Boutique Hotel la Rocca

From the moment we arrived, we knew we could relax. We were made the feel welcome, our room was of modest size but had a wonderful view. The restaurant food was high quality and the service was excellent. The parking was very convenient. An ideal place to stay for a visit to the Tessin.

Myself and two friends spent three nights in this wonderful little gem of a hotel. We arrived in the rain with the free shuttle bus from Locarno but soon felt warm and comfortable. The room we shared was cosy and tastefully decorated in a classic kind of way. It had a large bathroom and plenty of cupboard space for the three of us as well as a few welcome goodies (bottles of water, amaretti cookies, apples and coffee facilities. (Being English, I would have liked a kettle and some tea but I had taken my own with me as hotels in continental Europe mostly don't have tea making equipment.) Each day we enjoyed the great selection of delicious breakfast items from the buffet (including special gluten free bread etc. for my friend). The croissants were particularly fresh and tasty. We took our time and could sit and enjoy the view for a while without feeling we were outstaying our welcome. Day three finally saw the sun in the sky and what a glorious view we had from our room, from the dining room and from the beautiful terrace for our final day! I think the crowning glory of our stay was the high class evening meal which we enjoyed on Sunday. We were accompanied by a live piano artist who played masses of hit songs all evening while we indulged in a gourmet treats and an outstanding red wine from the Tessin, which was recommended by our wine waitress. It was all excellent. All in all we were delighted. We were well looked after by the wonderful, attentive staff and thoroughly enjoyed our whole stay despite the less than perfect weather.

Basically everything was good, the sea view is beautiful, the room is very big and the breakfast was awesome. The parking lots are definitely too small for big cars side-by-side, because it's hard to not scratch another car, but that's just an opinion. The stay at the hotel was very good. There was no AC, so we had to choose between having moths, etc. fly into the room by opening the windows in the night and closing the windows, but it being too hot because of the humidity and hot weather. When we arrived there were many ants walking around on the floor, but the problem got fixed in just 10 minutes. In the hotel there is a sign for an indoor pool, but there was no indoor pool. The whole stay was awesome, but some information must be updated.