We enjoyed a delightful week staying at this condo in downtown Lake Geneva. What started out as a week of leisure became a wonderful family reunion for three sisters, two female cousins and a niece from Chicago, Boston, Seattle, NYC, St. Paul and St. Louis. The property is totally updated and features a fabulous balcony overlooking the lake and beach. It is easily accessble, stocked with all the necessities and some nice "extras" like six beach passes and beach chairs. We were surprised to find a bottle of wine and gift certificate to enjoy Barrique, the delightful restaurant/wine bar directly below the property. The BEST extra was having a free parking spot behind the building for our van. What a great convenience! There are many wonderful opportunities nearby, including wonderful lake cruises, a path around the entire lake (you can just do part of it), a lovely downtown park, a FABULOUS public library designed by a top student of Frank Lloyd Wright, and some great shops and restaurants. There's also a little Hot Dog stand right across the street with great Chicago-style dogs, coffee and FABULOUS hot donut "balls" each morning. It couldn't have been better!
Check in was really easy and they were ready for us, with everything beautifully cleaned and stocked. We LOVED Barrique and actually dined there three times. We also cooked a bit and enjoyed wine and hors d'oeuvres on the beautiful balcony. We were never bothered by street or restaurant noise and got used to some early garbage pick-up's in the alley.
The only (two) problems we had was some "trickiness" with the automatic door lock which was quickly resolved by the property manager. (prompt call back) As soon as we figured out how to work it, we were fine! The other last-day problem was that the food truck driver parked in the alley as we were leaving refused to move his truck, so my sister and her van were "blocked" and delayed for about 1/2 hour in the alley. (Simply an uncooperative trucker!)
It was a great summer vacation and I highly recommend this property. Grab it before it goes! You couldn't find a better one-of-a kind location in Lake Geneva where you can created some wonderful memories. Thank you Rona!!