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This massive hotel on the north end of the Brera district has rooms decorated in a sumptuous antique style, masking its range of high-tech amenities. There’s a full-fledged business centre and 21 meeting rooms.

This modern hotel sits on a quiet side-street between the hopping Brera neighbourhood and the Castello. The parquet floors with their Oriental rugs support orthopaedic beds and slightly worn, functional furnishings. The baths, however, are ultra-modern; some with hydromassage showers.

Modern hotel in a quiet corner of town. Its porticoed restaurant and best rooms overlook the lake.

The Iseolago mixes the best of a resort hotel with the class of a fine inn, so you get parquet floors and silk drapes but also a modern fitness centre, two pools, tennis courts, and watersports at the beach. The one drawback is that it is in the suburbs, so you need a car.

Of the many bare-bones pensioni in this neighbourhood near the public gardens and Corso Buenos Aires, the Kennedy singles itself out for cleanliness, friendliness and the fact that its fifth-floor location allows a few rooms to peek over the rooftops at the distant spires of the Duomo. For once, an espresso and croissant in the hotel bar is as cheap as at a local café. Two of the rooms have full bathrooms.

Almost luxury-level living at relatively moderate prices: lake views from balconies, oversize marble bathrooms, pool.

This ancient, rambling post house at the city’s medieval walls has been a classy and atmospheric hotel since 1992. Excellent restaurant and popular bar, too.

Venetian-style rooms, most overlooking the lake, and a small pool in gardens that are shaded by lemon trees.