We stayed for 3 nights in early July at Casa Albina, one of several apartment properties offered by Posta al Lago in Porto Ronco (Ticino, Switzerland). We very much liked the beautiful view of Lake Maggiore from the apartment, especially if you have the upper floor (accessed via 3 flights of stairs), but be aware that the property is by a major road hugging the lake going into Italy and you can really hear the traffic from below late in the evening and again early in the morning. I think that the apartment itself was probably clean enough, but it just looked a little makeshift, so we did not feel terribly comfortable. There was no soap or shampoo when we arrived; two little individual-sized bottles appeared on the second day. The towels were of all different colors and styles. Although there was a kitchenette, there were no provisions, except for some dishwashing liquid. (We have rented vacation apartments in that expensive city called Paris, where we got bottled water, juice... more