This hotel was a spectacular find and a real joy!! It is clearly professionally run and maintained immaculately by a dedicated staff, which made all the difference. We had a lovely breakfast every morning, and my 15-year-old travelling with me was quite impressed to be offered a coffee in the morning! It is a little bit off the beaten track but that is its joy — once you find it, you can simply relax. We had a balcony with french doors so you could sit outside, which I did, we had two twin beds which was perfect for a parent-child travelling pair, it is remarkably close to a train and bus station and if you spend a little bit of time learning the local geography, you can get to anywhere you might want to go within 30 minutes to an hour. The bus takes you as far as Capolago, from which you can reach all the stations on the railway that runs from Zurich to Milan. We travelled to Milan and then onto Venice, and the knack is to change in Milan from Porta Garibaldi to Centrale. The walk between two stations is actually a spectacular progress through a thriving city. Otherwise, if you want to stay on the lake where the hotel itself is situated, you can get the boat — a large and lovely craft — to Morcote, thence to Lugano, which is where we went to visit friends. The boat itself takes you back and forth across the stunning lake Lugano, and when you dock in Porto Ceresio, there is a lovely stretch of restaurants and cafés around the harbour. It really is a find, worth the effort.