Out transfer to our hotel from Brescia was good, and on arriving at La Limonaia we was impressed with the look of it, that was untill we stepped inside. Reception was up a flight of stairs and it took some time for the receptionist to get through all the arrivals and give them the keys to their rooms. The rooms are clean but not anything special, the views are fantastic from the veranda. We was told to use the top restaurant, obviously you are segregated to the package that you have with your agent, the lower restaurant was obviously better with smart waiters whilst we had staff that didn't really have anyone in overall charge and tables are left uncleared and on the first night we had to make up our own table. The dinner was abysmall, a lump of lamb with mashed patato and boiled cabbage, breakfast next morning confirmed that we wasn't going to get anything better, bacon rashers that curled up at the edges and scrambled eggs that had a crust to it, this was on offer every morning for the week, although we paid for half board we decided that we would eat out and have a decent meal. This hotel has the best position in Limone and with a good makeover and some sort of good management this hotel could be the best. Come on Chincherini, don't waste this hotel!!

As a small tour operater I put together a holiday through an agency with an office in Italy, they came up with this hotel at a very good price including flights. I led a party of 41 people this month fearing the worse after reading past reviews. I must ask which planet some of these people are from? Yes it is a steep climb upto the hotel but there is a minibus service, some of my clients are in there 80's and managed very well. The views are magnificent, the rooms are clean and quite spacious and the facilities are as good as I have experienced in higher rated hotels. The food was plentiful with a large range of dishes including pasta, soups, a superb salad bar, fish and meat dishes daily, excellent potato dishes and an extensive dessert buffet. All my clients returned saying it was a great holiday and commented that the hotel was very good value for money. Don't let the proffesional moaners put you off!

Poor security (see review 21). Food terrible (see other reviews). Reception staff obstructive and disinterested when we needed them to help with a theft from room. Large tea towels provided daily in bathroom. Limone is a fantastic setting - hotel very disappointing. Never again to this hotel. Pool and fitness centre good.

We got a good deal on a one week holiday to this hotel, including flights, in late May (£500 altogether for two adults). The hotel itself was fine in that it was perfectly clean, and had a lovely pool with a fantastic view. Negative aspects include that the food was mediocre but edible, and the service merely adequate. However, for the price we paid it was fine. I wouldn't pay more than we did though. The hotel is quite spread out over a number of levels, so I can't comment on all rooms, however we were lucky in that our room was excellently appointed with a fantastic view of Limone and the lake and mountains. It is a 15 minute walk down to the town, as the hotel is further up the hill side. The walk back up is really steep, but again that didn't bother us. For people with mobility difficulties, there is a regular mini-bus for especially for the hotel which regularly goes up and down from hotel to village.

The village of Limone is lovely, quite small, although it is quite touristy with all restaurants catering for tourists rather than offering typical Italian cuisine. But in my opinion Limone is in a really good location on the Lake Garda because it is more spectacular up at the northern end of the lake (with the impressive mountains) than further to the south where the landscape becomes totally flat. From Limone you can take a little ferry to most other towns around the lake, or if you hire a car you can travel around the lake by road, or even better, up to the hillside villages behind Limone of Tremosine and Tignale where views over the lake are fab (Watch out for the windy roads though, with huge drops to the side!). For traditional, fantastic value and delicious italian cuisine I'd recommend a visit to a restaurant called Miralago in Tremosine. This restaurant is perched on the edge of a cliff (kind of hanging off it) with a glass wall to provide stupendous views! It was really good, but not for people who are afraid of heights!