The season for this holiday is:
11 April 2020 - 11 August 2020
22 August 2020 - 14 October 2020
10 nights: 11 April 2020 - 11 August 2020 & 22 August 2020 - 14 October 2020
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 11 - 23 Apr 2020 | £1445 | £640 |
| 24 - 30 Apr 2020 | £1495 | £640 |
| 1 May - 24 Jun 2020 | £1545 | £660 |
| 25 Jun - 1 Aug 2020 | £1595 | £635 |
| 22 Aug - 11 Sep 2020 | £1595 | £635 |
| 12 - 26 Sep 2020 | £1545 | £660 |
| 27 Sep - 4 Oct 2020 | £1495 | £640 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£125 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £125 |
Includes accommodation, meals, travel between hotels and any other services integral to the holiday as described, plus a detailed information pack, but no travel from the UK, nor any connecting travel from the airport unless stated below.
Included travel: 10 days’ category B car hire (e.g. Fiat Panda or similar with manual transmission)
Please note: a 'one-way' supplement is payable locally if the hire car is returned to a different location from the pick-up point
Driving time to the first hotel: Milan Bergamo 2h, Milan Linate 1h45, Milan Malpensa 1h15, Verona 3h
Driving time from the final hotel: Milan Bergamo 1h30, Milan Linate 2h, Milan Malpensa 2h30, Verona 1h30
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Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
| Hotel Cannero, Cannero | ||
|---|---|---|
| Superior with lake view: 11 Apr - 11 Aug 2020 | £28 | |
| Superior with lake view: 22 Aug - 14 Oct 2020 | £28 |
| San Giorgio Hotel, Lenno | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lake view: 11 Apr - 11 Aug 2020 | £14 | |
| Lake view: 22 Aug - 14 Oct 2020 | £14 |
| Relais I Due Roccoli, Iseo | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lake view: 11 Apr - 30 Jun 2020 | £25 | |
| Lake view: 01 Sep - 13 Oct 2020 | £25 |
| Hotel Gardenia al Lago, Gargnano | ||
|---|---|---|
| 'Benaco' double with lake view (no twins): 18 Apr - 11 Aug 2020 | £30 | |
| 'Benaco' double with lake view (no twins): 22 Aug - 14 Oct 2020 | £30 |
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
Prices include an extra day's hire car.| San Giorgio Hotel, Lenno (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr - 12 Apr 2020 | £110 | £165 |
| 13 Apr - 20 May 2020 | £98 | £164 |
| 21 May - 25 May 2020 | £110 | £165 |
| 26 May - 29 May 2020 | £98 | £164 |
| 30 May - 02 Jun 2020 | £110 | £165 |
| 03 Jun - 09 Jun 2020 | £98 | £164 |
| 10 Jun - 18 Jun 2020 | £110 | £165 |
| 19 Jun - 28 Jun 2020 | £98 | £164 |
| 29 Jun - 10 Jul 2020 | £110 | £165 |
| 11 Jul - 11 Aug 2020 | £115 | £170 |
| 22 Aug - 14 Sep 2020 | £110 | £165 |
| 15 Sep - 14 Oct 2020 | £98 | £164 |
| Hotel Gardenia al Lago, Gargnano (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Apr - 11 Aug 2020 | £130 | £185 |
| 22 Aug - 14 Oct 2020 | £130 | £185 |
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen - Milan Malpensa (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Birmingham - Milan Malpensa (via Zurich) | Swiss |
| Birmingham - Verona | jet2, Ryanair, TUI |
| Birmingham - Verona (via Munich) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Bristol - Milan Bergamo | Ryanair |
| Bristol - Milan Malpensa | easyJet, Ryanair |
| Bristol - Verona | TUI |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Nottingham East Midlands - Milan Bergamo | Ryanair |
| Nottingham East Midlands - Verona | jet2 |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh - Milan Bergamo | Ryanair |
| Edinburgh - Milan Malpensa | easyJet |
| Edinburgh - Verona | easyJet, jet2 |
| Edinburgh - Verona (via Paris CDG) | Air France |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Glasgow - Verona | TUI |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Leeds Bradford - Verona | jet2 |
| Leeds Bradford - Verona (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Liverpool - Milan Bergamo | Blue Air |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London City - Milan Linate | Alitalia |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Gatwick - Milan Linate | easyJet |
| Gatwick - Milan Malpensa | easyJet |
| Gatwick - Verona | British Airways, easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Heathrow - Milan Linate | Alitalia, British Airways |
| Heathrow - Milan Malpensa | British Airways |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Stansted - Milan Bergamo | Ryanair |
| Stansted - Milan Malpensa | Ryanair |
| Stansted - Verona | jet2, Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Manchester - Milan Bergamo | Ryanair |
| Manchester - Milan Malpensa | easyJet, Flybe |
| Manchester - Verona | easyJet, jet2, TUI |
| Manchester - Verona (via Munich) | Lufthansa |
This list of flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed your accommodation to you. Alternatively, our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice and to make flight bookings for you. We charge £35 per person for our flight booking service (£60 for India and Nepal). Your flights are then covered by our package-booking conditions, which give you greater protection in the event of delay or cancellation, as well as providing ATOL cover.
