Hotel Piccolo - Verona, Italy 

I guess 'you get what you pay for' would be appropriate here. The room was little over 80 euro a night which was by far the cheapest around in opera season. It is about 15 min walk to the old city but its a very pleasant walk unless your a girl in heels then the cobbled stones might push you to get a taxi. Room was ok, nothing special. It seems a common thing in Italy to have twin beds pushed together instead of doubles which is quite annoying as you book a double and expect a proper double bed. The toilet stank pretty bad but was ok once the lid was kept down. The breakfast was ok. The staffs friendliness varied. the night porter seemed chirpy. The younger staff at the desk were friendly and helpful but the older staff and day porter seemed put out by anything you asked them. They had no ironing facilities at all. Overall, if you want cheap then yeah its fine. If you have the money though i'd spend the little bit extra and stay somewhere in the old part of the city.

We thouroughly enjoyed our 4 nights at the Piccolo. The rooms were clean, the staff was helpful and friendly, the breakfast was good and we were only a 5 minute walk from the train station. Our room overlooked a canal and was very quiet. Baruch and Rimma, Israel