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Back to Locanda del Lupo
Dear In Italy,
Locanda del Lupo was really wonderful. GREAT restaurant, and what service! We came late in the afternoon, all restaurants were closed, do the staff fixed us up some great cheese/cold cuts and both red and white wine to taste. How accommodating! room was lovely, air conditioning just barely making it.... so close the bath door and all will be cooler in the end! 8:) We had a great tour of the Parma cheese factory just 5 minutes down the street. Also very accomodating.
Both wonderful stays, we really enjoyed them. Thank you.
Cynthia M.
Dear In Italy,
Locanda del Lupo was very nice. Arrived late on Friday night, so just straight to bed. Spent Saturday in Parma before heading back to Soragna. The tasting menu in the restaurant at EUR 35 was great value for money.
The service was good and our room was very nice as well.
As for 'hidden treasures' we would highly recommend the small restaurant Sorelle Picchi in Via Farini, Parma. My wife had been there before but for me it was a first. Fantastic food hidden behind the delicatessen facing the street. We were the only non-Italians there, which of course lent local flavour to the experience.
Thanks for a making the booking a smooth experience.
Regards,
Gösta L.
Cynthia,
We had a wonderful time in Italy and wish we were still there. Locanda del Lupo were great. Locanda del Lupo was in a quaint little village and was a very interesting structure with a terrific dining room/food. Their hospitality did not emerge during our visit, but that could be because of their lack of English (not sure). There is a cheese co-op just down the street where they make Parmigiano Reggiano cheese everyday and it appeared that the people at the front desk had not been there. We went early one morning and it was very interesting to see.
We were not that impressed with Milan as I think our expectations were closer to Rome or Paris. We visited the Leonardo di Vinci museum and everything was in Italian, which is very unusual for large city museums.Also most stores etc are closed on Sunday's and Monday mornings which was when we were there, but we walked allot and drank allot of cappuccino's. After being in Parma, we started our cycle/wine tour w/La Dolce Vita which was amazing! Thank you for your help, it was a great trip.
Norine B.
Dear In Italy,
Thanks for asking about the trip. Other than the sub-zero weather (my own fault for picking January) the trip was great. I have nothing but good things to say about Locanda del Lupo. The room was great, overlooking a courtyard which I'm sure is most pleasant in the summer. Of course we couldn't open our windows to enjoy it. The staff was very, very friendly, even though only a few spoke English. But even the ones that didn't tried their best at providing us the information we wanted. Their restaurant was fabulous. Unfortunately, we had to eat there every night because everything else was closed, but it was well worth it. The food was awesome. The town, however, is a little dismal in the winter. You can walk from one end to the other in about 10 minutes and not alot going on. I don't know if it was because of the holidays, but there was nothing open. No restaurants, no shopping the entire time we were there. I would suggest to your readers that want to go to Soragna, go in the summer and have a car. We did not. We ended up taking taxis to and from the train station (about 10 miles away) everyday to go to a bigger town for something to do. But all in all, if you can stand the cold, there was nobody around. We went to Milan (The Last Supper), Florence (The Uffizi), Parma and climbed the Leaning Tower of Pisa. No lines, no waiting for a single thing. That was really nice. I heard in the summer, the lines to see things can be pretty long. I really appreciated all the work you did. I will recommend your website (service) to any of my friends planning a trip to Italy in the future.
Allison R
Dear Jessica,
We just got back from a wonderful month in Italy. Our
trip was fantastic without any glitch whatsover from Venice to the Adriatic region,
all the way down to the Amalfi Coast, to Rome, Florence and finally finishing
our trip with the regions of Tuscany and Emilia Romagna.
My wife and I are presently composing mini reviews for
Tripadvisor on all the hotels we stayed at during our trip since it was very
helpful for us in choosing most of our hotels.
Considering it was the last hotel on our trip, we can
honestly say that it was about 25 euros per night more expensive than some other
lovely hotels we stayed at. We found the staff at Del Lupo to be very friendly,
helpful and outgoing (allowing us access to our e-mail on their main hotel computer,
and searching the web for us for directions to the Ferrari museum). We
had dinner the first night in the hotel dining room and we were pleasantly surprised
by the elegant 5 course meal. Our room and bathroom were quite large and overlooked
the inner courtyard, however, my wife felt it lacked "warmth" in so
far as some wallpaper, paintings, whatever. We disagree on this point. It's not
a biggie.
