Karen Brown Guides
The Hotel Pasquale was named after Marco Pasini's maternal grandfather, Pasquale, who was born in the Lake Como area. During World War II he was stationed in Monterosso al Mare where he fell in love and married a charming young girl, Fortunata, and never returned to northern Italy. Instead, after the war, they openend a tiny restaurant and later added guestrooms, a simple enterprise which was grown so that now the family owns two hotels. Marco Pasini and his mother Felicita manage the Hotel Pasquale and his brother, Matteo, manages the Villa Steno. Both hotels offer clean, simple, appealing rooms, great service, and loving attention to guests. There is no private parking at the Hotel Pasquale and the bedrooms are slightly smaller than those at the Villa Steno, but every bedroom has a great bonus: a view of the sea. Also, each of the bedrooms has a nice bathroom with an enclosed shower. Like so many hotels that we most highly recommend, the Hotel Pasquale is a family operation run with great heart, with grandmother Fortunata still working wherever she's needed and Marco's hard-working mother, Felicita, often on duty at the front desk. Marco's father is also an integral part of the operation and guests eagerly look forward to the excellent pastries he bakes fresh each morning.