Hotel la Perla - Bike Hotel

Just returned from a week in Garda at Hotel La Perla, and it was faultless! The bus station is literally around the corner, the lakeside is a 5-10 minute walk away with the ferry stop a 10-15 minute walk. The food was great, plenty of choice for the buffet breakfast, and you order what you want for dinner at breakfast. There was plenty of choice for dinner despite what other reviews say! Always a meat, fish and vegetarian option, and the salad bar was plentiful (with pizza too!). We were going to miss breakfast one day due to an excursion and the staff made sure we had a packed breakfast to take out with us which was great. You just need to order with reception the day before your trip is schedules and the night porter will have it ready for the time you request! All of the staff, from the lifeguard, to the serving staff, the cleaners and the reception staff were incredibly polite and couldn't do enough for you. Garda itself is lovely and a great base for exploring the lake! Would definitely recommend and would love to come back!

This was a lovely hotel with fantastic staff. the location of the hotel was superb. It was literally 2 minutes to the local bus station and 5 minutes to the lakeside. The rooms were fine and staff were always cleaning the hotel. The food was plentiful - we stayed on the half board option. This hotel was popular with cyclists.

Lovely hotel. Excellent location for visiting the entire lake by bus or boat. Bus station 5 mins away, boat 15 mins . Rooms clean, beds comfortable. Bathroom clean. Communal areas clean bright fresh. Staff helpful, friendly, pleasant. Food, varied choice, vegetarian options, food very tasty. Coffee at breakfast served at the table (no wait for coffee machine as mentioned in previous reviews). Would recommend this hotel and would stop again here.

The hotel is centrally situated in Garda. We made the mistake of choosing half board and although the food is OK and plentiful there are so many places to eat in the town that I think bed and breakfast would be much better. Breakfast is OK but the coffee machine must be the slowest ever and there is often a queue. You choose your evening meal at breakfast. There is a salad buffet to start, first course is a choice of different pasta or soup, main course a choice of one meat dish, one fish or one veggie. Pudding is usually panacotta, fresh fruit salad, cheesecake, etc. Service is good and Karl is a star. Wednesday is a Grand Buffet though the choice wasn’t good. I had a paella which was cold, tough rice with a couple of tiny prawns and no flavour. Spaghetti had no sauce. Very disappointing. The rooms are very small but kept clean. The balcony is therefore small and we had chainsmokers next door which made it very uncomfortable for sitting outside. We were often forced inside because of the smoke. I would recommend bringing your own hairdryer. At the highest setting it cuts out after a couple of minutes and takes five minutes to come back on. The coolest setting is very slow. The pool area is lovely. There are always plenty of beds and pool is refreshing and not too cold. Bar prices are about the same as anywhere, ie €6 for an Aperol spritz, Limoncello spritz, beer, etc. Water can be purchased at a supermarket opposite the bus station for 80c. In town you can walk to Bardalino quite easily, ferries go to Sermione though I would recommend getting the first ferry at 9 am as it gets packed with tourists. For the northern resorts, eg Limone, it’s easier to get a bus to Malcesine which takes 40 minutes. We went on a Tui trip to Venice. It was a long, hot, tiring day but worth it. Just back in time for dinner. We only stayed a week and could have done with longer so it’s an excuse to revisit, maybe to one of the northern resorts, eg Riva, to see the places we didn’t have time for.

Stayed for a week at the end of week. Weather was mainly very good but did have rain/thunder in a couple of evenings (to be expected at this time of year!). The hotel has recently been renovated. Rooms are relatively small but who needs a big room it's not what you go on holiday to do is it - sit in your room! Service at the pool bar was very slow; I cancelled by salad after a 60 minute wait. Never a sunbed issue around the pool but there are additional in the garden. Bit off having to walk through the underpass and up the stairs (or lift) to get to the pool and can see this Amy be an issue for those who have issues walking. I loved the food - breakfast had a decent range and the choices for evening meal where limited but I love fish so was easy pleased every night! Better than chips and pizza every night. Two buffets in the week and two evenings with live entertainment. All in all I think this is a great hotel, in an excellent location.