The town of Soragna itself does not seem to offer
much to keep us there, but we spent an afternoon in the lovely town of Salsamagiorre,
some 15 miles down the road. We also visited the Ferrari museum in Maranello,
which is about an hour's drive from Soragna, and a true highlight for any car
buff.
All in all, our stay was pleasant, but we would not return
to that region. Too far from everything for day-trips.
Regards,
Robin and Fran from Montreal, Canada
Dear Kristin,
I would like to thank you for all the help you gave us, when we did our bookings for Italy.
Locanda Del Lupo was a bit of a disappointment, even though we received very professional assistance, after the other places we had stayed this was rather flat. We found the atmosphere in the other places far more personal.
Thank you again for all the assistance you gave us, it was really appreciated.
Yours Sincerly,
Richard and Sandy B.
Cynthia,
Locanda del Lupo was an okay place to stay. It catered mostly to business people who had dealings in the surrounding area. The location was too rural for me. However, it was more of an experiment for me staying in that particular region. I was disappointed after my stay in the Tuscany region. I did feel like an outsider and the staff warmed up to me after a while. It was more of a local/business person feeling than a tourist oriented feeling.
Good Thing: The restaurant was wonderful. I had dinner twice at the hotel because it was so good. The room was nice and the hotel was well kept. I would recommend the restaurant but not the hotel. I probably would have enjoyed staying in Bologna instead.
Hope this helps. I really enjoyed by trip to Italy and look forward to one day going back. Again, thank you for your website and your firm's assistance in my search for accommodations.
Best Regards,
Catherine F.
Dear Cynthia,
Thanks for writing. We had a fabulous trip and are looking forward to returning next year. Locanda del Lupo was a great place to finish our trip (I don't count our last night in Milan, as that was a disaster). We had been "in the country" for ten days and the luxury of the hotel was greatly appreciated. I was particularly excited to see the bathtub!!! The restaurant in the hotel was wonderful, and the service everywhere was excellent. Our second night there we just wanted pizza, and the gentleman at the desk called the only place in town that was open and told them we were coming. When we got there, we realized they had obviously stayed open just for us (we have a tendency to be late...). They were very kind and the pizza was great, the name of the restaurant was "Il Trolls". I would suggest staying away from using the laundry service. While excellent, the cost can be a bit distressing. Other than that, it was great. We have returned happy, healthy, and much wiser in the ways of Italy, and can't wait to do it again!!
Sincerely,
Elizabeth S.
Cynthia,
Our two-night stay in Locanda del Lupo, originally designed as a "rest stop" on our drive from the Italian Alps to Tuscany, turned out to be a wonderful respite and actually one of many high points on our two weeks in Italy. The hotel was airy, spacious, and wonderfully appointed. Soragna is a quiet town, just right for strolling in the evenings while the townspeople gather for conversation outside the cafes. The Meli-Lupi castle, right in the middle of Soragna, should be mentioned in your guide as an interesting tour for an afternoon. Trattoria la Verdiana is one of those restaurants where we simply placed ourselves in the hands of the delightful host for an immensely enjoyable meal. It's worth the drive to find this place in the middle of the farmlands. All over Italy, we found that more and more establishments that were identified as not accepting credit cards in our guidebooks are now accepting them.
We're only back two weeks but the glow still lingers from our delightful getaway. Your web page is bookmarked in my browser and I tell all our friends to try your site when planning their Italy trips. In my wife's office alone, eight different people are vacationing in Italy this summer.
Geoff S.
Dear Kristin,
It is Wednesday April 7 and we just got back from out trip last night. We had a wonderful time and we have you to thank for much of it. All of the hotels you sent us to were great.
I liked Locanda del Lupo a lot, and their restaurant was excellent. Soragna was very interesting (esp. interesting was that fact that such a small community had a Jewish synagogue), although the area as a whole didn't interest us much, but you were right, it would have been too much to head straight to Lucca.
You did a great job in booking us some great hotels and great experiences, memories we will cherish for a lifetime. We will surely pass your name along to anyone we know traveling to Italy.
Ciao!
Seth F.