Residence Al Lago

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Lovely little house, ground floor with a garden which guests can use. There are two picnic tables, a Table tennis table - we had most of our meals outdoors. The location is good - ten min walk to the center of Santa Christina and a 3 min walk to the bus stop ( to all the funiculars and gondolas). Nice view of the mountains. There's a lovely walk by the river just a few minutes down from the house. The owner was very friendly and helpful. She even gave us some of her home made apple strudel one morning - and it was delicious!
  : The living room is a little small ( but we spent most of our time in the garden). The kitchen could do with a microwave and oven. The frying pan provided was a regular steel one, not a non stick, so cooking was a bit of a hassle - being a vegetarian I had to make most of my own meals, so all the above would have been helpful. The rooms and the bathrooms were very clean and well equipped.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Bed was very comfortable. Size of the apartment was very big for 2 people. View from the apartment was good. Within walking distance of a few restaurants. Host gave good recommendations as well as a discount card for various restaurants.
  : Missing a couple of items in the kitchen like bowls. We had to use pasta bowls for our yogurt with fruits and nuts that we prepared. No toaster but perhaps the microwave/oven was able to do toast but we didnt understand it fully.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : What to like? Almost everything. The manager was very friendly and tried hard to please us. The building is very new, very clean, with perfect location, good parking with nice views of the lake and surrounding mountains. Our room was at the upper floor, with small windows (too small, I was not enjoying views from it much), but it had cool electric shades which could turn the room into complete dark. that was very nice during the night and morning (as the sun rose very early, I wasnt distracted by it, thanks to those shades). Manager also offered many promotional materials, proposed good hikes for us, some local tips and even gave us the opportunity to borrow (for free) bikes. Although those were a bit older bikes, with little bit poor maintenance, they served the purpose and cycling around the lake was just fine. Also the building has a nice space in front of it, with desk and chairs where one can sit and enjoy the surroundings.
  : Just one thing - building next door was getting reconstructed and workers were at it from 7:00am (or 7:30), every day. That was our wake-up alarm, unfortunately. Its not a mistake of owners, but it made our mornings very early (and the church bells as well, but that was relatively OK)