Italian Lakes in August - Book ahead?

Hello All,

I know August is the busiest season for the lake region in Italy.
However, from looking at the different websites I can only find hotels
and B&Bs, but I'm guessing there are plenty of smaller and simpler
B&Bs without a website out there.

Do I have a chance of finding a room without booking in advance? If
yes, should I simply roam the streets of the little towns around the
lakes? If no, any hotel recommendations are extremely welcome!

Thanks, Mickey

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Hello All,

I know August is the busiest season for the lake region in Italy.
However, from looking at the different websites I can only find hotels
and B&Bs, but I'm guessing there are plenty of smaller and simpler
B&Bs without a website out there.

Do I have a chance of finding a room without booking in advance? If
yes, should I simply roam the streets of the little towns around the
lakes? If no, any hotel recommendations are extremely welcome!

Thanks, Mickey


Lakes where ???? there are plenty of lakes in the North of Italy and in the
centre ( near Rome )

On Jun 20, 8:10 am, "tile" wrote:
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Hello All,

I know August is the busiest season for the lake region in Italy.
However, from looking at the different websites I can only find hotels
and B&Bs, but I'm guessing there are plenty of smaller and simpler
B&Bs without a website out there.

Do I have a chance of finding a room without booking in advance? If
yes, should I simply roam the streets of the little towns around the
lakes? If no, any hotel recommendations are extremely welcome!

Thanks, Mickey

Lakes where ???? there are plenty of lakes in the North of Italy and in the
centre ( near Rome )

Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding. I meant Lake Como, Maggiore and
Garda.

Thanks.

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Hello All,

I know August is the busiest season for the lake region in Italy.
However, from looking at the different websites I can only find hotels
and B&Bs, but I'm guessing there are plenty of smaller and simpler
B&Bs without a website out there.

Do I have a chance of finding a room without booking in advance? If
yes, should I simply roam the streets of the little towns around the
lakes? If no, any hotel recommendations are extremely welcome!

Thanks, Mickey

Lakes where ???? there are plenty of lakes in the North of Italy and in
the
centre ( near Rome )

Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding. I meant Lake Como, Maggiore and
Garda.

Thanks.



Don't see why there should be any misunderstanding.

Those combine to be an area that is commonly called the "Italian Lakes" as
you correctly said in your subject line.

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Lakes where ???? there are plenty of lakes in the North of Italy and in
the
centre ( near Rome )

Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding. I meant Lake Como, Maggiore and
Garda.

Thanks.



Don't see why there should be any misunderstanding.

Those combine to be an area that is commonly called the "Italian Lakes" as
you correctly said in your subject line.

Agreed. Only some Italian bozos may consider the expression of "the Italian
lake region" somehow geographically ambiguous.

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Hello All,

I know August is the busiest season for the lake region in Italy.
However, from looking at the different websites I can only find hotels
and B&Bs, but I'm guessing there are plenty of smaller and simpler
B&Bs without a website out there.

Do I have a chance of finding a room without booking in advance? If
yes, should I simply roam the streets of the little towns around the
lakes? If no, any hotel recommendations are extremely welcome!

Most (larger) towns have a Tourist Information office. They will help you
find a room.

Marianne

On Jun 20, 4:42 pm, "Mimi" wrote:
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oups.com... Hello All,

I know August is the busiest season for the lake region in Italy.
However, from looking at the different websites I can only find hotels
and B&Bs, but I'm guessing there are plenty of smaller and simpler
B&Bs without a website out there.

Do I have a chance of finding a room without booking in advance? If
yes, should I simply roam the streets of the little towns around the
lakes? If no, any hotel recommendations are extremely welcome!

Most (larger) towns have a Tourist Information office. They will help you
find a room.

Marianne

So to sum up.. Must order now? or can look for a room on the spot?

I should point out that this August, at the height of the vacation
season.

Thanks.

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On Jun 20, 4:42 pm, "Mimi" wrote:
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oups.com... Hello All,

I know August is the busiest season for the lake region in Italy.
However, from looking at the different websites I can only find hotels
and B&Bs, but I'm guessing there are plenty of smaller and simpler
B&Bs without a website out there.

Do I have a chance of finding a room without booking in advance? If
yes, should I simply roam the streets of the little towns around the
lakes? If no, any hotel recommendations are extremely welcome!

Most (larger) towns have a Tourist Information office. They will help you
find a room.

Marianne

So to sum up.. Must order now? or can look for a room on the spot?

I should point out that this August, at the height of the vacation
season.



I can't answer the question of whether you'll be able to find anything
without booking ahead, but personally, I almost always book ahead.
That's for a simple reason: I don't want to waste any of my precious
vacation time looking for places to stay.

Roaming the streets looking for a hotel is bad enough, but if you have
to do it while carrying luggage around, it's worse.

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Ken Blake
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Mimi wrote:
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Most (larger) towns have a Tourist Information office. They will help you
find a room.

Marianne



There is a great site he

http://www.enit.it/

That lists (or did list) all of the tourism offices in Italy.
Unfortunately, it has been down for about a week. I understand that
thousands of sites in Italy and several other countries got hacked
recently. It might be related.

As an alternate you can go he

http://en.comuni-italiani.it/

but you will need to weed through the individual region or province
websites for the addresses.

Bruce

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On Jun 20, 4:42 pm, "Mimi" wrote:
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oups.com... Hello All,

I know August is the busiest season for the lake region in Italy.
However, from looking at the different websites I can only find hotels
and B&Bs, but I'm guessing there are plenty of smaller and simpler
B&Bs without a website out there.

Do I have a chance of finding a room without booking in advance? If
yes, should I simply roam the streets of the little towns around the
lakes? If no, any hotel recommendations are extremely welcome!

Most (larger) towns have a Tourist Information office. They will help you
find a room.

Marianne

So to sum up.. Must order now? or can look for a room on the spot?

I should point out that this August, at the height of the vacation
season.



I can't answer the question of whether you'll be able to find anything
without booking ahead, but personally, I almost always book ahead.
That's for a simple reason: I don't want to waste any of my precious
vacation time looking for places to stay.

Roaming the streets looking for a hotel is bad enough, but if you have
to do it while carrying luggage around, it's worse.

A resounding 2nd to that!

jay
Thu Jun 21, 2007



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