I was worried after previous reviews however I must say most of them were wrong, yes it is on a hill--what a surprise in the mountains!, the views from our balcony were breathtaking. The staff were excellent and nothing was too much trouble. Take a tip and upgrade to the Gourmet menu at no extra charge--book the previous night by 8pm. Meals are great and the free wine was a bonus.On arrival look at the room first if you don`t like it do what we did and ask for another--no problem I was given another room within minutes.
We will definately be going back

We have just returned from Hotel Christina and had very mixed feelings about our stay and the resort that we thought we should share with you.

Christina was a much bigger hotel than we thought and is actually connected with the 4 star san Pietro so you get to share the majority of the facilities (except the indoor pool and one of the top pools) The hotel grounds are beautifully maintained and the hotel also has lots of villas on different levels so there are lots and lots of steps. ( 174 in total from the town to our room!!)

We were pleased with our room allocation we ended up with a family room with a lake view and balcony even though we hadn't paid for it .Thedecor was a little dated but this didn't matter as the bathroom was extremeley clean, the room was immaculate and the lake views were great.

Here's the downside, we thought the food was awful and could not eat it we ended up with a plate of tomatoey spaghetti each night, it was a bit like a motorway canteen and feeding time at the zoo at meal times ( no disrespect meant to the other people there as they were loveley), The buffet did have cold sprouts. But on the plus side there was free wine. There are 2 cheap pizza places round the corner !!

The pool area was better than expected, though the pool was far too cold to swim in and really took your breath away if you tried to. This i think is because the resort is in the shade for half a day as the sun goes behind the mountains at the back of the hotel. The other side of the lake was much warmer and sunny all day.

As a couple in our 30's we were a good 20 years younger than anyone else in the hotel and felt we were a little bit on a saga holiday.

Limone is very nice but again we felt as a youngish couple it was a little small for us and felt a bit trapped, Malcesnie is a much better option for our age group as there are many bars and restaurants on your door step and had a much better vibe to it as well as being very beautiful.

Expect a long trip to get there. It took us 3.00 hours to get to lake garda from Treviso venice airport and then another 2.5 hours to get to the resort which makes it a very long transfer. and also a long day if you want to go on a day trip to venice etc. If you can fly to Verona where it will only take you an hour to the lake.

As a whole we thought the hotel was good value for money, as long as you go with no expectations about the food. Lake garda is beautiful and I think we will go again in a few years time, but perhaps not back to Limone.

We are a family a four from Stoke-on-Trent and all of us enjoyed our stay here. The views from the hotel were breathtaking and were lovely to wake up to. The staff were all efficient and friendly If you were Homer Simpson you'd absolutely gorge on breakfasts and dinners with the all-you-can-eat fayre. If you like food brought to you on a silver platter, however, this place isnt for you. As I'm akin to the previously mentioned Homer, I found the self-service aspect to the meals rather refreshing. The choice of food was astounding and the quality excellent. The most appealing aspect of the dinners was the "drink however much wine you want to" from the self-service drinks machine. Either red or white, both were quite satisfactory.
Children could drink still or fizzy water, cola or fanta.
Entertainment by the pool was on three nights a week at about 8:30pm till about 10:30pm, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
We found 2 of these entertainers quite acceptable but one, the Friday one, I think, was somewhat mediocre but it helped pass the time away while we were playing cards on the terrace by the pool.
There were 2 pools (3 if you were in San Pietro which was very, very nice), the lower pool by the main restaurant was rather cold (watching people getting into it became a spectator sport - jump in at your peril - but was refreshing when the temperature was in the 30s it certainly helped cool you down after getting out and evaporating beside it.
We didn't have air conditioning in our rooms but don't let that put you off, who needs sheets and blankets anyway when its so warm at nights.
Yes the walk back was arduous. Yes you certainly walked off a few calories (but believe me thats not a bad thing if, like me, you eat like Homer Simpson).
Limone was a beautiful resort, much less commercialised than locations further south on Lake Garda (such as Sirmione or Garda). Malcesine is only a short distance across the Lake and the cable car ride to the top of Monte Baldo (1800m) is a must.
For both children and adults alike (there were very young children there) Hotel Cristina rates as one of the best hotels I've experienced. It wasn't overly expensive but I can't wait to visit there again.
Be warned if you hire a car though, Italian roads are extremely narrow - even the Autostradas - and can be quite a shock to drivers used to wider roads. But if you're prepared for that it doesnt come as quite a shock.
Thank you Hotel Cristina and its staff for a lovely holiday.

Just returned from a week at the Hotel Cristina in the lovely resort of Limone on Lake Garda. We are a family of 4 from North Yorkshire (2 kids age 10 and 12). We really enojoyed our stay. The resort although not the largest on the lake is very pretty and the hotel Cristina has lovley views overlooking the lake. The hotel is about 15minutes walk from the resort centre, we often walked into limone but used the hotel minibus to ferry us back up the hill. Our room was fine for a 3 star hotel. The food was good although a week of it was about enough, since there wasn't much variety. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The majority of the guests were germans, but we took this to be a good sign, since germany isn't so far away they'd all chosed to drive there. (We never had any problems with sunbeds !). We'd recommend this hotel to anyone looking for relaxing break.