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Over the years we have been on several holidays with Inntravel and have many happy memories of them all. This holiday certainly did not disappoint and the standard of all the hotels was amazing. We have to say that our favourite was Relais Due Roccoli on Lake Iseo both for the food, wine and ambience. We can definitely recommend this holiday and we look forward to planning another holiday with Inntravel next year.
This is a beautiful area and the hotels were all excellent. We felt it was well worth adding on an extra day at each hotel to give plenty of time to explore both on foot and in the car.
A wonderful holiday travelling around the Italian lakes. The arrangements made by Inntravel were fool-proof and enabled us to see far more of the lakes than we would have done otherwise. We loved the hotel at Lake Maggiore and its location, from our balcony you could watch all the comings and goings on the lake as it is right where the ferries come and go. We had wonderful meals outside on their terrace right by the water. Lake Como is stunningly beautiful but everything is expensive reflecting I think its profile overall and everything highly manicured (not the Hotel though interestingly which has rules like something out of a bad 1970s English seaside hotel). Lake Iseo was a lovely contrast, less refined but more real and the hotel was amazing. At Garda we stayed at the sister hotel of the hotel normally used but we loved it, very Art Deco and right on the water. We were sorry we didn’t have time to spend longer there. All in all a great holiday.
Over the years we have been on several holidays with Inntravel and have many happy memories of them all. This holiday certainly did not disappoint and the standard of all the hotels was amazing. We have to say that our favourite was Relais Due Roccoli on Lake Iseo both for the food, wine and ambience. We can definitely recommend this holiday and we look forward to planning another holiday with Inntravel next year.
This is a beautiful area and the hotels were all excellent. We felt it was well worth adding on an extra day at each hotel to give plenty of time to explore both on foot and in the car.
A wonderful holiday travelling around the Italian lakes. The arrangements made by Inntravel were fool-proof and enabled us to see far more of the lakes than we would have done otherwise. We loved the hotel at Lake Maggiore and its location, from our balcony you could watch all the comings and goings on the lake as it is right where the ferries come and go. We had wonderful meals outside on their terrace right by the water. Lake Como is stunningly beautiful but everything is expensive reflecting I think its profile overall and everything highly manicured (not the Hotel though interestingly which has rules like something out of a bad 1970s English seaside hotel). Lake Iseo was a lovely contrast, less refined but more real and the hotel was amazing. At Garda we stayed at the sister hotel of the hotel normally used but we loved it, very Art Deco and right on the water. We were sorry we didn’t have time to spend longer there. All in all a great holiday.
This was a wonderful holiday. All the hotels were well situated and enjoyable to stay at. Covering 4 lakes (5 if Lugano is included) in 10 days was amazing and relatively easy to do. A valuable aspect of the holiday was the opportunity to visit each area using the ferry boats (and public transport), which provided rest from the driving. The detail given about how to get from one place to the next was very good. I don't think we got lost even once the whole time! We got a real feel for the diversity of the area, crossing as we did the Swiss-Italian border more than once. This was an expensive holiday but real value for what we got. Our memories of our tour of the lakes will stay with us for ever and we hope to return some time soon.
Most enjoyable tour . Stick with small car for narrow lakeside roads and car parks. Try to avoid the Italian school holidays as very busy in popular towns and on weekend ferries.
Our favourite hotel was the 4th. Amazing staff and setting. Food really good and a silver water boiler at breakfast to make tea properly, only place. Food and service not as good at sister hotel squashed on narrow balcony
My wife and I had a first class holiday (apart from the weather!) and the arrangements made by Inntravel were excellent throughout. Hotels were excellent and we found the notes supplied for each stage of the holiday to be informative and extremely helpful.
