The bed and breakfast is located in the center of Mandello del Lario in a typical 18th-century Lombard house. The structure consists of two housing units that share a large courtyard. We offer three spacious rooms with independent entrances, all with private bathrooms, as well as apartments. Guests can enjoy the courtyard equipped with tables and the cellar, a characteristic environment with a vaulted ceiling and exposed stone walls, furnished with antique furniture.
The structure consists of two housing units sharing a large courtyard. We offer our guests 3 spacious rooms with independent access and their own bathrooms. They can also enjoy the courtyard, equipped with tables, and the cellar: a very characteristic room with a vaulted ceiling and exposed stone walls, furnished with antique furniture and a large table.
Just a few tens of meters away, our guests can find all services such as car parks, pharmacies, banks, grocery stores, mini-markets, bars, pizzerias, restaurants, and self-service laundromats.
Mandello del Lario, located on the eastern shores of Lake Como, is a tourist destination with a fantastic climate, ideal for pleasant walks and excursions of any duration and difficulty. The town is surrounded by the majestic walls and towers of Monte Grigna.
On the ground floor of the house, you can find what remains of the ancient mechanical workshop of the B&B owner's great-uncle, Giorgio Ripamonti, nicknamed Ferée (blacksmith in Lombard dialect). This workshop was frequented in the 1900s by the young mechanical and motor enthusiast, Carlo Guzzi, who in 1919, after the First World War, designed a motorcycle prototype and realized his dream with the help of his uncle Giorgio. In March 1921, together with his friend and partner Giorgio Parodi, Carlo Guzzi founded the famous Moto Guzzi Company.
Outside the house, a commemorative plaque of this story has been placed by the "Archivio Comunale Memoria Locale" Association. Therefore, we decided to preserve and renovate this part of the workshop, creating a small museum.
Room with double bed
2 comunicated rooms
We opened the B&B in the spring of 2012, following the success we had in the previous September when we organized a museum exhibition in the workshop and courtyard, which are part of the family building.
In fact, my father has an uncle named Giorgio Ripamonti, whose workshop is still standing and is part of the residential complex. It was precisely in that workshop that Carlo Guzzi created his prototype called Guzzi-Parodi.
To continue this initiative, we decided to open and manage this business with the fundamental help of two friends. We have renovated the spaces, especially the cellar, of which we are very proud.
On the advice of a friend, we chose this portal that we will never stop thanking! What else can we say? We love the place where we live and hope that it will also please those who come to visit us.
Nothing else comes to mind, except for a quote from a verse of a local poet, Elio Cantoni from Olcio di Mandello, which goes like this: "Regordi e nustalgia misciaa in dela mia ment, una dulza puesia lingera cume el vent" (memories and nostalgia mixed in my mind, a sweet and light poetry like the wind).
Via Cavour, 8/12 - Mandello del Lario (LC) - Directions
Identification code 09746-beb-00008 -cni-00061
