Le Guide ai Quartieri
The tiny village of Sant’Ambrogio offers all comforts:
mini-market, bakery, butcher’s store, post office, winery, pizzerias, restaurants, sewing shop, tobacco shop and bars.
Sant'Ambrogio Olona
The tiny village of Sant’Ambrogio offers all comforts:
mini-market, bakery, butcher’s store, post office, winery, pizzerias, restaurants, sewing shop, tobacco shop and bars.
Offerta gastronomica
Le Meraviglie di Alice
162 Viale Padre G. B. AguggiariBig, wonderful croissants.
Excellent ice cream.
Pasticceria Marabelli S.N.C.
50 Via VirgilioNice venue with lovely terrace in summer, kind personnel.
Ghezzi Pasticceria
36 Corso Giacomo MatteottiTiny, wonderful historical venue (1930). Excellent pastry.
Lovely venue, excellent fish and meat restaurant, impeccable service. Around 70€ per person.
11 Einheimische empfehlen
Ristorante Teatro
3 Via Carlo CroceLovely venue, excellent fish and meat restaurant, impeccable service. Around 70€ per person.
Evocative venue in a Romanic basement, good choice for cold cuts starters, pasta and gnocchi. Around €30 per person.
9 Einheimische empfehlen
The Premiata Gnoccheria and Risotteria
1 Via Carlo CattaneoEvocative venue in a Romanic basement, good choice for cold cuts starters, pasta and gnocchi. Around €30 per person.
Venue that reminds New York City in 1940, excellent food and service. Around €65 per person. The kitchen closes early in the evening (10PM).
Vecchia Trattoria Della Pesa
14 Via Carlo CattaneoVenue that reminds New York City in 1940, excellent food and service. Around €65 per person. The kitchen closes early in the evening (10PM).
The meter or half-meter of pizza is superb, the rest of the menu is average. Service is kind but inattentive. Quite expansive for a pizzeria: around €40 per person.
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Ristorante Teatro
3 Via Carlo CroceThe meter or half-meter of pizza is superb, the rest of the menu is average. Service is kind but inattentive. Quite expansive for a pizzeria: around €40 per person.
Maybe the best restaurant for meat. Tiny with a lovely dehors in the little Piazza Beccaria. Around €50 per person.
Ripoli La Griglieria
4 Piazza Cesare BeccariaMaybe the best restaurant for meat. Tiny with a lovely dehors in the little Piazza Beccaria. Around €50 per person.
Very well-finished venue, hamburger (and more) for every taste, excellent products. Around €30 per person.
Hambu'
5 Via VeteraVery well-finished venue, hamburger (and more) for every taste, excellent products. Around €30 per person.
Wonderful venue with even more wonderful dehors, excellent and surprising food, very good value-for-money. Around €45 per person.
La Posteria
3 Via Carlo CattaneoWonderful venue with even more wonderful dehors, excellent and surprising food, very good value-for-money. Around €45 per person.
The best cocktail bar in town. Well-finished venue with a super-nice dehors in the courtyard of a house of the beginning of the XX Century. Personnel simply amazing.
Ultimo
7 Via Carlo CattaneoThe best cocktail bar in town. Well-finished venue with a super-nice dehors in the courtyard of a house of the beginning of the XX Century. Personnel simply amazing.
The best sandwich bar in town. Well-finished venue, refined products and a wide choice of wines. SUPER happy hour. Around €25 per person.
CYCLERY
7 Piazza Giovine ItaliaThe best sandwich bar in town. Well-finished venue, refined products and a wide choice of wines. SUPER happy hour. Around €25 per person.
The best bistrot in town. Open from 7:30AM until 10PM, very good for breakfast, lunch and happy hour. Well-finished and refined venue. Lunch is around €30 per person.
Caffè con Cucina - Colombo e Marzoli
3 Piazza Giovine ItaliaThe best bistrot in town. Open from 7:30AM until 10PM, very good for breakfast, lunch and happy hour. Well-finished and refined venue. Lunch is around €30 per person.
Mention of honor for this wonderful restaurant. Tiny venue (less than 30 people) with romantic taste, super-kind hosts, short and sophisticated menu that changes quite often. The best value-for-money in town: around €45 per person.
Osteria di Piazza Litta
4 Piazza LittaMention of honor for this wonderful restaurant. Tiny venue (less than 30 people) with romantic taste, super-kind hosts, short and sophisticated menu that changes quite often. The best value-for-money in town: around €45 per person.
Good take-away pizza and kebab. Always open: with sun, rain, hurricane, hailstorm, drought or flood. Kind and efficient personnel. Around €10 per person.
Pizzeria La Stella di Sant'Ambrogio
5 Via Sacro MonteGood take-away pizza and kebab. Always open: with sun, rain, hurricane, hailstorm, drought or flood. Kind and efficient personnel. Around €10 per person.
Super-tiny and cozy winery in the centre of the Village of Sant'Ambrogio. Kind personnel and excellent variety of wines.
Fatti di Uva - Atelier del vino buono
41 Via Sacro MonteSuper-tiny and cozy winery in the centre of the Village of Sant'Ambrogio. Kind personnel and excellent variety of wines.
Average venue with good fish and pizza. Dehors on the road. Sometimes the host is unkind, some others the exact opposite, depending on the wind. For everyone: around €25 per person.
