hotel rooms in Italy

We used the family rooms at Best Western Plus Hotel Universo in Rome. Very comfortable connecting rooms.

May have better luck with global chain hotels than family run hotels, and check out Europe's NH chain. Best Western Europe is a good start.

It will be rare but does exist. I booked one in Venice at Hotel Il Moro for June. I strongly prefer apartments thru Airbnb or booking.com but in this case we are only in Venice for a night (flying home from there, but have visited recently so this trip is focused elsewhere) This was the only hotel I found near the train station with connecting rooms in my budget.

Also, search google for “aparthotels in (city)”. This is simply a hotel in which the rooms are more like apartments - more space but you get the services of a hotel. I have not stayed in any in Italy, but I know they are common in France and Spain, so I would think they’d exist in Italy, too.

Few hotels have those kinds of suites. We ended up booking 2 connecting rooms in 3 of our 4 hotels last European trip. (Four Points by Sheraton, Best Western, and Hilton. Ironically the one suite we did book was an independent hotel.)

Thanks everyone for the feedback.

prima,

One thing to keep in mind is that many hotels in Italy are located in older buildings with smaller rooms, and I can't recall seeing any that had connecting doors between rooms. As others have mentioned, you'll probably have better luck with larger chains such as Best Western, Hilton or whatever.

I completely understand wanting a little space when traveling with kids. For our upcoming spring break trip, we are booked in Rome and Venice in family rooms in the Hilton chain. Our Hilton hotel in Florence doesn’t have them.

Good luck!

I've seen photos of some of those older rooms, and I don't know how 4 people can comfortably hang out in a room that size. I get that most of your day is out and about, and you're only there to sleep, but oy!!

I took a quick look at the Best Western, and it was a smidge more expensive then I was expecting, but I guess I have to factor that in, if I want the space.

Thanks for the advice.

The thing with older hotels is that really anything is possible and you won't know until you look into their details. Some rooms are very small and some are huge. Some can adjoin and some are described (in Rick's guidebook, for instance) as "Family" rooms. Some hotels also manage and rent a few apartments in conjunction with their regular service, so more consistently managed than what you might be thinking of with an Airbnb. All of the above is common among Rick's listings in Venice. See https://hotelguerrato.com/rates/ as one example of a very old-building, family-run hotel that's been one of Rick's recommendations for probably 30 years but also offers 3 apartments.

In Venice, Hotel Foscari... https://www.hotelfoscaripalace.it/

And the rooms that are adjacent front the canal.

Also, it's one water taxi stop from the train station...