Looking for mid-priced hotels in Rome, Florence, and Venice that can accommodate myself, wife, and college-age daughter. Does anyone know what is typically considered a “double bed” in Italy? An American sized double bed is too small for me and my wife, but two single beds pushed together in Italy (I think) would work as I presume they would be larger?
I’m finding rooms for 3 people as having one double and one single bed. Just don’t know the size of the double bed.
Thank you in advance.
If it says "double" it probably means what Americans call a "full size" bed, i.e. too small for my wife and me. A bed that would be "queen size" in the US is 160 centimeters wide. You could ask the hotel how wide the bed is in centimeters, which would tell you a lot.
I don't know if there is a way to determine exactly what size bed it is! I usually look for "large double" this is often 2 twins pushed together- but not always.
I use booking.com to search and a lot of the listings will include bed dimensions- so that is sort of helpful.
I just usually end up getting a twin room for my husband and myself- the hotels will often push those 2 beds very close together anyway- making it more a "king".
In your case maybe a room with 3 twins is a good option?
A standard “letto matrimoniale” for two people in Italy is 160cm wide X 190cm long (or sometimes 200cm long). In inches that is 63 inches, which would make it larger than a standard queen in America (generally 60in wide).
There is also a matrimoniale king size which is 10cm (4 inches) wider, but most hotels in the mid-price range will probably have the standard.
A standard single bed (Called twin bed in US) is exactly half a standard matrimoniale (therefore 80cm wide), although they now make singles that are 90 or even 100 cm wide. However I suspect most hotels will have the standard 80cm or at most 90cm.
Also hotels like the standard 80cm wide singles because sometimes hotels put two single 80cm beds together to make a matrimoniale of 160cm. That gives them the flexibility to split the large bed into two singles if the guests aren’t husband and wife sleeping together.
Thank you everyone for taking the time to reply. I appreciate it!
