Hotel Ghiffa in Ghiffa

I had hoped that the negative reviews from previous years—about poorly cleaned, outdated rooms and subpar food—would no longer apply after the recent renovations. Unfortunately, not much seems to have changed. The rooms are passable, but details disappoint: one small (warm) bottle of water for four people, and cheap plastic cups instead of proper glasses. Dinner service is Michelin-level in terms of formality and presentation—but the food is just as underwhelming as past reviews suggest. Breakfast was, however, on another level entirely—the worst hotel breakfast I’ve ever had (and I’ve stayed at over 150 hotels). The selection was minimal, and the overall quality resembled something from a low-budget school cafeteria. Dinner is included in the half-board package, but we ended up choosing a nearby restaurant just five minutes away instead. Frankly, I would rather pay extra not to eat at this hotel than the other way around—even though I’d already paid for it. Also worth noting: lunch service ends at 12:00, and the beach restaurant only serves a toast and a very uninspired frozen pizza.

Nothing was particularly wrong, everything was mediocre. Beach was nice and so was the pool. But the hotel is so incredibly overpriced that I would not recommend it to anyone. Facilities extremely old. Restaurant nothing special, they charge you 16€ for a salad.

I will never recommend this hotel. The AC doesn't work (you have to ask at the reception to turn it on...), it was 34 degrees during the day and like 26 degrees in the room st night, we could not sleep with the window open because there is traffic, the windows are poorly isolated anyway and you can hear all the traffic, so no good night sleep overall. The breakfast is standard, no fruits, nothing fancy. The furniture is old, cracked and yellowed out, doors are squeaky, and the towels are old, however, everything in good shape. Having breakfast or dinner on the terasse is a pain as there is a lot of traffic. The staff is not very friendly, besides Valeria who greeted us in the first day. Also, the hotel is facing east, meaning in the evening it won't have too much sun at the beach or pool. Additionaly, if you want to stay at the pool after you check out, they ask for 20 euro extra, because why not. Besides the location with theview at the lake and the old building there is nothing, nothing that I can recommend this place for. For 250 euro a night this is such a rip-off.

Can't remember when I left a hotel after one night, becauses it was way way overpriced. Very old fashioned hotel, needs a lot of work, and the price? 200 euros per night? For these kind of sober and old rooms? Left after one night, and moved to an other (better, but more expensive) hotel in the area. Never again. Don't understand the positive reactions.