My husband and i recently stayed at Hotel Veneto and while it was a fantastic location, the hotel was disappointing. The hotel's official website and the holiday website used to book it grades it as a 4 star hotel but i feel that it was 3 star. Our room did not meet the 4 star rating as it was very small, cramped and dark and overlooked the interior of the hotel. Although our bathroom was clean, there was no bath but only a tiny shower. Some of the decoration was very much outdated.
I have no complaints about the staff; they were very courteous, helpful and friendly and always answered our questions. We complained about our taxi driver who drove us to the hotel and he charged us a whopping 30 euros for a 5 minute journey! The member of staff on duty immediately rang the taxi firm however nothing could be done as we did not have the code/reference number for this particular taxi driver and is accomplice (yes there were two of them, very intimidating when we refused to pay the ridiculous fare and locked the doors when we wanted to get out. They refused to let us check the meter and demanded the 30 euros. We were so shocked with this behaviour so just paid and got out very quickly! Really bad experience!
The hotel is in a great location, near the Trevi fountain and Spanish Steps and we really enjoyed the open bus tour. It's in a very safe and clean area however the bars and restaurants were very pricey! Most evenings we were paying over the odds for a bottle of house wine and beer. On our last evening we got chatting to a lovely guy who worked on the open tour buses who recommended that we go to Travestere. We did and found some fantastic bars and restaurants in this area and paid below 40 euros!
The breakfast was served with lovely coffee, fresh fruit, cheese, cereals and bread rolls and lots more. My only big disappointed was our room which i felt was tiny,poky and lacked so much. We asked if we could change our room however were told we would have to pay an extra 50 euros ! However if you are not too concerned about rooms, then this hotel is a great location for all the brilliant sights. Be prepared to pay high prices for food and alcohol though, if you want to stay in Veneto!
Once again my biggest gripe was paying over the odds for a room that was most certainly 3 star and not 4 star!!
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