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This large camping site offers plenty of greenery right on the lake (book ahead for the precious few lakeside sites). Facilities include a restaurant, market, cycle hire, laundry, as well as two pools and tennis and basketball courts.

This oasis of tranquillity sits on the promontory of a natural reserve along a private sandy beach. It’s one of the best-equipped in the region, with a market, pizzeria, restaurant, video games, pool, mountain bike excursions, Latin dancing, windsurfing lessons and even a disco.

This small, two-star campground sits right on the beach, with a bar and laundry room, beach volleyball, and plenty of shops and watersports nearby.

The name may no longer mean cutting edge, but this towering modern hotel does boast the latest in business technologies. Rooms include dual phone/modem lines, internet access via your TV, and in the suites (both executive and conference), a private PC, fax, and large screen TV.

This 1962 hotel on the north side of the shopping district sports non-smoking rooms (unusual in Italy), 19th-century– style silk brocades and inlaid furnishings. There is also a business centre.

A tiny hotel perfectly sited between the Brera, Castello and Duomo. It does most of its business with workmen, but tourists are welcome as long as they don’t mind rooms with box showers, sink and bidet (but no toilet), and paying cash in advance. Ask to see several rooms as some are much nicer than others.

A modern lakeside retreat with a pool and tennis courts.

A Liberty-style hotel focused on a lush courtyard garden. The rooms have a modern elegance with such top-end amenities as Bose stereos.

A large hotel with modern, comfortable bedrooms, four conference rooms, and secretarial services. Tourists will appreciate that weekend rates are a mere 40 per cent of the midweek prices.

The friendliest family-run hotel in town happens to sit right on the lakeside piazza, with lovely views from charming rooms fitted with antiques.