Hotel Villa Malpensa - Somma Lombardo, Varese - ahotelinitaly.com

Hotel Villa Malpensa, near Varese

This hotel is located in the medieval village of Vizzola Ticino, 800 metres from Milan Malpensa Airport and 42 kilometres from Milan. The hotel provides a complimentary airport shuttle service. Visiting Milan is easy since you can take the shuttle to the airport then catch a train straight to the centre of the city. Once you're there, a visit to the Duomo, with its strikingly ornate architecture, comes highly recommended. For dedicated followers of fashion, next on the list will be a trip to Via Monte Napoleone where Armani, Versace and Gucci (among others) all have outlets. After exploring Milan, visit Lake Como, 30 kilometres from the hotel, where the scenery is outstanding.

Hotel Villa Malpensa is located in a painstakingly restored neo-classical villa, near Varese, built in 1931 and once home to the aristocratic Caproni family. The four-storey hotel is set in formal Italianate gardens surrounded by mature parkland and it has an outdoor swimming pool with a sun terrace. Multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk can provide currency exchange, the use of a safe-deposit box and express check-out. A dry cleaning service and laundry facilities are available and there is complimentary car parking. The restaurant serves regional specialities in a traditional setting and there is a well-stocked lounge bar. The 65 rooms have muted decor and contemporary Italian furnishings; all come with satellite television, air conditioning and direct-dial phones. Other standard amenities include minibars, complimentary toiletries and clock radios.

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Double room from €130