Hotel Britannia Excelsior

In the delightful scenery of Lake Como, surrounded by beautiful 17th century villas, is the Hotel Britannia Excelsior, established in 1830, which, thanks to its position directly by the lake and only 50m away from the boats landing stage, enjoys spectacular views over the promontory of Bellagio.

The Hotel, built in Liberty style, will give you the chance to immerse yourselves in that same old world atmosphere, unique and inimitable, and, with its garden with swimming pool, the various lounges, the bar and the excellent restaurant, will make your holiday a really memorable one.
The Hotel is also provided with private car park, garage and berth.

In the past, boatmen used to leave Como early in the morning and used to stop at an Inn in the evening, before starting their journey in the early hours of the following day with goods or passengers bound for Colico or the banks of Chiavenna.

In 1801 Giuseppe Gianella had the brilliant idea of transforming the old and modest Inn at the port of Cadenabbia (“Boatmen’s House”) into a luxurious hotel for tourists and travellers, the very first hotel in the entire area.
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In no time Cadenabbia became one of the most popular tourist resorts for travellers from all over the world.
The increasing number of people who wished to spend their holidays in Cadenabbia, because of its beautiful location and its mild climate, made it indispensable to build new hotels to welcome different classes of guests.

Because of the requisitions occurred during the two last century’s world wars, it is difficult to exactly establish the presence of very important guests in the Hotel Britannia Excelsior, but its for sure that during the 1970s-80s members of the Italian Parliament as well as Italian Premiers, such as Giulio Andreotti and Emilio Colombo, who came to Cadenabbia to attend international political meetings together with other European Premiers and Presidents, repeatedly stayed in this hotel.

Number of rooms: 197

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