Can't recommend this family run hotel highly enough. Purpose built, ultra modern design to a very high standard. The staff are welcoming, helpful and professional, yet the whole tone is relaxed and informal. All 26 rooms have balconies, but it's definitely worth paying that little bit extra for a room at the front of the hotel which offer stunning views of the lake. Breakfast is good, the dining room is at the front of the hotel so you can enjoy breakfast whilst enjoying a view of Lake Garda. Ideally situated just a couple of minutes walk into Malcesine. If you are arriving by bus, then that drops you off outside the Tourist Information Office in Malcesine. Walk back a little way down the road you just arrived on, pass the large Spa Supermarket on your left and about thirty metres further on you come to Hotel Ideal. Immediately after Hotel Ideal, turn left up the hill and walk about another 120 metres. Hotel Casa Barca is on your left (there's a fountain by the side of the driveway). If you are arriving via Verona Villafranca Airport and don't want to pay for a taxi (costs over 200 Euros), then you could travel by bus but it's a long way and involves changing buses. The Aerobus from the airport(six Euros)drops you at Verona Railway/Bus station from where you take the 162,163,164.165 or X05 (run every hour,four Euros one way) to Garda (takes just less than an hour). From Garda take the bus to Malcesine (Runs every hour,Euro 3.40 one-way) which takes 50 mins.