HB Aosta Hotel & Balcony SPA

La struttura si trova in posizione davvero centrale con l'area pedonale a pochi passi. Hotel curato in ogni dettaglio, le camere pulite, bagni e set di asciugamani puliti. Letto comodissimo e stanza accogliente e calda (la temperatura esterna era intorno ai 10°). Colazione davvero abbondante, si può scegliere tra colazione dolce o salata senza problemi e se qualcosa finisce la cucina è sempre aperta per far si che ogni ospite possa avere ciò che cerca. Personale davvero impeccabile e molto gentile e preparato. Parcheggio esterno alla struttura con pagamento sul posto (forse l'unica pecca è che non è scritto sul sito che il parcheggio è a pagamento; 15€ per una notte forse sono tantini). Però alla fine non posso che essere soddisfatto del pernotto. Dovessi tornare ad Aosta, il primo posto che cercherei è proprio questo.

The hotel is located at the beginning of the pedestrian area in downtown Aosta. Room a little on the small side, but nothing else to complain about. Standard breakfast. Kind service. It only has a few parking spots in front of it, so if you check-in late you may be in trouble to park.

Good news is that the breakfast food quality was extremely high, like they have a fancy restaurant preparing it. Bad news is that the high food expense causes them to cut corners everywhere else. 26C is too warm to sleep. Staff was not allowed to turn on the air conditioning, to save money. Room safe door spring was broken, but I used a knife to open it. The mini-fridge honestly heated up whatever was inside, making the famous local meats and cheeses less attractive to purchase. Location at the edge of the pedestrian area could be OK, but you walk a lot, and I am neutral about that. There is no kind way to say that this hotel lies about parking availability. The number one business in Aosta is not tourists, it is parking tickets, with the most aggressive beat coops that I have seen anywhere in 33 countries visited. Locals who live there full time obviously suffer more than tourists. The huge free public oparking lot advertised by this hotel is never only 100% full, as all of the workers in the downtown area leave the cars in planter areas, double parked, and no reasonable tourist can compete for those free parking spaces. Hours observed on the streets are not an exact science, as only a few feet away from a sign has different rules, and so many people receive parking tickets. They cost about 30 euros each, I can tell you from personal experience. The private hotel parking is enough for half of the guest cars, and by 3PM, it was always full. This was one of the two most disappointing hotels in 7 weeks of European travel in four countries. Try somewhere else.