Trattoria Robarello Snc
53 Via VirgilioAverage venue with good fish and pizza. Dehors on the road. Sometimes the host is unkind, some others the exact opposite, depending on the wind. For everyone: around €25 per person.
Big restaurant and pizzeria with dehors on the road but well sheltered. Kind personnel, good cuisine. Around €40 per person.
C'era Una Volta Ristò - Ristorante Varese loc. Sant'Ambrogio
36 Via Sacro MonteBig restaurant and pizzeria with dehors on the road but well sheltered. Kind personnel, good cuisine. Around €40 per person.
Modest, cheap and good. Kind hosts. Italian cuisine. Around €25 per person.
Vecchia Osteria Ristorante
1 Piazza Milite IgnotoModest, cheap and good. Kind hosts. Italian cuisine. Around €25 per person.
Wonderful location with magical dehors, excellent pizza and Italian cuisine. Personnel is super-kind. Particularly recommended on summer evenings.
Linea Ottantotto
9 Via Guido da VelateWonderful location with magical dehors, excellent pizza and Italian cuisine. Personnel is super-kind. Particularly recommended on summer evenings.
The most incredible terrace in Varese, breathtaking view on almost everything. Good home-made cuisine, desserts are particularly good. Hosts are very kind. Inside the restaurant is ok but nothing compared to the terrace. Perfect for late breakfast (after 10AM), lunch or happy hour at sunset. At dinner, even in summer, bring a sweater with you.
Ristorante Montorfano
74 Via Del SantuarioThe most incredible terrace in Varese, breathtaking view on almost everything. Good home-made cuisine, desserts are particularly good. Hosts are very kind. Inside the restaurant is ok but nothing compared to the terrace. Perfect for late breakfast (after 10AM), lunch or happy hour at sunset. At dinner, even in summer, bring a sweater with you.
Wonderful view especially inside the tea room of the beginning of the XX Century. Very good for breakfast or afternoon tea even in rainy days. Lunch, good but nothing more, is around €40 per person.
Hotel Colonne
37 Via FincaràWonderful view especially inside the tea room of the beginning of the XX Century. Very good for breakfast or afternoon tea even in rainy days. Lunch, good but nothing more, is around €40 per person.
Breathtaking view in a wonderful Liberty venue with terrace. Romantic dinners in the light of one-thousand candles, good cuisine and kind personnel. The spirit Elisir Borducan, symbol of the venue, is to be tasted. Very expensive for the quality of the cuisine: around €80 per person. Our advice: better for breakfast, afternoon tea or happy hour.
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Al Borducan Romantic Hotel & Love Restaurant - For Couples only
43 Via Beata Moriggi CaterinaBreathtaking view in a wonderful Liberty venue with terrace. Romantic dinners in the light of one-thousand candles, good cuisine and kind personnel. The spirit Elisir Borducan, symbol of the venue, is to be tasted. Very expensive for the quality of the cuisine: around €80 per person. Our advice: better for breakfast, afternoon tea or happy hour.
Luxury restaurant in amazing villa of the beginning of the XX Century. Service is impeccable, excellent cuisine, infinite selection of wines and warm atmosphere. Around €100 per person.
Ristorante Da Annetta
25 Via FèLuxury restaurant in amazing villa of the beginning of the XX Century. Service is impeccable, excellent cuisine, infinite selection of wines and warm atmosphere. Around €100 per person.
Excellent home-made cuisine in warm venue. In winter there's always a fireplace lit. Hosts kind and welcoming. Around €40 per person.
Locanda del Brinsc
5 Via Guglielmo MarconiExcellent home-made cuisine in warm venue. In winter there's always a fireplace lit. Hosts kind and welcoming. Around €40 per person.
Tipps für Reisende
Verkehrsmittel
Bus C
Tickets can be bought onboard both with cash or contactless credit card: cost is 1.40€/each.
C bus time schedule: in general it passes every 20 minutes, it is always on time and our stop is called Sant’Ambrogio - Milite Ignoto.
Direction uptown, towards Sacro Monte, the bus passes every hour at the following minutes: 08, 28, 48.
Direction downtown, towards the centre of Varese, the bus passes every hour at the following minutes: 07, 27, 47.
Attention: buses stop service around 9PM!
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Points of interest
- Villa Toeplitz (10 minutes by foot, public park).
- The Sacro Monte (Unesco Heritage): bus C, bus stop is 5 minutes by foot from here.
- Campo dei Fiori (1200mt.): bus C, bus stop is 5 minutes by foot from here.
- Medieval Tower of Velate (FAI Heritage): 20 minutes by foot.
- Villa Panza Collection (FAI Heritage): bus C, bus stop is 5 minutes from here, then 10 minutes by foot.
- Varese downtown (Estensi Gardens, Estense Palace - home of the City of Varese, Villa Mirabello, Villa Recalcati, Romanic Baptistery, San Vittore Cathedral): bus C, bus stop is 5 minutes by foot from here.
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Lakes within the Varese area
The District of Varese is also known as the Valley of the Seven Lakes.
In fact, nearby you can find:
- Varese Lake
- Maggiore Lake
- Monate Lake
- Orta Lake
- Ghirla Lake
- Comabbio Lake
- Lugano Lake