The top choice in central Vicenza, this renovated Renaissance palazzo delivers crisp, contemporary rooms with beamed ceilings, polished wooden floors and super-swish, glassed-in bathrooms with large power-showers. Staff are friendly, and breakfast is a generous buffet of cereal, pastries and cooked-to-order eggs and bacon.
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