Great base for a holiday on Lake Garda. Close to the lake, close to the town. Amazing pool area and despite how busy it was the pool was never crowded. Breakfast was great, so much choice. The ‘coffee machine queue’ is definitely a reality but I stuck with juice so it never really bothered me but my husband did and a third even fourth machine could be helpful. We were half board and the evening meal was sometimes not to our taste (we didn’t always like the meat course). Overall it was good. The hotel and facilities were very clean: the room was lovely, we opted for a room overlooking the pool on the fourth floor. Couldn’t fault it, it had everything we needed and the beds were comfortable. What makes this hotel a ‘5’ is the staff. The staff were lovely, they worked so hard and couldn’t do enough for us. It was the national Ferragosto holiday during our stay and they involved everyone with complimentary drinks, fruit and all day celebrations around to pool. All the staff were included despite them working on such a special day. All round great place to relax and unwind. Would definitely return and definitely recommend. We went as a couple but it’s an ideal place for families.

We don't usually write a review but we felt we had to share our wonderful experience at La Perla in gorgeous Garda. All the staff are amazing. The hotel offered a local hike with Linda and bike ride with Roberto. Both experiences were brilliant. The quality of the food is excellent as was the whole dining experience. We had a pool view room on floor 4 which was worth the extra and incredible. The rooms are fresh, clean and well equipped. The pool area is wonderful, although the water cold!! The location is perfect. The lake is minutes away and access to walks in both directions. The bus station and ferry point are minutes away too. The TUI excursion to Venice was amazing and worth doing.

Booked on travel agent recommendation. Sadly not lived up to our expectations. Location good for accessing local bus and ferry services. Rooms small but adequate with comfortable bed. Cleaned daily. Good water pressure but tiny shower. No privacy on balcony and smokers a issue next door to us. No information in room, not even number to ring reception. Three faulty lights on arrival and a leak in ceiling which caused carpet to be soaked and noise of running water down walls. Despite reporting this immediately we were informed by reception nothing could be done until the next day . Forced to spend the night with diabolical situation. Total lack of guest satisfaction. Restaurant was like a school dining room, food resembling school meals at best.Main courses were for us the worst and on occasions inedible served barley warm. Breakfast was ok but long queues at hot drinks machine. Nothing replenished so if you eat later less choice. Fish and meat left out on non refrigerated surfaces. Forced to buy water at 3.50 euros for a small bottle as not allowed to use your own flask. Hotel really rips guests off with this high charge. (Supermarket sell 6x large bottles for2.60 euros ) Lack of guest toilets in hotel. Entertainment diabolical ! Swimming pool was lovely but again not allowed to eat or drink your own beverages. Lifts a joke as one out of the two broken during our stay. Many elderly guests with poor mobility so not great. Staff not very friendly but work hard. We would not return or recommend due to very poor evening meals. Garda and surrounding towns were lovely.

Excellent location, close to lake and bus station for travel. Mainly flat so great if you have mobility issues. Room adequate size with a small fridge, hair dryer, toiletries etc. use of pool towels and a bag to take them in. Pool cold but lovely and big with plenty of sun beds. There is a pool,snack bar, didn’t eat from it but had a soft drink which I think was €2.50. When you arrive they will tell you that the room you have been allocated overlooks a car park and for €70 for the week you can upgrade to a pool view. We did do that and it put us on 3rd floor instead of 1st. Food was pretty good overall. Buffet breakfast and at breakfast you choose your evening meal. At least three choices for each course. Also a salad bar you can help yourself to prior to your three courses. A few issues. Only two slow coffee machines that are bean to cup. For so many people you can queue for 15 mins plus for tea or coffee as it is also the only way to get hot water. Air conditioning didn’t work very effectively, did speak to reception who sent an engineer but didn’t get any better. Overall the negatives didn’t out way the positives and I would definitely recommend the hotel overall and would stay here again