A twelve day trip to Italian Lakes starting with a couple of days in Verona followed by a self drive trip taking in Lake Maggiore with lovely walks and visits to beautiful gardens on Borromean islands (Royal Horticultural Society members free) and Villa Taranto. On to Lake Como to visit Villa Balbianello (National Trust members free) and a ferry trip across to Ballagio with a fabulous walk around the town and a circular walk to take in the countryside and gardens at Villa Melzi. Moving to Lake D'Iseo, a small gem of a lake with visit and walk around Monte Isola - very quiet and lovely. Finally a few days at Lake Garda - very beautiful - albeit it a little more touristy than the other lakes. A wonderful holiday with exceptional accommodation - thank you Inntravel.
Our first non walking holiday with you [Italian Lakes Explorer combined with a stay in Verona] and we were not disappointed. The lakes all had quite a different feel to them. The hotels were well situated with friendly, helpful staff.
We thoroughly enjoyed the Italian Lakes Explorer Journey in SlowMotion. We visited four beautiful lakes at a relaxing pace with plenty of time to explore either on foot, by ferry, by car or by train. We were thoroughly spoilt with good food, lovely wines and some superb accommodation. Thank you once again to the Inntravel Team.
The food at Iseo was excellent as were the rooms although we paid for upgrades wherever possible. As it was our 30th Wedding anniversary celebration this was brilliant but I would recommend it. The hotel on Lake Como was the only slight disappointment - faded glory and a little bit mean charging for towels for the lake side beach. A recommended restaurant in your guide Trattoria Santo Stefano, was so unwelcoming, it felt that customers were an inconvenience and the food was poor. The following night we went to the Sports bar, not my usual choice, but the food and service were excellent. View also better. Overall an amazing holiday. We could not have wished for more.
Don't have a highlight per se but the whole trip was outstanding. It was exactly what we wanted from a trip to Northern Italy. Mountains, lakes, food, wine, history, walking, boat rides, vineyards, and people were exactly like what you read or see on TV or in the movies. Looking forward, Rome and southern destinations in the future. Definitely recommend a small car, much easier to get around in and park. Also would recommend parking the car when you get to your hotel and not using it again until you change hotels. Boats made the lakes and nearby towns very accessible and walking is the best way to see things.
I have several observations to make:
Cannero: suggest a mini map of the exact location of the hotel on the lakeside. We were put off by the access road which looked non-traffic.
Route to Lenno via Switzerland: took a bit of navigating to find the Route 2 recommended. Completely lost until a very helpful flower shop girl put us right. It might be worth noting the auto route and route 2 are given equal billing on the signs. Our worry was no separate large route 2 sign.
Further to finding San Giorgio Hotel, we approached from the direction advised but after much upping and downing on the Lenno Road we were guided to the hotel entrance by a passerby. It was then that we saw the huge entrance sign facing the oposite direction, ie not the direction we were travelling in. Could be highlighted, perhaps using the next door hotel as a tip?
This was a brilliant holiday and a great opportunity to experience the Italian lakes. Hotel Cannero was a wonderful start - we loved the hotel and Lake Maggiore. We enjoyed a day trip, as suggested, to Lake Orta and also to Stressa and the Isola Bella. Although the second hotel was very different, it's situation on Lake Como and the ease of using the ferries made it a perfect base. Bellagio was a definite highlight and we thought the gardens at Villa Melzi were wonderful. The third hotel, Le Due Roccoli, was simply superb! A room with a view was definitely worth having and the restaurant was truly exceptional. However Lake Iseo was disappointing, and three nights, nothwithstanding the brilliant hotel, was too long. An extra night on one of the other lakes would have been better. We enjoyed Garda too - Gargnano was a lovely town. Salo was probably the standout destination - which we visited en route. All in all a really successful holiday.
The hotels, service and food were all quite excellent and the itinerary, the locations and the lakes perfect. The only downsides were a couple of rainy stormy days, and drinking too much Amarone, Barolo and Montalcino. On second thoughts, ignore the last part of that sentence.
We really enjoyed this trip. It was all well organised, the hotels were all different and interesting, and the notes were excellent.
The whole trip was brilliantly planned by Inntravel - we never got lost once using the maps and detailed instructions for driving or walking - which was a first for us and avoided lots of rows! We took the boat to Limone on Lake Garda which you don't mention in your guide and, though touristy, is well worth a visit. On Lake Iseo we took the last ferry of the day at 5pm out to the southern towns and back for only 3 euros each for the hour's trip. We were the only two people on it coming back! Sun was shining and it was brilliant value for money. We used the hotel bikes in Verona to cycle to part of the walking tour as otherwise it can be a lot of walking in very hot weather. We would consider 3 nights at Lake Como as we wanted to do more here and ran out of time.