호텔 암바시아토리 브레시아

There are some positives for this hotel, and definitely negatives. Frankly, we probably would not stay here again. The ground floor public rooms are fairly elegant, and the staff is genuinely warm and welcoming. While they are distant from "downtown", and this is not a city you will want to drive in, they are only 300 meters from a metro station. A taxi ride downtown (or back) is only 7 0r 8 euros. Eden, a fine restaurant, is a 7 or 8 minute walk and the neighborhood isn't bad. We have had dreadful breakfasts at 4 star "chain hotels" in Modena and Parma. Theirs was marginally better. The coffee was drinkable, the yogurt acceptable; the "orange juice" supermarket generic, and the pastries and bread ok but nothing special. The real problems are above and below. While considerable effort has been made to put everything in our bedroom we might need, you needed a shoe horn to use them. The rooms are old ship stateroom small, and retrofitted as best they could, annoyingly claustrophobic. Had considerable problems with the wifi. It wouldn't accept VPN unless I brought my laptop to the ground floor. The two elevators worked fine, but as you might expect, were very small. The hotel offers "free parking=stunted spaces in front of the main entrance, suitable for a Fiat 500 and not much more, or in the garage. The garage is more like a dirty dungeon, two layers with stanchions making it a Rubik's cube problem to get into a still small space. There is no elevator, so be prepared for a very steep walk up the ramps. With some luck, the lights might stay on..for awhile. The garage is grease stained and doesn't look like it has been cleaned in a long time. We liked Brescia. At this price point and the "4 star rating" we expected more. If we return, we will look for another venue.

Soggiorno piacevole in una struttura davvero elegante, curata nei dettagli e illuminata da splendide lampade in ogni angolo, che creano un’atmosfera calda e accogliente. Il personale è stato estremamente gentile e disponibile, un vero punto di forza della struttura. Il ristorante è discreto: nessuna particolare originalità nei piatti, ma nel complesso più che sufficiente per una cena tranquilla. La camera in cui abbiamo alloggiato era semplice e un po’ strettina, ma comunque pulita e ordinata. Nota dolente il bagno: l’aspiratore non funzionava, e non essendoci finestre, dopo la doccia si trasformava in una piccola sauna. Abbiamo segnalato il problema alla reception, ma ci è stato risposto che l’aspiratore era attivo… purtroppo non era così. Nessun rumore, nessun segno di funzionamento. Nonostante questo inconveniente, l’hotel rimane consigliato, soprattutto per l’accoglienza del personale e l’atmosfera rilassante degli ambienti comuni.