What is a good price/quality hotel in Venice?
There are many accommodations in Venice, especially expensive hotels. Hotel Palazzo Vitturi is one of the hotels that offers good value for money. Set in picturesque Campo Santa Maria Formosa square, the accommodation’s location is excellent. It offers spacious and clean rooms, beautifully decorated. Venice consists of six districts, the names of these ‘sestieri’ are Cannaregio (not touristic), Castello (including Hotel Palazzo Vitturi), San Marco (touristy), Dorsoduro (student district), Sante Croce (bus and train station) and San Polo (Rialto Markets). Cannaregio is a must if you want to escape the crowds, here a lunch consisting of coffee, house wine (ombra) and traditional snacks (cicchetti) costs an average of € 20 for two people. A complete list of excellent hotels in Venice can be found through the link. You can save money by staying overnight in one of the hotels in Mestre and making trips to Venice by public transportation. Mestre is known as a cheap alternative for tourists.
What is a good price/quality hotel in Padua?
Padua is a student city in the north of Italy, a large part of the population is student. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 and is one of the oldest in Europe, only the universities of Bologna, Oxford, Cambridge and Salamanca are older. Padua is a city with many sights (including Cappella degli Scrovegni and Prato della Valle), moreover not as touristy as Venice and Verona. Casa Giotto is a beautiful accommodation in the centre of the city. In Padua there are many places where you can eat and drink. At Casa Barozzi and Dalla Zita they have fantastic sandwiches, at Caffè Pedrocchi you can drink delicious coffee, excellent ice cream is available at Gelateria Portogallo.
Hotels at the airport
Avoid traffic jams and early morning wake-up, book a hotel near the airport through Booking.com.