Hotel Amadeus Turin

The 3-star Hotel Amadeus is in a great location, just a minute from Piazza Vittorio Veneto and with easy walking distance of all the best of Turin.

The rooms are tastefully decorated and restored to a high standard - small, but comfortable. Our room had a slight leak around the window from the rain, but nothing terrible, and in places the wallpaper is slightly scuffed and torn, but that's being really picky.

The reception area is pretty nondescript, and the stairwell rather gloomy, although well decorated and the lift is extremely small. But it is an old building, so presumably the lift had to be fitted into the existing structure.

Rooms have a phone, safe and mini-bar and the hotel has wifi access - €3 for 1 hour, €8 for 4 hours and €15 for 24 hours, although we managed to connect to another wifi network for free while staying in the hotel. The website for Hotel Amadeus does advertise Internet access but doesn't mention that it is wifi and doesn't mention the charges.

Bathrooms are clean and nicely tiled, although are fitted with a plastic wash basin which seems rather flimsy and although there is a shower with all kinds of settings and a hair dryer, there are no glasses for toothbrushes and toothpaste - a minor quibble.

Another quibble with the Hotel Amadeus is that although instructions are provided on how to dial an external number there is no indication of the rates you'll pay. And although the mini-bar is modestly priced - €2 for water and soft drinks, €3.50 for the single bottle of beer - it is badly stocked.

However, the beds are firm and comfortable and the sheets good quality and starched.

Although I've been led to understand that it was once a brothel, there is nothing remaining to give that idea. A complete renovation, while giving comfortable rooms, has removed what must have been real character.

Breakfast is easily forgettable, unusually for Italy the coffee is terrible and you may as well find a café with better food and decent coffee in a real Italian ambience. The €18 price tag is a bit steep too.

All in all Hotel Amadeus is a comfortable hotel, excellently located and won't break the bank. If you want real luxury then give it a miss, but for most travellers to Turin it is almost perfect.

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