Hotel berhampiran Museum of Machines "Enrico Bernardi", Padova

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.

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.

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.

The breakfast at this hotel is simply outstanding, providing a delightful start to each day of my stay. The wide variety of dishes catered to all dietary needs and preferences, ensuring that every guest found something to enjoy. From freshly baked pastries to omelettes and a selection of coffees, the breakfast spread was a true culinary delight. The impeccable service provided by the attentive and friendly receptionists ( especially Davide) added an extra touch of warmth to my mornings. They greeted guests with genuine smiles, promptly seating them and ensuring that their dining experience exceeded expectations. The receptionist's attentiveness to detail and willingness to accommodate special requests truly made me feel like a valued guest.

The Best Western Plus location was very close to all of the activities we had planned for our quick visit to Padova. The hotel is clean, modern, updated, with the convenience of breakfast served daily. Staff are extremely helpful. Would highly recommend this hotel.

Location is horrible. Need reception to call a 🚕 to go out each time if you do not have a car. Room is ok. Staff members are friendly.

I spent one night at this hotel and I really liked it here. My room was spacious and clean, it was quiet here, no noise from the hallway. The breakfast was standard, there was a lot of fruit and pastries. Check in and check out was quick and staff friendly. Bonus: there was a huge supermarket right across the street.

Con grande rammarico scrivo questa recensione. Siamo clienti dell'Antoniano, io e mio marito, dal 2013, lavoriamo quindi facciamo solo i fine settimana ma in cui ci concediamo tutto massaggi, pranzi cene e late check out; negli anni è stato sempre sinonimo di ottima struttura, con attenzioni verso i propri clienti ed un rapporto qualità prezzo super! Negli anni la qualità è rimasta pressoché immutata fino al cambio di gestione con la quale il declino è stato molto rapido: quantitativo di gente sproporzionato a ciò che riesce a sopportare la struttura, le piscine soprattutto; questo sabato nel pomeriggio ho contato 80 persone nella piscina principale. Lettini appiccicati uno all'altro a voler contenere più persone possibili: il risultato è l'effetto di uno stanzone di ospedale stracolmo, con un forte rumore bambini che urlano genitori che urlano più dei bambini ed ovviamente in questo scenario il relax è totalmente impossibile! Abbiamo provato allora ad optare per la sala relax in cui fino a poco tempo fa c'erano 7-8 lettini adesso sono una ventina ovviamente incollati uno all'altro, con all'interno persone che non hanno evidentemente compreso il concetto di silenzio... quindi anche qui il relax latita! In questo quadro di sovraffollamento generale contribuiscono anche gli esterni all'hotel, mio marito si è trovato con tutto il telo bagnato in cui qualcuno si era asciugato e le sue cose spostate, senza contare che altre volte non siamo riusciti a trovare un lettino disponibile e ci siamo dovuti accomodare su una sedia! Oltre a tutto questo c'è la chiara finalità di voler spillare fino all'ultimo centesimo dai clienti; per fare solo un esempio, il late check out ovvero poter tenere la camera anche il giorno di partenza se fino a qlc mese fa costava 40 euro adesso sono 40 euro per tenerla un paio d'ore in più sennó sono 100! In conclusione: troppa gente, scarsa attenzione verso gli ospiti dell'hotel rispetto agli esterni rendono la struttura appetibile solo a chi vuole passare qualche ora in piscina e nulla più. Se si cerca relax, con dispiacere, devo dire che l'Hotel Antoniano non è più adatto!