The Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees is the place where Ernest Hemingway used to stay during his many visits to Stresa. More precisely, he always occupied the suite 106. When he signed in the hotel’s Golden Book he described himself as "an old client". In fact, long before he came here as a rich and famous novelist, he had been in Stresa in September 1918, when he was a 19-years-old Second Lieutenant of the Red Cross recovering from his wounds. He spent here a 10-days’ leave and, in a letter to his parents, he wrote: “This is a wonderful place. The hotel is about as big as the Chicago Beach on the South Side”. Unfortunately I have never been staying in this hotel, so I cannot provide a tip about it and I can mention it only as a landmark of Stresa.
Stresa - hotel resorts
by croisbeauty
The lakefront of Stresa is lined with grand hotels of extraordinary standards, in front of which stands a magnificent parks. The best known is Hotel des Iles Borromees, whose guests have included kings, princes politicians and writers. Ernest Hemingway wrote about in his masterpiece "Farewell to Arms".
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Grand Hotel Des Iles Borromees Lake Maggiore
by Giallorenzo
Are gentlemen required to wear sport jackets for dinner?
Re: Grand Hotel Des Iles Borromees Lake Maggiore
by Manara
I don't think so. However the best thing to do is to email the hotel and ask about the dress code for their restaurants. The address is borromees@borromees.it
Re: Grand Hotel Des Iles Borromees Lake Maggiore
by cgf
where's the problem? it's a GH and they have A/C :)
Q:milan travel "The best way to travel from The hotel Galileo Milan to Stresa"
A: "Train.
See www.trenitalia.it. Be aware that schedules several months in the future might not be online yet, so to get an idea of the schedule look up times for sometime..."
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