Locanda Della Maria

This was a wonderful quaint place by the lake. There is walking up the stairs, but very doable for most of us. Nice little walk down to the lake very good restaurant on the same block. It is in a tucked away street so it is very safe and quiet, but we did walk to And from Bellagio uphill so be ready

To be honest I was a little concerned about staying here as I received a message saying if we couldn’t get parking at the bottom of the road, we should park in the next nearest car park and when I looked that car park up it was full of people saying their cars had been broken into within minutes of parking there! However, I need not have been so concerned as we easily got parking within a 100 yards from the property and suffered no damage to our little two seater. The accommodation itself was very good, the two ladies dealing with everything were very friendly and helpful and breakfast offered a wide range of delights, we didn’t try everything but the cakes and fresh fruit etc were delicious. I am glad we chose the Bellagio area instead of Como as it was very pretty and much quieter, so we felt safe walking around the streets, while when we drove through Como it was very crowded both with people and vehicles. My only regrets were that we didn’t have more time as it looked like a lovely place to explore and that there were a limited number of places to eat as the main restaurant on the front was completely closed but we did find a café in a back street so managed to get a slice of pizza, we didn’t venture much further as we are in our 70’s, the roads around the accommodation are really steep and I managed to fall over on a pile of wet leaves that were hiding a camber on the road so damaged my knee.