The balconies look like little flower boxes...they are so small. But the views are amazing. I'm starting to do research on the lakes area, so thanks for the info.

Love your little cup of coffee...adorable.

Glad it worked out for you with the Belvedere and the DIRECT contact; they have always been very responsive whenever I have dealt with them.

All this work may be stressful now but once you get to the lake you'll have found a place that definitely promotes a non-stress/non-worry vacation. Enjoy it!

Well. it was a few years ago, but when we went to Bellagio and stayed at the Hotel Florence, it was only OK and a little noisy. (They had no lake-view rooms available; ours overlooked a "garden." We made a note to stay at the Belvedere if we ever returned. It has a magnificent view and is on the hill just above the town. (I had rejected it originally as being being too far from town. Ha! It's a little town.)

We are staying at the Belvedere at the end of June, as a two-night stop-over between Cinque Terre and Venice. We are currently planning to keep our car, but I get the impression that driving/parking in Bellagio is a pain. I'm wondering if it is more or less of a pain than returning the car and taking the train.