't been too bad. We take the long way around by the Grand Hotel and then walk down the stairs, past the shops, mini markets and restaurants.
Wed. night post.....we went by ferry around Lake Como on Tues. for most of the day. Lovely little villages and it is a great way to see them from the water. We had lunch in Menaggio, my favourite. I'll post photos when I get online in Milan...Thurs.
