About Hotel Palladio
The Hotel Palladio is located in Malcontenta, a small town 15 minutes from Venice by car. This area is known as the Brenta Riviera, famed for its 16th-century Palladian Villas built by Andrea Hotel Palladio.
All rooms are furnished and decorated to a basic level. Air conditioning, satellite television, safe and minibar are standard. An en-suite toilet and shower is also provided. Some rooms have views of the nearby Villa Foscari. Wi-Fi is available for a fee.
Free car parking is provided and guests can book a seat on the hotel’s free bus service to Venice which runs each morning.
A buffet breakfast is served in the breakfast room. The area around the Hotel Palladio has limited eating options and many guests choose to travel into Venice to eat out.
Villa Foscari, a Palladian Villa, is close to the hotel and Venice with all its tourist attractions is a bus-ride away.
Positive Reviews
positive:
Budget option for visiting Venice
If you are looking for a relatively inexpensive way of experiencing Venice then this hotel may well suit your needs. Many guests comment that the main reason they chose this hotel was because it was cheap and had easy transport links to Venice.
positive:
Free shuttle bus
You will be able to take advantage of the hotel's shuttle bus service if you chose to stay at the Palladio. The bus journey takes around 10 - 15 minutes, a saving when compared to 30 minutes plus journey of the public buses. It is important to note that the shuttle bus only takes guests to Venice - it is up to them to make their own way back to the hotel. Also, a seat on the bus needs to be booked at reception and a charge is levied for luggage.
positive:
A good breakfast
Many guests were happy with the complimentary breakfast and it certainly met the expectations they had for a budget hotel.
Negative Reviews
negative:
Issues with Wi-Fi
A complaint aired by a number of guests was the fact that Wi-Fi is not provided free as standard. Variously it was described as expensive and unreliable.
negative:
No bar or restaurant
Despite the fact that Palladio's website indicates the presence of 24-hour bar, a few guests commented that this wasn't the case, at least during their stay. There doesn't seem to be a restaurant in the hotel either. Coupled with the lack of alternatives in the town it left some guests unsure where to eat.
negative:
Old-fashioned televisions
According to a few comments, the televisions in the rooms are showing their age.