Hotels in der Nähe von Museum of Geology and Palaeontology, Padova

I have rarely stayed in such a large room with such unsatisfactory design and contents. Even a basic budget hotel always has a place to stand a suitcase effectively. If a safe is provided,it will always be large enough to hold a camera.Window cills do not have over a one inch gap from the wall ,so admitting unwanted light. Apart from the total omissions, there were a couple of really slovenly management failings.The builders’ red plastic packing wedges between floor and wall fittings were still in place.The bidet was emitting a strong drain smell, as the trap seemed to have dried out through disuse by the occupants , and the housekeeper had failed to run any water through. The things I merely thought very poor for a four star hotel were numerous-the inappropriateness for a hot climate of the giant duvets and clinging soft topped mattresses,the lack of any work space( only “ desk” was occupied by ridiculous flashy kettle),poor bedside tables,and the bathroom - huge,but no bath. The reception staff were not very bright,and gave me a “map” with an incorrect street name at the hotel location! The breakfast had nothing in common with the attributes of the room- just a standard “ International” type with no failures. I am at present in an “Ibis” hotel somewhere even hotter than Padova.It is superior in every way ,except that it fails to look flashy.They even have a map.

Ein wenig aus der Bahnhofsstation ausgewählt, aber der professionelle und enthusiastische Service, schöne, großzügige und komfortabele Zimmer genügt, um diese kleine Lücke zu schließen. Der Gelände ist sehr sicher, die Nacht ist sehr ruhig, plus der neue Gebäude ist sehr wirksam, und ich schlafe sehr ruhig.

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.

Etwas weiter weg vom Zentrum, keine Supermärkte in der unmittelbarer Nähe, aber das Zimmer, war geräumig, sauber, die WLAN Verbindung sehr gut, und es gab kostenlose Parkplätze. Die Küchenuntensilien waren minimal z. B. je ein Glas pro Person, kein Abwaschschwamm, keine Kaffeemaschine.

Before our trip I read a lot of comments that hotel is pretty old and tired. But when we arrived we realized that hotel has been renovated. All the rooms are modern, fresh and cozy. Hotel has good parking, tasty breakfast on the last floor with the nice view. Rooms have comfy beds and balkonies with the good view. Location is not far from the city center and train station. From the last one you can easily reach to Venice. Staff was very helpful and friendly. I can defintelly recomend this hotel for couples and families with kids and grand parents.

Air Conditioning blows warm. Not cold not cool, warm. Front desk informs you to play with the thermostat. Yep… still not working. Switched rooms to AC that was “working”. Same situation and later found many reviews stating the same. Obviously hotel looking to save $$ on thermostat settings. Additionally as American not one channel in English nor the ability to switch languages on the remote. Hotel fine for locals who are not needing Air Conditioner nor English speaking channels. Pass.

Es gibt hier nichts herausragendes aber auch keine Kritik. Dusche, Bett, sauber, Wifi, A/C und Parkplatz direkt vor der Türe - nach ein paar ZTLs sehr angenehm. Vor der Türe ist eine Bushaltestelle. Meine Erfahrung mit dem ÖPNV aber abschreckend. Zunächst gibt es keinen Fahrplan, sondern der Aushang zeigt, wann der Bus los fährt. Dazu gibt es rechts unten eine Schätzung, wie lange er bis zur konkreten Haltestelle braucht. Soviel zur Theorie. Ich habe hin und zurück je ca. 1 h gewartet und zurück dann ein Taxi genommen (15,- EUR), das aber selbst vor dem Bahnhof nicht leicht zu bekommen war. Also den Bus würde ich gar nicht mehr versuchen, wer hier nächtigt hat eh ein Auto. Und am Bahnhof gibt es ein Parkhaus, falls man einen Tag mit dem Zug nach Venedig will. Wenn man länger unterwegs ist, würde ich mir ein Taxi gönnen. Bei 40 Grad 1 h auf den Bus zu warten ist nicht so richtig Urlaub, wo der Bus aus dem Zentrum zurück fährt, konnte ich nicht herausfinden und der Bahnhof ist schon gegen 22:00 überraschend verlassen. Dafür kann das Hotel nix, die Bushaltestelle gehört aber zur Lage und die würde ich grad mal streichen.

Rezeption ist nett und alle Einrichtungen sind gut .... Aber Frühstück sollte mehr mit Waren und Dienstleistungen ... zu befassen sein Während ich blieb , Gruppentouren wie Chinesen und Lateinamerikaner machen Restaurants zerstört und Hotel kann nicht antworten ..

Sehr saubere, geräumige Zimmer mit komfortablen Betten. Letztes Aber nicht zuletzt: Das Personal ist sehr freundlich und immer bereit, einen zusätzlichen Meilenstein zu machen. Achtung Norman - er ist sicherlich der beste Pflegemann, den ich je gesehen habe. Sehr empfohlen