Hyper local traditional food is the star here: pizzoccheri (buckwheat pasta, cabbage, potato,…read moreValtellina, butter), braesola (dried beef), vegetarian strudel. Many other regional and Italian choices abound including prawns and pasta, fish stew, roasted rabbit, etc. Friendly multilingual service. A must stop when in town!

Happened upon this amazing little restaurant (which I JUST added to yelp) way up north on the lake…read more(Lake Como) during an evening drive. To say we were pleasantly surprised would be an understatement. That Mixed fish dish and veggie plate you see was incredible and no joke, about 20 euro. All the food was so amazing, we mostly ate discussing our disbelief in its awesomeness. Made friends with one of the owners who fell in love with our rental car and pointed it out to every person that left while we were chatting. It was pretty awesome. Probably headed there for dinner again tomorrow. #feelinglikefamily

By far one of the best, privately hotels I've ever stayed at in my life. Everything you see on…read moretheir website, is even better in person. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. The room was pristine. The views from our balcony were unreal. The restaurant was great, the breakfast was great. I will absolutely be coming back here when I stay in Varenna someday again. Make sure you listen to their website when it says to pack light, you really do have to climb up a lot of stairs to get to your room that are very narrow and it is pretty much impossible to do if you have a large suitcase.

The Albergo Milano and the Hotel Du Lac were the Hotels that "got away" during our recent 3 night…read morestay in the Lake Como area. My guess is that Varenna is a magnet for American destination weddings, which probably explains why parts of these Hotels' reservation books were already full, even when we inquired many months in advance. The Albergo Milano is located right in the old town and up. It looks very romantic and complete with killer views from the balcony.