Hotel Maximilian

My wife and I stayed for 7 nights, after a 4 night visit to the Dolomites. The hotel is beautifully located, with wonderful views of a quiet bay on Lake Garda. We had a nice room, with a balcony, which was comfortable, but we thought that the bed linen and pillows needed to be renewed, as we considered them a little past their time. The room would also have benefitted from one or two paintings or a mirror, as it was a bit bland (there was a large mirror in the bathroom). Dressing gowns, slippers and pool towels were provided in the room. There was only one small bin (in the bathroom), where it would have been nice to have one in the main room as well. I’m not sure whether a kettle is usually provided - we had to ask for one, but it didn’t come with any teabags, coffee or milk - not a great problem, but something we would expect in a 4 star hotel. It would have been useful to have an umbrella on the balcony, as it was too hot to sit there in the afternoon - we noticed that some balcony rooms had umbrellas, but ours didn’t. I suppose we could have asked for one! In the bathroom we felt that the towels were too thin. They were all washed every day, which we believe is unnecessary. Better quality towels, washed less frequently would be much better. We also felt that the toiletries provided were not of a standard we would expect at a 4 star hotel. On a brighter note, the breakfast was lovely, with plenty of room on the terrace, and omelettes cooked to order - a nice touch! Overall, we found the hotel to be very comfortable, in spite of the few minus points noted above. The staff were all friendly and helpful, and a special thank you to Elizabetta, on reception, who was absolutely charming, and could not be more helpful. There is a lovely walk of around 30 minutes, along the lakeside path, to get into the town, but the path is dotted with restaurants, should you not wish to walk that far. Bear in mind that there is a fairly steep walk at the end of the path up to the hotel when going back (probably about 100 - 150 metres or so). Useful for working off the meal!

Our third visit to this hotel, the last being in 2008. Still as good, if not even better than our last visit. The location is perfect with gorgeous views and lovely lakeside walks in either direction towards the buzz of Malcescine town or Cassone. The food both at breakfast and dinner was excellent with plenty of choices. The staff were all pleasant and efficient. Lovely gardens with plenty of loungers with access to the lake for swimming or other watersports. A really lovely hotel I would heartily recommend.

Sehr schönes, ruhig gelegenes Hotel, direkt am See, außerhalb von Malcesine. Wir hatten eine schöne, moderne Suite in der Villa Stefania, ca.100m vom Haupthaus. Die Suite war zeitgemäß ausgestattet, mit großer, möblierter Terrasse (inkl. Liegestühlen) und direktem Zugang zum großzügigen Garten, der direkt an den See angrenzt. In der gesamten Anlage kam nie das Gefühl von Enge auf, was speziell am Gardasee sehr angenehm ist. Die Suite hätte, speziell im Schlafbereich, gerne um das Bett noch zusätzlich etwas mehr Platz haben können. Die Mitarbeiter sind durchweg überaus freundlich, kompetent und hilfsbereit. Wir hatten mit Halbpension gebucht und waren sowohl von der Abwechslung, als auch der Qualität jeden Abend mit dem Essen sehr zufrieden. Das Ambiente auf der Terrasse zum See ist einfach herrlich. Zu Fuß sind es nach Malcesine circa 30 Minuten - das Hotel bietet kostenlose Fahrräder an, was wir oft für Ausflüge und kurze Fahrten ins Zentrum genutzt haben. Wir waren mit dem Aufenthalt im Maximilian mehr als zufrieden. Vielen Dank an das gesamte Team.