Every Stay Feels Like Home

Elizabeth

10

Beautiful, clean villa with fantastic view.

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Luke Koczela

10

We had an amazing time staying at Villa Lumbini. The team provided detail directions to reach the property, and the views are as amazing as the pictures show. You definitely need a car here though, not much to walk to. The host provided a baby cot for our 6th month old and the house ended up the perfect place for our family trip. Would certainly stay here again!

Rena Zellars

10

Amazing views

Gaynor Paterson

10

Amazing house for 2 family’s. Views are breathtaking and very peaceful. 45 minute walk down the hill to Menaggio it’s a 10 minute drive. Great location.

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Nathalie Cecere

10

Wish we could have stayed longer, but we are planning a return trip next year!!

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Elizabeth

9

Beautiful clean villa, loved pool area and outside seating. Lovely bathrooms. Fantastic view.

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Mickey Austin

9

June 2018 My family of 3 couples and 2 young children recently stayed at Villa Lumbini. We think it is a hidden treasure. This was our first trip to the Lake Como area and we were glad we chose the Menaggio area. Elisa and the Happy Holiday Homes team were great to work with. They were very responsive to any questions that we had and made sure the house was in great shape before we checked in. The views were amazing and we loved the pool and the layout of the house. We cooked out and ate by the pool several nights and enjoyed the restaurants in the area the other nights we were there. I think our best find was a nearby restaurant called Trattoria La Vecchia Magnolia. Villa Lumbini is about 10 minutes up the mountain from the city center, so pretty high up (which makes for the great views). Unlike other restaurants in town, Trattoria was only a few minutes from our house. Amazing food, service and views !! We also rented our own boat on Lake Como. That gave us a lot of flexibility to check out many of the villages and towns around the lake. We also had our own car transportation which you really need if you want to be able to get around easily. Thanks again to the team at Happy Holiday Homes for a great vacation at Lake Como. We will gladly stay at other homes they manage on future vacations. Sometimes you never know what you are going to get when renting a house or villa. We now know we can trust them to deliver as advertised. Mickey, UK

Nathalie Cecere

9

July 2017 Beautiful! Wish we could have stayed longer, but we are planning a return trip next year!! Natalie, UK

Lucy

8

The location was amazing as we had a car. Stunning views and some local restaurants in short walking distance. The pool by the villa was perfect on hot days and allowed us to relax. Beautiful outside area with plenty of seating. The smell of jasmine while sat outside was divine. Good facilities inside for cooking from the villa.

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Denise Benger

8

We stayed there with another couple. Luckily we rented a car because you can’t really walk comfortably or safely to and from town. I’ll begin with the positives. The views are spectacular. Garage was big and easy to access. The two master suites upstairs were perfect for two couples. A nice welcome basket with snacks and drinks was waiting for us. Now the negatives. We were informed that they could not heat the pool for us, but they didn’t tell us that it would be covered by a dirty pool cover the entire time. So we could never enjoy time by the pool. While the instructions for the villa and for directions to get there were quite detailed, they were out of date…ie: wifi code, washer and dryer setup. We spent much of our first 24 hours there trying to figure out how things worked, and could not get a hold of anybody to help us. We left messages for the rental company, but never heard back from them. But one afternoon a repairman showed up with replacement batteries for for the TV remotes. After sorting out all these issues, we did end up enjoying our stay there immensely. We recommend that they supply paper towels for the next renters.

Claudia DAgosta

8

The access to the house is a bit tricky. The views of lake como were beautiful

Peter Evans

8

We had an excellent time and the villa fitted our needs with superb views to the lake.

Maria

8

We are back home from our glorious vacation in Como and Spain. Our family had a fabulous time together and we all agreed that our stay in the Lake Como area was the best of all! We loved the whole place - the mountains, the lake, the many tiny towns hugging the mountainside, the beautiful weather, the interesting and thrilling driving on your narrow, twisty roads, the lovely people, and of course, the fantastic food and cafes everywhere! We spent 4 lovely days exploring the little towns of Menaggio, Tremezzo, Cernobbio (which we loved), Como and also took the ferry to Bellagio and Varenna. We saw the M&C golf course and had our dad's 80th birthday meal at La Baita, all ideas I got from the book I was reading by Harold's friend, Roland Merullo, called the Italian Summer. It was hilarious and I enjoyed my stay all the more because of it. We also drove to Milan one day just to see the Duomo and do some sight seeing and it wasn't difficult at all. The Villa Lumbini was perfect. There were 9 of us and we had room to spare. The open layout, bright and spacious with the central kitchen and the large balcony and garden were ideal for our large meals at breakfast and for lounging and relaxing at the end of the day. We were slightly worried one night when our neighbor threatened to call the carabinieri as we were probably getting a little too excited with our game of black jack in the balcony, fortified by some of your fine wines. So we moved inside and it was fine. The house is so new and spotless and we felt pampered by the space, the cavernous bathrooms, the fabulous views. We had only one glitch, our hot water supply was intermittent but George got his technicians to come in the middle of the night to help us out. Your people are lovely and helpful and very attentive to our needs. Harold, a big thank you for the EXTRA case of wines you sent to us. Congratulations on a fantastic operation you run. All in all, I would recommend the Villa Lumbini wholeheartedly to all. Enjoy!

