We chose this hotel based on positive feedback from friends and we were not disappointed! Hotel is located along the lake a few meters from the city center and lake. Beautiful, bright, colorful, fragrant anything you want. Minibar at low cost, a line Wi-Fi, well kept and the rooms are well furnished, spacious and comfortable and very clean. The prices... More

This is our review of the „Hotel Excelsior“ in Locarno where we had probably the worst hotel-experience ever in our career. So the first and most important recommendation for others is: book wherever you choose to in Locarno just make a big circle around this place!!! On August 28th we decided to escape the bad weather in Vorarlberg/Austria to train... More

I have just returned from a 3 night stay at this hotel. The location is great, about 10 mins walk to the Piazza grande and the same to the Port area. The staff are very friendly and go out of their way to be helpful. Breakfast staff also great and food choice is varied and plentiful. The room is traditional... More

wouldn't recommend this hotel. unfriendly staff, no atmosphere, spacious room but basic and no character, small balconies with no view - despite being only a 100m from Lake Maggiore. More

Stayed one night in May 2007. We showed up without reservations. Staff was nice & friendly. They mostly spoke Italian and German. One fellow had enough confidence to speak English. Nice German style breakfast included. See photos. We were here in early-May, kind of an offseason. A lot of hotels seemed closed. Hotel Excelsior seemed comparably more budget than surrounding... More

We've just returned from three days in Locarno, where we stayed at the Excelsior Hotel. The room was extremely clean, and very quiet. The Hotel is in a quiet side street, but a few steps from the lake. Oposite is a park and a tennis club and a mini golf. The owners are very nice and helpful, and the room... More