Alfa Fiera Hotel - Vicenza, Italy 

Location: being 150 mt away from the conference venue, it was very convenient for us attending the conference at the FIERA, which however is out of the city. City needs to be accessed by some sort of transport, we had our car. Room: spacious, bed was a luxuriously spacious and hard matress (not sagging etc) , bed sheets and towels changed every day. AC didn't work every day, however weather was rather cols, so no cooling required. Bathroom: very clean, and neat,. cleaned every day, shower a bit tight. Breakfast: by italian standard prob. a very rich breakfast buffet along with filter coffee, however on the last day of our stay, cappuchno was served if liked. Consensus: a reasonable stay for a conferemce, but prob. bot for holidays, if you expect more than bread and breakfast. ParkinG; spacious praking place infront hotel, free of charge

The Alfa Fiera was located very far from any amenities except the conference centre and it had none to offer itself: the fitness room is useless and doubles as an ironing room, the bar is more like a deserted cafeteria, and the extra 25 euros for an additional guest (apparently for breakfast) yields nothing. In addition, transport to the city centre and train requires a 12 euro taxi, which can really add up when you are 2 people meeting downtown at different times. Even for the conference goer, it would be well worth taking something closer to the train station (which is also close to the town centre). The positive aspects are that it was clean and the bathroom was nice.