SANTANGELA Hostel & Rooms

Top location for ferry trips. Friendly staff who serve you quickly. An excellent and tasty food like finger-licking dishes. And you get all this for a moderate price. ❤️

The Peace Lodge works in conjunction to the lakeside hostel. This lodging had been a nunnery; thus, the accommodations are basic. Five stars for location due to the views from the upper floors and the exercise you get walking the trail up to the lodge. Apple Maps shows the shortcut between the Hostel and the Lodge. The ferry station is near the Hostel.
There are many excellent hikes nearby. I found that GPS was not accurate it pinpointing your location on the steep hillside.
Tiago and Anna Mae make sure coffee is ready at 7 am and a cold continental breakfast at 8 am. Nothing fancy. Thus, the five stars for service.
The rooms are comfortable. I slept well.

Stayed for 4 nights in early May and had the BEST experience. This was our first time staying in a hostel and we both feel that we lucked out immensely discovering this gem! A view worth 5x what we paid for it, great location relative to the ferry and tourist areas, and the friendliest service. Highly recommend to anyone looking to do Lake Como on a budget!

Spouse, I and 2 service dogs stayed here as our first hostel experience. Started out rocky bc we ended up in a room that was perhaps the smallest. On the good side, it had a lake view and dual aspect windows. However it was simply too small for us so we told Dalila that we'd have to shorten our stay to 2 nights and eat the loss if we couldn't move to a larger room. I believe the lodge was fairly well subscribed when we were there. Next morning, Dalila made some magic and moved us into a room which was larger than we needed… lost the lake view but it actually became quite a comfortable stay for us. When staying on Lk Como, you don't really spend alot of time in your room so we weren't looking for frills. But the room was clean, if outdated sheets, furnishings etc… but it IS a hostel not a hotel. Being clean was our priority so we stayed for our originally booked stay. We appreciated the flexibility and welcoming attitude of Dalila and others at the hostel. As FYI, the sister property down the hill Lk Como Hostel has a restaurant with good prices and good quality food. The only other thing to note is that the property is old and probably on an ancient sewage system. The ensuite bathroom smelled, but we figured out that after each use of the shower, you block the drain and the smell is pretty much gone. Pretty much, tutto bene.