I'm looking for a hotel on Lake Maggiore for a few days in June. Any suggestions?

Mike

Isola dei Pescatori: the Hotel Verbano (0323 32 534, fax 33 129, ring 0336 240 630 for private boat service if you miss the last ferry) is far and away the nicest place to stay on the central part of the lake. All the rooms (each named after a flower) are prettily decorated in pastel colours, and the painted cast-iron bedheads are delightful. The restaurant inevitably plays host to boatloads of visitors and delegates from the island, but it is a cut above the rest, with good home-made pasta; in summer, one can eat al fresco on the terrace above a small shingle beach, with unparalleled views.

Copied this off the Travel Intelligencer site. I stayed here and loved it!!! Just don't get the corner room right under the church bell tower (which my friends did but I was on the other side and slept like a log).

I love Hotel Verbano, too. Moderate and with charm, on the small island and not the mainland. You access the island by ferry from Stresa...not far.

Agree with Hotel Verbano. We stayed there last May. One piece of advice is that their dining room is the only one open after the last ferry of the day (schedule change monthly). You can however catch a ferry into Stressa in the afternoon and the hotel will send a boat for you for your return. Great restaurant in Stressa - Trianglo - best risotto I have ever tasted. Hotel dining room is also great.

Here is Dan's review of Hotel Verbano from SlowTrav Website. It has the link for the hotel website.