Hotel Mioni Royal San

Classic mid range hotel attracting all ages. Popular with Italians as well as some foreign tourists. Montegrotto is a spa resort with many (and perhaps similar) hotels. This one is great, being right by the train station (10 mins to Padova) and close to the small town centre. Lovely pools and spa with professional and helpful staff. We enjoyed it all. I telephoned in advance, as our flight meant a late arrival, to arrange a private shuttle car from Marco Polo Airport. This is €35 pp and worth it to avoid trouble getting a train from Venice Mestre. Lots to see in Padova, and if you have time do also visit Villa dei Vescovi in the nearby Eugenee hills. A wonderful place of frescoes and more. No bus on Sunday so we took a taxi €25 each way. Worth every penny.

I had upgraded to a comfort room with a balcony. Our first room on 3rd (top) floor was noisy with an air con unit above and restaurant below. We moved for the next 3 nights to a quieter room along the corridor. The so-called ‘garden view’ is actually above the car park, but it’s not noisy. It’s worth noting that although all rooms are theoretically the same size, our second room was smaller as was its balcony. And looking down to the first floor they had much larger balconies. I didn’t mind but if it matters to you, it’s worth telephoning the hotel to explain exactly what you’re after.

Near Y-40 the deep joy where I wanted to go with a reasonable price. The breakfast was fine. Free car parking.

The bathroom was not cleaned properly some urine spots were on the seat and the funny thing it was covered by a paper as cleaned! WiFi was really bad as it is only for web surfing doesn't work at all with social media (snapchat, instagram, youtube).