Moderne lejlighed med betagende udsigt!

The property was dirty when we checked in. The property manager came and cleaned for 15 minutes or so. The towels were hand towels for your body which clearly did not work out. They were also rough, worn, and stained. There was no soap in the bathroom which is a hygiene issue for me. The bed quilts were filthy underneath with questionable stains. The freezer was broken, gate latch was broken, and shutters were broken. I didn’t sleep well at all. I was uncomfortable in the property so I spent all of my time out exploring the lakes away from the property. It was essentially an uncomfortable crash pad. The owner said something about a gas leak getting repaired and you could still smell gas the whole trip by the car parking area. Do yourself a favor and spend a little more to stay closer to town. It’s really a trek to make every day without a car.

Die Lage der Wohnung ist traumhaft, bei schönem Wetter kann man auch zu Viert entspannt seinen Urlaub verbringen. Die Wohnung selbst ist sehr klein. Schade, dass sehr wenig Geschirr und Besteck vorhanden ist. Vieles war zusammen gewürfelt oder durch Plastikbecher und Pappteller ergänzt. Eine kleine Investition würde die Qualität bereits sehr aufwerten.

This property is in a nice, quiet location up above the town of Varenna. It was a very relaxing place to spend the last days of our vacation in Italy. It’s a hike to town, but after the Amalfi Coast we were up to the task of ascending/descending hills. The ample parking was a nice change compared to our other Italy rentals (we never lost sleep in fear of a bus side swiping our rental car!), and there is plenty of parking to be found in town, always lots of room at the train station for a nominal charge. We were very pleased to discover that this apartment is situated in the end unit of the complex, so you get a huge ground floor patio, vastly superior to the numerous rental units that had only tiny balconies, in addition to beautiful views from 2 sides. This was a bonus considering the listing didn’t really highlight this as a unique feature in the area. The apartment was comfortable and spacious for my family of four, and the grocery store just a few hairpins above had most of what we needed for supplies (better bread and fresh pasta can be found in Varenna). Could use some attention to amenities like towels, dishcloth/sponges that were extremely well used, wrecked iron/ironing board, burnt out light bulbs... You will put up with the freezer door being duct-taped on, a garden in need of tending/weeding, all because of the view— It’s simply breathtaking!

Varenna is the perfect place for exploring the Lake Como. We were three friends visiting this area to cycle for 4 days, and the apartment was perfect for our stay (maybe exept for the 2 km hill we had to do from the ferry and back every day). We could relax in the front yard with a nice view over the lake or take a bath in the common pool. We did not have any noisy neighbours during our stay, it was quiet and relaxing. The only drawback was that we had a very warm week with extremely high temperature (unnormally high, 40 degC at day and 27 degC at night) and that led to warm nights when there was no aircondition in the apartment. There was to fans there, which helped us to sleep.

We would love to come back to stay here.