Porto Azzurro Apartment

It was a nice spacious apartment in a great location, close to the trains and ferry. A man in the building noticed we were having trouble opening the door and was nice enough to help us. We even had a partial lake view and little balcony.

It was a little tricky using all the keys.

Very central location. 5 minutes walk to the harbour and same to the train station. Lovely view from the apartment of the lake

No air-conditioning but large fan's were supplied. Most place's in varenna don't have air-conditioning. You need to use the window shutters to keep the apartment nice and cool. We opened the windows every evening and the cool air from the lake was so refreshing.

Lokalizacja, widok, wyposażenie

Było chłodno w nocy, brak kołder, brak parkingu, tylko płatny( drogi)

The Porto azzuro apartment is in a wonderful location. The views are stunning. The connections are great - you are right by the train station and the ferry point. I visited lots of attractions easily from here. If you want to explore by ferry, I'd suggest going to the booking office down from the apartment very early. It gets busy fast. Restaurants and shops are within walking distance. If you want to stock up on things from a supermarket, I opted for bellano, which was so easy to get to by train. But the little corner shop by the apartment and other shops in varenna have good supplies. Lovely little park within walking distance for children (I travelled with my three children) That's all the great things. But unfortunately my stay was ruined by noise within the apartment.

I was so exhausted and upset by the end of my week stay, having had night after night of excessive noise starting late into the night and continuing into the early mornings, from an apartment above. Of course this wasn't caused by the apartment hosts! And I was advised by my host that it isn't the norm and that maybe because I stayed over the Easter/holiday period, that was the reason for the loud party atmosphere. But I had little to no sleep and it affected my view of this stay as a whole. My kids couldn't settle. It wasn't just laughter. It was banging about, loud chatting, people up and down the stairwells, sounds like furniture being moved at 11pm, 12pm, 1am, 2am.. Beautiful location. But noisy during my time there. Not going to lie, I couldn't wait to leave for a better nights sleep. It's a shame because it wasn't my hosts fault. And the apartment was so pretty and convenient for exploring this beautiful area.