We’ve never stayed anywhere with such a friendly welcome and wonderfully helpful service. Unassuming from the outside, the beautifully kept house has a delightful garden - where a first-class breakfast is served (including a delicious home-made each day). Lucia genuinely couldn’t have been more attentive, with advice on what to do in the area, snd happily making (or in our case cancelling) restaurant reservations. Our room, with two connecting bedrooms, was spotless, very comfortable, and had particularly welcome air-con. Perhaps because Mandello del Lario isn’t one of the main tourist towns, it’s all remarkable value for money: if you thought it was impossible to visit Lake Como on a budget, think again. We would t hesitate to return. The pretty town centre is only a short walk away, with a fantastic lakeside lido. The train station is almost directly across the road.