Hotels near La Specola Observatory

Diamantino has only 7 rooms, no lobby or reception, and a door that opens onto one of the central piazzas of Padua. Great location and nice room, but very hard to get in initially. Plus, our room was on the 4th floor and there's no elevator. The "included breakfast" in reality meant a chit for coffee, oj and a pastry at a cafe next door to the Diamantino. The "hotel" belongs to the owner of the adjacent jewelry store. He's nice, but the whole system is weird, and initial access was very confusing.

We stayed for 3 nights in the Albergo Verdi. The situation is perfect for walking to all the wonderful sights in Padua. The staff were very friendly , informative and couldn't do enough for us. The room was spotlessly clean and spacious. Superb coffee served at breakfast with fruit , yoghurt , pastries, etc. We will definitely return to this lovely hotel and thoroughly recommend it.

This hotel was exactly what I wanted centrally located in the pedestrian area of Padua (though taxis from the station can get there in 10 minutes). My room was very comfortable and the bathroom was excellent. Breakfast was good.

Stayed one night--Walking distance to see Giotto and museums

On paper this looks like an interesting boutique hotel in the city center of Padova. However there are some things that are just not in line with the pricing of the rooms: - Check out time of 10:00 (and no way to change this - trust me I tried) - Having to pay separately for the use of spa (and btw it's closed on Sunday) - Service. Extremely poor with the reception trying to convince us we couldn't leave our luggage there during the day for us to pick up later ("it's only a small hotel, we don't do this") At least the service will need an overhaul will this hotel survive.

Ideal location for those visiting the Scrovegni Chapel and an easy walking distance from the historical center of Padova. This is a modern hotel with good facilities. Staff was efficient and helpful.

This hotel was perfect for our one day visit to Bologna. Very easy walk from train station. Clean modern bathroom, spacious clean room. Lovely breakfast with everything you could want. Easy walk to wonderful restaurants and city sites. Definitely recommend this hotel.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Methis Hotel; we had stayed at this hotel once before, in July 2011, and our total satisfaction on this occasion was the reason for our return. The staff are all pleasant and friendly and speak very good English, which is an advantage as we do not speak or understand spoken Italian very well. Our rooms were very clean and the breakfasts excellent. The hotel is also situated in a nice, quiet part of Padua. There is plenty to see in Padua, including the Scrovegni Chapel, Baptistery, the famous Basilica of Sant'Antonio and Palazzo Ragione, and the city is also good for shopping. It is only a short train ride away from Venice although, if you are planning to travel by train, it may be wise to buy your tickets in advance, as we arrived at the station to find long queues as the automatic ticket machines were not working properly and, due to this, there was a wait of over an hour to buy tickets at the counter. Due to my patience, I did, after about 45 minutes, manage to successfully purchase 3 tickets from a machine, but I witnessed only one other person obtain a ticket that lunchtime. We had never experienced problems like this before when travelling by train in Italy.