Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como

Hotel review · Toured October 2026 · Tremezzo, Lake Como, Italy

Grand Hotel Tremezzo review

5 Restaurants — A Fun Hotel With Lots To Explore · 80 Rooms, Reworked For More Suites

Just a fun hotel. Book a lake-view junior suite, spend your afternoons at the garden pool, and know you’ll be sharing it with a crowd.

Region
Tremezzo, mid-lake on the west shore, facing Bellagio
Style
Art Nouveau grand hotel
Perfect for
Families, first trips to the lake, couples who like a buzz
My ranking
#01 in my Lake Como hotels ranking
The review

Like stepping into a Wes Anderson film — tiered gardens, five restaurants and lake-view suites looking straight across at Bellagio.

Walking into Grand Hotel Tremezzo was like stepping into a Wes Anderson movie. The valets were fun and helpful, and I felt welcome the moment I arrived. It’s a 1910 Art Nouveau landmark in the middle of the lake, looking straight across at Bellagio, and it’s run by the De Santis family, who also opened Passalacqua.

The rooms are similar in style to Passalacqua, but the biggest selling point for me is the tiered gardens behind the hotel. They’re stunning, and the pool up there is my favorite on the property. With five restaurants, lots of different concepts and a beautiful clay court, it’s simply a fun hotel, with plenty to explore.

It’s also sceney. Not in an opulent way like Villa d’Este or Villa Serbelloni, but in an influencer, everyone-taking-photos way. Outside guests are welcome, and they come in droves. That’s the trade-off for the energy, and it’s worth knowing before you book.

Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como
Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como
The garden pool at Grand Hotel Tremezzo, with fringed orange and white umbrellas
The garden pool, my favorite on property
Grand Hotel Tremezzo’s clay tennis court in the gardens
The clay court
A wooden boat at Grand Hotel Tremezzo’s dock
Arrive by boat
Grand Hotel Tremezzo’s facade lit up at dusk
The Art Nouveau facade at dusk
What stood out

The details that made the list

01
The welcome. The valets were fun and helpful, and the whole place has a playful, colorful energy you don’t find at the lake’s more formal hotels.
02
The tiered gardens and their pool. Stunning, and my favorite pool on the property. There’s also a pool floating on the lake, but I’m not a fan of those: they rock with the water and can make you queasy.
03
The lake-view junior suites. Spacious, beautifully restored, with balconies and gorgeous bathrooms. You feel like you’re right on top of the lake.
04
Five restaurants and a clay court. Lots of different concepts and corners to explore, so you’re never stuck eating in the same place twice.
Know before you book

The Fine Print, From Your Advisor

01
Book a junior suite or above. Garden-view rooms look out on pretty gardens and cost less, but the stars are the junior suites and above with lake views and balconies. The hotel recently reworked its rooms to add more of them, which was a smart move.
02
It’s busy. Outside guests are welcome and come in large numbers, and it’s a magnet for photos. If privacy matters most, look at Il Sereno or Passalacqua.
03
Great for families, but mind the stairs. It’s much better suited to families than the lake’s intimate villas, but the property is built into the hillside and there are a lot of stairs.
04
Service is relaxed. I had lunch at the restaurant closest to the lobby. Service was solid, neither overly formal nor overly attentive, which suits the hotel’s easygoing mood.
05
Arrive by boat. A car to Como, then a boat. The lake road from the town of Como takes 45 minutes to an hour and it’s narrow and winding. I arrange a private car from Milan to the water in Como, then about 30 minutes by private boat to the hotel’s dock. It’s the best way to arrive, especially on a honeymoon.
06
Comparing Lake Como hotels? Here are my side-by-sides: Grand Hotel Tremezzo or the EDITION (next door), Grand Hotel Tremezzo or Villa d’Este and Grand Hotel Tremezzo or Passalacqua.
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