I was disappointed upon arriving at this hotel to learn how very far from the Turin city center it actually is. Thankfully, we had a car so that we could drive into Turin. When we drove home late in the evening (around midnight), I was shocked to see scantily clad prostitutes ALL OVER, including about 100 meters from the Holiday Inn. One even exposed herself to us while we drove by. This is not something I find acceptable, so I was quite repulsed by this.
The staff was friendly at our check-in, though struggled with English a bit. When we went to our room, the key card barely worked. By this, I mean that we needed to hold the electronic key card in front of the pad for many seconds before the door opened. This took about 8 tries before the door opened. Once we were in our room, we slid the card into the slot to turn on the lights, but it did not work. We called the front desk and they said we needed a new card. We got one but it still did not work. Finally, they sent a maintenance person up to our room. Although he did not speak English (so I do not know exactly what he did), he looked at our situation and then left to go "fix it." The lights came on. However, when we returned to our hotel room late that night, once again the lights did not work. Again, maintenance fixed it and the lights worked for the duration of our visit. Our key card did not work, however. Instead, we were given a physical key for our room. The hotel handled this situation appropriately but it was disappointing that we needed to deal with it.
Although our room was actually quite spacious, updated and clean, it did not live up to my expectations either. I tried to book a room for 3 people, and was given the choice of a king sized bed and a "child sized bed" or a king and a sofa". Because we were three adults, I booked the king + sofa, but the sofa was very short and not comfortable. Our room should not have been marketed as a 3 person room.
I am sure there are many, many far superior hotels in Turin - do not waste your time or money in a far-off, seedy neighborhood at a poor hotel.
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