Hotel Flora in Stresa

Excellent! So friendly and helpful. The staff were exceptional and even gave us a complimentary bottle of wine after allowing a slightly late checkout due to me having a work meeting. The hotel itself is really very nice indeed, especially handy location for boat trips to the gorgeous islands. Highly recommended!

Enjoyable stay
Picture perfect view from our balcony, wonderful breakfast and friendly staff made our stay very enjoyable

We find this difficult to review as we have very mixed feelings about the place. Positives…… the staff could not be more helpful and professional. The breakfast selection was very good but as some have commented, the food can run out if you don’t get in before 9am. The room size was good and the beds relatively comfortable although the mattress was a little lumpy and could do with turning end on end. Negatives….. we like a shower late afternoon if we’ve been out but the water in the two rooms we were provided both had little warmth in the taps until the morning. We complained and after a day were given another room, which was better, but still not enough hot water for a shower until morning. Not the end of the world you might say but for over €230 a night you might expect hot water at all times! Also there was a funny musty smell in the rooms. The restaurant was also closed one night of our stay and breakfast also without a cook to do omelettes! The location whilst handy for the Borromean trip on the lake was good but the hotel was a good 20 minute walk(uphill coming back) from restaurants and the town of Stresa. Value for money is also difficult as everything in Stresa was crazy expensive but over €200 a night we felt was a little excessive. Overall it was a three in comparison to many other places we have stayed. I struggled to see how those that rate it a 5 can justify a rating. They can only have stayed in some sub standard places in the past,

I don’t even know where to begin in describing how wonderful the staff at Hotel Flora was. The hotel manager, Carlo, went over and above to make sure our stay was perfect—exactly what a great manager should do. Francesca was always pleasant and helped us so much throughout our visit, and Julia was also fantastic. Their warmth and professionalism truly stood out. Our room was beautiful, spotless, and very comfortable. The view from our balcony was perfect—we could see both the lake and the mountains. There was some street noise, which meant we couldn’t sleep with the doors open, but it wasn’t a problem for us. The location worked out great. The train station was only a 15-minute walk, which made it easy to spend a day in Milan. There’s also a car rental agency just a block away; we rented a car and had a wonderful time visiting Lake Orta and Bellagio. Restaurants are a 20 minute lovely walk from the hotel. Hotel Flora exceeded our expectations in every way, and I highly recommend it to anyone visiting Stresa.

Great stay
Staff were all welcoming and extremely helpful.
Breakfast was delicious and the choice was excellent.
Great location for the ferry at Carciano and a lovely walk in to Stresa mostly along the lake
Used the pool a couple of times - a little cold but fine once you're in.

Lovely hotel. Manager and all staff were so friendly and helpful. We stayed half board and are vegetarian but there was plenty of choice for us. The food was excellent. We started off with a mountain view room but upgraded to a lakeside view which was well worth it with the most beautiful view of the lake and islands. We went there to celebrate a special anniversary and when the manager knew he arranged for a bottle of Prosecco to be delivered to our room. Definitely recommend this hotel and hopefully, we will return one day .

A lovely hotel, located just outside the main town but a nice walk of about 20 minutes along the promenade to get to the town centre. Staff at Reception were always so friendly and helpful! Our rooms were simple, spacious and very clean, with balconies overlooking the Borromean Islands - a beautiful view to look out on! Nice pool area to relax in and a great little bar too. Breakfast was second to none! We loved the wide range of items available and all the food was really good quality, we really enjoyed our breakfasts as a great start to our day! All in all, a wonderful stay and we were sorry to leave! Would love to return one day.

Good location just outside busy Stresa, but only 15 minute walk to town. Hotel restaurant was closed for evening meals which did us a favour as we found an excellent restaurant 10 min walk away, down by the lake. It's called Lidro Volante, very busy, advise to book.

The staff were friendly and helpful. Recommended a terrific restaurant and made the reservations! Also provided a boxed breakfast for an early train. The room was very nice and quiet. It is right by the ferry and near the walking path by the water. Would go back! Only downside is shortest walk from train station does not have sidewalks for most of it.

A lovely family-run hotel, deserving its three stars.

Staff friendly, helpful. Good location by the lido with access to ferries and easy walk into Stresa Citta. Pleasant restaurant and good varied buffet breakfast.

Pleasant room with balcony and begonias, a bit noisy on the street side, but with good shutters and aircon if needed.