A wonderfull combination of old and new with friendly and efficient service.A good central location for touring the lakes and close to the swiss border.
- Boscolo Porro Pirelli Induno Olona
- Boscolo Porro Pirelli Hotel

A wonderfull combination of old and new with friendly and efficient service.A good central location for touring the lakes and close to the swiss border.
We stayed in this hotel for two nights and it's nice but... The but is in the fact that the hotel is in some need of serious maintenance. It's a mix of original Italian flair with a wannabe 4 star quality hotel.
The staff was very helpful but hardly speaks good enough English. I don't understand they don't understand the simplest English sentences. But okay.
The breakfast was plainly poor. Boring white buns, transparent cheese and uninteresting salami. You would expect different from a hotel in this area.
One more thing; don't think about using the 'spa' or fitness. Just don't...
We stayed here for 2 nights in the middle of our European trip. We chose this hotel as we had a rental car and didn't want to spend a lot of money for a Lake Como hotel.
We learned our lesson....
The hotel was probably a really nice place 20 years ago, but all has changed with time. The property is in need of major TLC. Furnishings are worn, the walls are covered in scrapes and marks from people hitting them, the exterior walls have lots of plaster coming off....etc.
Our room was a decent size and the A/C worked. Problem was the carpet had more stains on it then I care for and the walls needed a paint job 5 years ago! The bathroom was the best part of the room...probably about 5 or 6 years old but nice still.
The bedding was a bit of a joke. Our sheets had stains and little holes throughout...they were clean - but should not be in circulation.
The parking garage was also empty....probably 6 cars in it including ours. Not sure how this hotel is still in business as I can't imagine anybody taking public transportation to stay there.
My recommendation would be to find another hotel.
This is not your typical chain-styled hotel. It is an old structure with character, but has very nice new bathrooms (just don't look at the mold on the smoke detector in room 210). The rooms are of nice size and clean. Could use new carpets and bettter pillows. The grounds are very nice, and they have enough parking for a small mall. It was a great price, too! We had just driven down from Switzerland, so didn't take time to explore the area much.
We stayed here for 5 nights in September and I think we, and my parents who we travelled with were the only people staying in the hotel, apart from on the Saturday night when there was a wedding.There were more staff than guests, no atmosphere and nothing to do in the hotel. The bar was not open any of the nights we were there, even the night of the wedding. We had breakfast in the hotel the first morning and none of the food was worth talking about, and the cost was €10 per person. Parking, in an empty car park was €5 per night, a joke. The staff were friendly and couldn't complain about them. In terms of location you could not stay here without a car, it is about 10 mins from Lake Varese and about half an hour from Maggiore so not a good base. The rooms and the hotel are nice, but would not recommend it to anyone based on lack of people/atmosphere and location.
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