Atrium Palace Question

[mert461]

I was in the process of booking the Atrium Palace for 10/05 (online) and got to the point where it asks what type of room I want. The choices are either 2 twin beds pushed together, but at the front of the hotel with a small balcony, or a queen bed at the back of the hotel.

 

My question is: Who has stayed at this hotel and what type of room did you get? The price they quoted is 135E for either room, so my only concern is do I want the front of the hotel or back.

 

Who knows what the difference is (other than the obvious)? :D

 

Thanks,

Donna

[bec2629]

Hi Donna,

My husband and I had the queen room at the back of the hotel, over the school yard, which I enjoyed watching the little ones play in the morning. My kids had the 2 twins in the front with the balcony, the doors are soundproof so the street noise isn't noticable. I actually liked the configuration of the kids room and bath better than ours, too.:cool:

The rooms are nice either way.

Becky

[tak2]

Becky,

We're going there in Oct05, when the hotel will likely turn off their A/C. With windows open, I imagine the front facing rooms will get a fair bit of noise. What do your suggest for a light sleeper?

Tak

[ajpack]

Tak...Did you request the front or back rooms? Since I couldn't get through on their website to make my reservation, I didn't specify in my emails what I wanted . I hadn't thought about the noise with the windows open.

 

Anne

[tak2]

Anne, I read on another thread that the front faces a 6 lane highway. Based on that info, I would rather have a quiet room than any possible nice view. Even though someone wrote about adults using the school site for evening sports activities til 9pm, I still consider that reasonable. Originally when I booked, I picked the front thinking that the view may be nicer, then I e-mailed them to request a quiet room. Haven't heard back yet.

[steveg]

I would not call it a "highway". The hotel is on a six-lane tree-ed boulevard, with one outer-lane in each direction separated from the middle four lanes by islands. We were in a room in the front of the hotel this past June. With the AC on and the windows closed, we heard nothing. There was a very small step-out balcony from which you could look up and down the boulevard. Unless one is extremely sensitive to sound, there should be no problem front or back.

[tak2]

Thanks for the description. I read somewhere on this message board that there's a law in Spain that requires hotels to turn off A/C in the off season. I vaguely recall that it's October.

This is at least true( the turning off A/C part, I don't know if it's a law in Italy) with one of the 4* properties in Venice that I e-mailed to enquire.