Hotels near Padua Central Station, Padova

My husband and I booked a family room this year, just for the 2 of us , because that was all that was available - they are that popular! The room was in the newly renovated Galileo annex and it was wonderful: spacious & well-thought-out; the bathroom was great with a roomy fabulous shower, great water pressure & plenty of hot water. There was lots of closet space and storage, too. It was a partitioned studio, really with, in addition to the bedroom area, a sofa that also made into a bed (which we didn’t need.) All of this at a very reasonable rate! There was a heating issue that required a plumber (nothing major, but something that made us very uncomfortable.) The staff moved us to another room as soon as they were able ( it wasn’t easy because they were fully booked!) and I only write about this in order to demonstrate the kindness of the desk staff. Our new room was a double in the same annex; smaller, of course but also well-fitted. The other thing both rooms shared, unfortunately, was very spotty WIFI. If this is of great importance to you, I would suggest booking in the main building or another annex. This is the only reason I’ve given 4 instead of 5 stars. On a very bright note, after Covid the breakfast buffet has returned: plentiful with varied options ( yes, hot eggs! Beautiful, buttery scrambled eggs!) and, if not already included in your room rate, at a very reasonable 8€. And yes - we WILL gladly return!

Hotel is close to the highway and located at the business area, you will need a car if you want to go out for lunch/dinner. The hotel staff makes you feel welcome at check-in, and suggested to park the car in the underground hotel parking – at no cost! The rooms look a bit outdated, the carpet did not look very clean. The bathroom was clean and functional, the bed is positioned as such that it is not in direct line of the flow of the (very effective) air conditioning. Breakfast was buffet style, and offers the typical Italian variety of sweets (I’m not used to eat cake in the morning, but hey, you need to adapt to the local habits.) For us, it was a perfect ‘base’ to visit Padova and for a one day trip to Venice. We left around 8:00 to Venice, and were able to drive to Venice and park in a park house in Tronchetto. No need to book or use a ferry this way!

I assume that when this hotel arrives, it is a good thing if it is in its guidelines, the room is not bad, even the underground parking structure, but the serious problem of this hotel is staff, We asked for a lower coat, having to stay 3 nights and if it was not for the night shift Lord who found it, my cervical would have suffered so much. The bar despite the food and its variety was good for the staff of a unique maleducation. The chilli on the cake arrived during the last night of stay, entering the room of unwallowed baskets, obviously unclean floor, unreplaced hygienic paper and produced in the finished shower, as to say “ so much is the Last night, when I made my shows in a courteous way the two girls at the reception, untreated and insolent said that it was not dependent on them one of the two intervened saying if you want now I can only change her room, I assume that my own was a simple pointing, so, given the cost, I would not have disregarded to have more than the good personal structure of Education.

The structure is located in a very good location, close to the city centre and also close to the main road arteries. Free to reach and with double parking possibilities: closed in underground garage or outdoor in reserved and overseen area. The hotel has a good bar service, a good restaurant, a beautiful and comfortable hall and a well-provided and free gym for all guests. Excellent experience.

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.

This characterful hotel in a quiet street in the centre of Padua. Many of the major tourist sites of interest are nearby with the added bonus of being surrounded by little streets with eateries and cafes. The staff were incredibly helpful, way above and beyond that which we might have expected. It was them who really contributed to making this a gem in the heart of Padua.

The house price is too cheap compared to Venice. Parking is free and there are plenty of parking spaces. You can get on the highway just outside the hotel. It takes 25 minutes to drive to Venice, which is very convenient.

We had an emergency and had to leave Dubrovnik for Lyon, France. Padua was a good mid way stopping point, and we wanted no complications. We needed parking, a restaurant and not be in the centre of town. Biri satisfied on all counts. The hotel is modern and clean, excellent parking in a lot next door. Restaurant and bar on the top floor. A lovely Romanian young lady served us at dinner, she spoke excellent English and was very efficient and friendly. The Chef introduced himself ad the food we had was fine. My only quibble would be the hard pillows but the bed was comfortable, the bathroom a good size and its was quiet.