To get away from London, Mundella had a particular taste for travelling on the continent of Europe, being especially fond of Switzerland and Italy. One of his favourite destinations was a hotel built in 1867 on the summit of Monte Generoso on the border of the two countries. From there could be viewed Lombardy where Mundella's father had been born and spent his childhood and youth, and Lake Lugano and the Alps beyond which his father had crossed on his escape to England. The Mundellas holidayed for lengthy periods when the House was not sitting. The newspapers of August 1894, for instance, reported that Mundella had left England for a holiday in Switzerland and Italy, accompanied by his unmarried sister Mary and his daughter Maria Theresa, and it was not until October that year the Court Circular reported that the threesome had just returned.