The Astoria is a small hotel where all attention is focused on the guest. Our first goals are in welcoming and making the guests feel comfortable through attention to details such as buffet breakfast with varied natural and healthy food. All rooms are equipped with modern comforts as air conditioning, minibar, satellite TV, Internet access, and telephone and 24 hr room service. Bathrooms are spacious and showers are comfortable and functional. Special attention is paid to guest?s rest, from beds with natural wooden slats, to orthopedic mattresses and pillows made with non-allergenic materials, to the double-glass windows, which ensure peace and quiet. Hotel Astoria is situated in a very strategic position: only 10 minutes from Milans Intercontinental Malpensa Airport linked with the hotels free shuttle; only 30 minutes from Milan's Linate Airport; only 45 minutes from Orio al Serio Bergamo Airport. Milans main center and new exhibition area of Rho Pero is reached through a 15 minutes car drive or a comfortable ride by train. Milan centers shopping district (Armani, Versace, Valentino, Dolce Gabbana ateliers) as well as the Duomo and Leonardo da Vincis Last Supper, are all nearby. Lake Maggiore with the Borromee islands and the beautiful small town of Stresa, the lakes of Como and Garda are all perfect places for a daily tour. The Alps and Monte Rosa mountains (which you can see from the rooms on the clearest days) with the famous ski resorts (Cervinia, Courmayeur) are only 2 hours drive away, as are Switzerland and Lugano Lake with the famous and ancient thermal center of Leukerbad. The Riviera Ligure (CInqueterre, Genova, Sanremo, Portofino?) are less then 2 hours drive away, as are the Ventimiglia French Cote dAzur border and Monte Carlo. The Astoria is an ideal point of departure for a weekly trip to Italy?s Art towns (Venezia, Firenze, Roma). Additional information: Children age 10 and under stay free in the room with parents and in existing bedding. Children over this age will be considered an adult.