The hotel is centrally situated in Garda. We made the mistake of choosing half board and although the food is OK and plentiful there are so many places to eat in the town that I think bed and breakfast would be much better. Breakfast is OK but the coffee machine must be the slowest ever and there is often a queue. You choose your evening meal at breakfast. There is a salad buffet to start, first course is a choice of different pasta or soup, main course a choice of one meat dish, one fish or one veggie. Pudding is usually panacotta, fresh fruit salad, cheesecake, etc. Service is good and Karl is a star. Wednesday is a Grand Buffet though the choice wasn’t good. I had a paella which was cold, tough rice with a couple of tiny prawns and no flavour. Spaghetti had no sauce. Very disappointing. The rooms are very small but kept clean. The balcony is therefore small and we had chainsmokers next door which made it very uncomfortable for sitting outside. We were often forced inside because of the smoke. I would recommend bringing your own hairdryer. At the highest setting it cuts out after a couple of minutes and takes five minutes to come back on. The coolest setting is very slow. The pool area is lovely. There are always plenty of beds and pool is refreshing and not too cold. Bar prices are about the same as anywhere, ie €6 for an Aperol spritz, Limoncello spritz, beer, etc. Water can be purchased at a supermarket opposite the bus station for 80c. In town you can walk to Bardalino quite easily, ferries go to Sermione though I would recommend getting the first ferry at 9 am as it gets packed with tourists. For the northern resorts, eg Limone, it’s easier to get a bus to Malcesine which takes 40 minutes. We went on a Tui trip to Venice. It was a long, hot, tiring day but worth it. Just back in time for dinner. We only stayed a week and could have done with longer so it’s an excuse to revisit, maybe to one of the northern resorts, eg Riva, to see the places we didn’t have time for.