Hugh Taylor

8

Thank you very much for a wonderful stay on Lake Como! We all enjoyed a super week in Villa Lumbini on the Menaggio hillside. The views towards Bellagio were just spectacular and the interior was all fully-equipped and super slick inside. It really felt like a 5* stay with the contemporary bedrooms and swimming pool. The HHH team were also very hospitable and helpful, which made our stay even more pleasant. Thank you from us all!

Patricia Heeley

8

Well what can we say about Villa Lumbini? Only that it was FABULOUS!! We had the best vacation here! Thanks so much!

Tom Gallagher

8

We've had a top time! Villa Lumbini was perfect for our large group and it was very luxurious.. more like a boutique hotel. The villa's views were also knock out! We had a really super week of Golf on Lake Como and the villa really was the icing on the cake for us. Thanks folks!

Lizzie Harlow

8

We have just had one of the BEST family holidays, on Lake Como! Our villa was so beautiful. The interior was so luxurious throughout and my husban loved the modernist-Milanese style. The outside was so romantic, with its fabulous views of the Bellagio peninuslar and the central lake! The villa's hillside location was within easy driving distance of the Golf club, tennis courts and Menaggio resort town centre. We had a great time renting a yacht charter, trying windsurfing and also exploring the lake's heritage attractions. All the family had a great time - thank you!

Ivan Filipov

8

Thankyou for your hospitality. Villa Lumbini is a SUPER holiday home!

Sigríður

7

Stay overall in the house very nice Nice outside area with a great view Location good, little far from the center You need a car when you stay there

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Cheryl McSherry

6

Our family of 9 stayed in Plesio, but the accommodations were sparse and lacking. First know that 3 of the 5 bedrooms are located below ground in what our family began referring to as “the dungeon” due to how cold and damp it was, WiFi was unreachable there. I missed on the listing that one of those bedrooms doesn’t have a bed, but a pull out couch which was a problem for our party’s size. The 2 bedrooms upstairs on the third level were quite warm and the AC units were unreliable at best. We had no hot water one morning, were provided with sheets but half of the beds had no blankets and those that had comforters were stained. Extra pillows were given but no linens to dress them with. And while they have a pool, there are no towels provided. If you want them for pool use, you have to pay extra. Broken anti gravity lawn chairs that when my sister went to lean back she went straight to the ground on her head. Thankfully, she wasn’t hurt. Moldy dirty showers. While communication with the rental company was efficient, often times I felt like I was asking for too much. The repair man, who was very nice, was needed 3 of our 5 days there. Overall the property has potential, but needs some TLC. Not sure if this is on the owner or the rental company, but it really doesn’t take much to provide extra linens, towels, and blankets. Creature comforts go a long way in making people feel at home. A reason we choose home rental over hotels. This one misses the mark for us.

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Nurcan Demirel

6

Das Haus war absolut wie auf den Bildern beschrieben. Leider ließ die Sauberkeit bei Ankunft absolut zu wünschen übrig - Schmierig, klebrig, staubig. So möchte man in seiner Unterkunft nicht ankommen.

Michael

6

The house has a nice location with a good view. Good bathrooms, although not all can be locked.

Ben Natala

6

The house was very clean and well set up. The main issue we had was the quality of soft furnishings - linens and towels were very low quality and not what we’d expect for a property like this. It’s unfortunate because small improvements would make this property great but unfortunately it’s a bit average and overpriced for what it is

Hw Park

6

we had to move after a night in the villa because of gas problem. no hot water, no heating , no gas so we had to go out for meal. and the floor was dusty. one of the toilet wasn’t working. the employee was kind easy to communicate but the apartment definitely need to be repaired&cleaned. the second apartment we moved was also dirty.. so much dust in the floor the electricity would go out easily.

Carli Shelley

6

What a shame to write a negative review about this place! It could be beautiful. But we had a few issues upon our arrival which were never addressed, because despite receiving numbers for a local management team, as well as after hours numbers, we were only able to reach one person after calling numerous times, and once he did answer, he said he’d take care of the problems in the morning. And he didn’t. The entire time we were there. Here were the issues: First, we had a safety concern. The garage door was broken and we had to manually open it. That is fine. However, it couldn’t lock. Nor could the door from the garage into the house. The house remained unlocked the whole time. Second, we requested, and paid for, a crib. We never received it. Third, we received bath mats on the ends of the beds. These were the only towels in the whole house. Fourth, the bottom level needs a dehumidifier. It is so damp in those rooms that the sheets felt wet, and art work my kids made on paper wilted. This place could be great, if it had a good management team and addressed these issues. The house is beautiful, the location is beautiful, the view is beautiful. Such a shame it was so impacted by a poorly run management team.

Remo Fuchs

6

Generel sind wir sehr zufrieden. DANKE dass sie den Pool für uns früher bereit gemacht haben. Die Ausstattung des Hauses war sehr gut. Leider war nicht sauber gereinigt. Es gab Spinnennetze in der Dusche, der Schlüsselcode war falsch in den Unterlagen, die Heizung und das Warmwasser haben nicht funktioniert. Das Garagentor war defekt. Auch wäre es gut, wenn wir genauer gewusst hätten was wir selber mitbringen sollen (Cafetiera, Küchentücher, Holz für den Grill, usw.) Es bleiben uns aber sehr schöne Erinnerungen.