Hotel Grand Tremezzo - Lake Como

The GPS worked wonderfully and less than an hour later we were in Como. Then we slowly wound our way up the coastline towards Tremezza, on some of the narrowest roads I've ever driven. I'm amazed that I didn't lose a side mirror or scrape the door against a building. The most embarrassing part was being honked at by a woman driving a Smart Car who felt I was being waay too cautious. Easy to criticize when your "car" is only three feet wide and four feet long. We arrived at Tremezzo and the historic Grand Hotel Tremezzo just after 12:30P.

Grand Hotel Tremezzo
Tremezzo
Lago di Como
Lakeview Deluxe Room 406

Lovely old world hotel, needs a little TLC, but a wonderful staff makes you not really care. Except for the front desk staff and/or management and those pesky Virtuoso "upgrades on availability". Yet another hotel and more lies about no upgrades available. We had booked a Lakeview Deluxe Room, one of eight corner rooms but as of that morning, there were plenty of rooms available in every category above ours. I'm so fed up with being lied to about "no upgrades available" that I now try a mock reservation just before checking in. That way, when I get the "no suites available", I can call them on it. Amazingly, the front desk clerk said that even though it showed availability online, online was wrong ("thank you for telling us") that suites were not really available. Got to give her credit for trying. When I persisted, suddenly a penthouse suite mysteriously opened up. In the end, after looking at both, we opted to decline the suite as the view and "feel" was not as nice as the Lakeview Deluxe Room.