About this hotel
General information
This Belle Époque palace was built in 1861 on the shore of Lake Maggiore, facing the Borromean Islands. Its façade looks straight onto the water, a large park surrounds it and the centre of Stresa is a five-minute walk away. The guestbook reads like a chronicle of the age: King Leopold II of Belgium, King Oscar II of Sweden, members of the British royal family, the Vanderbilts, Carnegies, Rockefellers and Morgans, George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Hemingway all stayed here.
Beyond the main building, the estate includes Villa Azalee, used for business meetings, and a two-storey Residence of bungalow villas. The hotel has its own spa, two outdoor pools and one indoor pool, a restaurant and two bars, conference rooms for up to 350 guests, parking and a private helipad.
Location
The hotel is in Stresa on the shore of Lake Maggiore, 60 km from Milan Malpensa airport.
Spa
The CBS spa (Centro Benessere Stresa) is the hotel’s pride. It builds anti-stress, rehabilitation and beauty programmes around tailored diets, exercise, walks, massage (including Eastern techniques and hot stones) and thermal baths using local waters and clay as well as Dead Sea minerals. Beauty rooms offer bio-lifting, collagen filling, deep cleansing and facial peels, herbal wraps, masks and dermatological treatments. There is also a heated indoor pool.
Sports & leisure
The grounds have two heated outdoor pools, tennis courts and private motorboats and yachts. Within 5–40 km there are seven major golf clubs with courses of up to 18 holes, as well as horse riding and mountain biking, and in winter ski resorts are close at hand.
For children
Babysitting can be arranged on request.
Restaurants & bars
The hotel has one restaurant and two bars:
- Il Borromeo — Italian and international cuisine, regarded as Stresa’s leading dining address
- Piano bar — in the lobby, for quiet evenings to the sound of the piano
- Pool bar — open in summer, serving fresh juices, cool cocktails and other drinks
Rooms
There are 172 rooms: 128 doubles, 33 singles and 11 suites. Most face the lake, the park or the Alps, all have a hydromassage bath, and the Hemingway Suite takes up almost the entire second floor of the main building.
Each room has an LCD TV, a telephone, Wi-Fi, a safe and a hydromassage bath.
Garden View Room
A room with a king-size or twin beds and a bathroom with hydromassage bath; most have a balcony overlooking the gardens.
Lake View Room
A room with a king-size or twin beds and a bathroom with hydromassage bath; most have a balcony overlooking the lake.
Junior Suite
A bedroom, sitting area, bathroom with hydromassage bath and a balcony facing the lake.
Junior Suite Deluxe
A bedroom, sitting area and bathroom with hydromassage bath and shower; lake views.
Royal Suite
A suite with a bedroom, living room and bathroom with hydromassage bath; lake views.
Imperial Suite
A suite overlooking the lake and islands, with a bedroom, living room and two bathrooms, one with hydromassage bath and separate shower. It can be connected to neighbouring rooms.
Hemingway Suite
Three bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, a living room with fireplace and a terrace looking across the lake, the islands and the Alps.
Photos are for illustrative purposes only. Actual room layout, furnishings, décor, views and amenities may differ from those shown and may vary between rooms of the same category. Hotel and room descriptions are based on information provided by the property and are believed to be accurate at the time of publication, but are not guaranteed. The hotel may renovate or change its rooms, facilities, restaurants and services at any time without notice. The final details of your stay are confirmed at the time of booking. See our Terms of Use.