Ancora Hotel

We have just returned from the Ancora Hotel in Garda. The resort is very clean and has a good selection of shops ,restaurants and bars. The scenery is beautiful and varies from rolling hills round the south of the lake to very dramatic mountain backdrops at the northern end of the lake. The ferry service is very regular and reliable and enables you to get to all the resorts around the lake. The local people are friendly and helpful. The lake resorts are a good base for exploring the Dolomites and cities like Verona and Venice both of which are worth seeing.
The hotel was very clean and comfortable and situated right on the lake front so was in an ideal position. There were a few disappointments in that the brochure stated there was a safe and a hairdryer in the room and that any food bought from the hotels restaurant was with a 10% discount. None of these things were present.
We went half board so had breakfast and dinner at the hotel. The breakfast was fine with the usual offerings of croissants, bread rolls, ham, cheese, cereals and cakes etc. The dinner was another matter all together. The choices offered were very limited to start with and were virtually the same every day with perhaps only one dish being changed. The amount of food wasn’t exactly generous but the quality left a lot to be desired. My husband ordered fried chicken one night and was presented with six chicken nuggets (bad quality ones as well ). Another night we ordered grilled beef steak and got a very thin small piece of pork steak. The chicken breast in various sauces was again very thin and of a rubbery texture.The vegetables tended to be overcooked and the salads were dry and tasteless. Most of the pasta dishes were ok except for the carbonara.
Most of the staff didn’t seem very friendly but a couple of the waitresses who served on the lakeside terrace were very nice.
All in all we would definitely go back to the hotel but only on a bed and breakfast basis.