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Holiday
in a Paradise ... a spell which has been repeating for
more than hundred years. It was the Belle Epoque and
Grand Hotel Victoria was living its maximum splendour.
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The great English,
German, Russian families came down from Engadina
followed by huge trunks, luggages, and hat-boxes in big
coaches which stopped in the service area in front of
the hotel. |
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The
domestic staff was lodged in a special wing, while the
rest of the building received guests with its luxurious
wide stair-cases, its liberty-styled chandeliers, its
rooms decorated with stucco works and golden
decorations. It was the beginning of a long holiday
season, which lasted even three or four months for some
rich families and during which the holiday idleness
alternated with sport and excursions.
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Today wind-surfing
and water skiing have taken the place of old rowing
boat-races, but at the Grand Hotel Victoria the
atmosphere of a hundred years ago is still present,
thanks to a shrewd renewal work, which has faithfully
preserved the style. The building offers 53 rooms (whereas
a part of the hotel is used as a residence) were you can
stay having pleasure in the hospitality of the staff. |
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Businessmen
and attendees choose the Grand Hotel Victoria even
during the Winter season to arrange meetings in a calm
and refined environment coupled with the mild lake
climate.
The Hotel offers all the most modern structures to
arrange meetings and seminars and all the relative
services, from the secretary one to te simultaneous
translations, to the service of guests' transport by a
private bus.
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The offer of
amusements and sport activities is striking: first of
all the wonderful Menaggio and Cadenabbia Golf Club, 18
holes, one of the oldest in Europe, then water skiing,
boat hire, an elegant motor-boat always at guest's
disposal, a large swimming pool and, in the summer
nights, a band playing in the garden restaurant to
increase the magic of a superb dinner and to exalt more
and more the beauty of the places. |
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but are payable in USD 
or CAD 
