What is the best way to find hotels in Italy.

Question

I have never been to Italy so I borrowed a friend's book on hotels and restaurants in various cities in Italy. It seemed daunting. I would like to find affordable (meaning budget minded) but quaint and charming hotels or bed and breakfast type accommodations throughout several cities that I can know are clean, safe and yet also show me the REAL feel of each city.....not a big chain hotel atmosphere.

Answer 1

You're best to focus on 3 and 4 star hotels.

Have a look at the pictures as you go about sorting the prices using the various filters shown on the results of the sites. Here's some examples :

Italy : http://www.cheaperthanhotels.co.uk/Italy...

Rome : http://www.cheaperthanhotels.co.uk/Italy...

Venice : http://www.cheaperthanhotels.co.uk/Italy...

Florence : http://www.cheaperthanhotels.co.uk/Italy...

Pisa : http://www.cheaperthanhotels.co.uk/Italy...

There's an Italian site here which may be useful if your speak Italian :

http://www.hotelsitaliano.com/Italy/

http://www.hotelsitaliano.com/Italy/Rome...

http://www.hotelsitaliano.com/Italy/Napl...

http://www.hotelsitaliano.com/Italy/Turi...

etc etc

They may not have everything that you want , but it's a good selection to compare others with

Answer 2

My very favorite easy to read books are "Great Eats Italy" and "Great Sleeps Italy" by Susan Gustafson. (They used to be called Cheap Eats and Cheap Sleeps.) I can't rave enough about these 2 books. The recommendations are outstanding with very detailed descriptions and recommendations. Check them out at the library if you don't want to buy them. Only thing is, they focus only on Rome  Florence  and Venice. Buon viaggio!

http://www.cheapeatssleeps.com/

Answer 3

I've had good luck with www.venere.com

I have booked 3 Italian hotels through them and haven't had any problems.

You might also be able to try www.itwg.com

Ciao!

Answer 4

Ciao

I have a small apartment in one of the best location in Rome: near the Spanish Steps.

You can just go outside and in few minutes arrive to the major attractions.

Is cheaper then a hotel room in the same area but much bigger!

please have a look at my website: http://www.acj.it/tritone

ciao

Alessandro

Answer 5

The best way is go to hotel to a location that u like and ask to see one of the rooms with out buying them see if u like it.

Also if u go to hotels.com once in awhile they have pictures of rooms

Answer 6

You can try hotel search in http://www.AmericaCheapHotels.com where you can read hotel reviews, see photos and its physical locations through maps ...

Best thing is you can compare the worldwide hotel prices in any city in any country in your local currency.

This compares hotel prices from 30 best travel website including venere.

Answer 7

Look here.....<<<<http://www.homelidays.com<<<

<<B&B ::Planet ..>>

Answer 8

A great resource for booking Italian bread and breakfast type places is http://www.cross-pollinate.com run by an American couple living in Rome. I used it to book accommodations in Rome, Florence and Venice, and had good experiences.

If you want to book a hotel, I would recommend http://www.venere.com . Before booking, search for the name of the hotel on http://www.tripadvisor.com , and go through a few customer reviews.

Have fun!