3-Star Hotels in Padova

Excellent structure even if a little out of the center as it is a little far from the center. Advantageous because it is less than half an hour walk from the train station, recommended

Location was initially hard to find, but I saw a sign on the street pointing the right way to go. My directions gave two ways to go. The first involved going uphill and there were bikes whizzing by, so it wasn't very good if you have luggage. The other was flat and went by a bunch of people hanging out in the street. I didn't feel threatened but it isn't the best area in this lovely city. I don't know what it's like after dark. Basically, you take a right at the McDonalds, walk down the street past the Ethnic Market (a larger convenience store where I bought Coke Zeros several times) and follow the street around to the roundabout, take a right and go about 2-3 blocks. Staff was pleasant, helped with a safe issue (a prior occupant had left it locked) and kept their cool when I spilled some Coke Zero on the floor when retrieving my luggage that I had left after checking out. Internet was good, safe was a good size, and breakfast was good in terms of quality and quantity. There is a restaurant in the hotel that was closed Sunday night. We were very tired one night and ate there and we were glad that it was available. There isn't a lot around the hotel but it was a short walk to a nice area that had a lot of restaurants . We also were able to walk to a laundromat in the area as well as all of the tourist attractions. One curious thing about the hotel was that the room numbers were on the carpet instead of being on the door.

On arrival reception advised me that we had a room upgrade. The room was in apartment Galalio approx 200 mtrs from reception within the hotel grounds. Shortly after entering our room the air conditioning screen had a message on the screen that said HELP. Further, the bathroom extraction fan did not work and when we left our room the room card did not let us re-enter the room. Room upgrade!?!?. The gentleman on Reception said it was a software problem. An Artificial Intelligence problem which I would describe as Artificial Stupidity. We were given a complementary breakfast as compensation. The hotel restuarant is closed on Sundays and the hotel reccomended Resturante Zairo, Prato della Valle which turned out to be poor, both service and food. Hotel Pellegrino in my opinion is a combination of hotel and airbnb.

The bathrooms need maintenance because there was the toilet table moving, and the shower mixer... instead the shower was slowly discharged. A light in the bathroom was burned, more maintenance needed in the hotels, but the bed was comfortable, sinful for the walls in cartridge where you can see the neighbor of the room as Russian at night.

The hotel is in a great location: it is in the historic centre but accessible with the baggage-download machine and it is a little lucky to park freely 5 minutes walking distance. It is not very new, especially with regard to common parts or details such as silicone on the edges of the shower, but the rooms are kept clean and in good order. The services are a little more spartany and sacrificed: TV is small and is close to 45 degrees from the bed, the air conditioner works very slowly and the refrigerator is absent. It was also not possible to delay the exit of the room by a few hours on the last day, but the luggage deposit is offered in a dedicated room. A good solution in general if there are no specific needs but you are looking for a well-located job at affordable prices, perhaps for work.

We were 80 persons with school excursion. At check in the receptionist was unfriendly and uncollaborative. They charged us for parking space for bus, which is not usual for the hotel guests. On the photo is so called 3 bedroom bed. Next day we were stacked in traffic and when we called to advise them that we may be late for the dinner, we've been told that we will be charged if we are late. Next day they charged us 150 EUR because some guests apparently left cose the kids were too loud. Interesting is that they didn't ask us that money in the morning while check out, we've been asked when we came in afternoon cose bus waited us in the hotel yard. When we asked for the proofs, we didn't got straight answer and two receptionists were talking different story. They tryed to get extra money out of as all the time. Several beds were broken so some kids needed to sleep 2 kids in one bed. In bathroom water was everywhere while taking a shower and in some toilets' water was pouring out while pulling the water. Those photos at Trip Adviser are made with special lance and makes everything looks much better than it is. At receive for parking, says ”Deposite”. Vegeterian dinnneer option was 1 scrambeled egg, french fries and peace of cheap cheese althout they where informed in advance that there was vegeterians in the group. 2nd night was better. Only good thing is a location.

The hotel Donatello is well located across from the city's Basilica di San Antonio, and about 5 minutes from the famous Prato della Valle and 10-15 from the city centre and old city (university, ghetto, daily markets, pedestrian street, etc). From the outside, the hotel looks quite elegant and I suspect that front facing rooms have a nice view. To be honest, however, everything else about the hotel was rather disappointing. Rooms are actually tired and pretty gloomy. The single rooms are extremely small, the doubles are of decent size but tend to overlook blind narrow courtyards and feel rather dark and a bit depressing with a decor that seems stuck in the 1970s. Cleanliness is variable, lighting unpleasant, and whilst beds are decent, the pillows are hard and quite uncomfortable. Breakfast is quite poor. If you come when one of the ladies taking care of the breakfast room are around, they will prepare you a decent coffee from the barista machine, however, if they are not, it is a fairly ghastly automatic machine that uses instant coffee to make ”fake” espressos and cappuccino which is used instead. Juice is a strange watery thing from a machine. The best part are the nice homemade cornetti (croissants filled with jam, cream or chocolate) but apart from them, fruit, salad, bread, etc are all of poor quality and the scrambled eggs and meat are stone cold. There is a toaster which doesn't seem to work well and mediocre bread. Service in the hotel is not very friendly - reception staff ranged from reasonably cordial to barely polite and in one case, outright unpleasant. In short, the place is certainly not horrible, but equally, it doesn't seem too bothered about customers let alone interested in making them want to come back. A bit of a wasted opportunity given the nice location they fail to capitalise on.

While traveling through northern Italy we stayed one night in this property. It is in easy walking distance to the Basilica of St. Anthony and short walk to the piazzas in the center of Padova or close stroll to a tram stop. Parking can be a bit of a challenge - the public parking in front of the hotel can be a bit expensive, but the hotel also has parking nearby for a lower price - see the clerk at check in. The rooms are not large, but they are clean and comfortable with no frills. The shower has good pressure, but the temperature tended to vary. The breakfast is not fancy, but a typical Italian breakfast. The staff are very helpful and accommodating.

The hotel is very clean. Comfortable beds. Nice staff. Good AC. I had asked for a quiet room, when I booked, months earlier. We were allocated room 301 which is on the ground floor. I assumed it would be quiet, given my request. Wrong! We were too close to reception. People conversing at the top of their voices until midnight. Then, in the morning, there was ongoing clattering from 06:45 from the breakfast room. I asked to change rooms for our second night. This was done immediately, without fuss. Silence all night. We only had the “colazione veloce” breakfast, coffee and croissant. The buffet is fine for a three-star hotel. Plenty of fresh fruit.

The Hotel Al Santo is an ideal spot for travelers wanting to discover the city. The Hotel Al Santo offers a pleasant stay in Padova for those traveling for business or leisure.Boasting a convenient location, the hotel is just 2km from Padova Railway Station and 47km from Treviso Airport. Famous local attractions Corte Sconta, The Basilica of St. Anthony and University of Padua Botanical Garden, can all be reached with a short walk.After a long day of sightseeing, guests can retire to the comfort of the hotel.