Hotel Allegria
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Looking for a place to stay in Udine? Then look no further than Hotel Ristorante Allegria, a family-friendly hotel that brings the best of Udine to your doorstep.
Hotel Ristorante Allegria offers guests an array of room amenities including a minibar, air conditioning, and a desk, and getting online is possible, as free wifi is available.
The hotel offers 24 hour front desk and room service, to make your visit even more pleasant. The property also features free breakfast. Guests arriving by vehicle have access to paid private parking available on-site.
Nearby landmarks such as Casa Cavazzini (0.3 mi) and Chiesa di San Giacomo (0.3 mi) make Hotel Ristorante Allegria a great place to stay when visiting Udine.
While in Udine, you may want to check out some of the restaurants that are a short walk away from Hotel Ristorante Allegria, including Hostaria alla Tavernetta (0.3 mi), Due Palme (0.7 mi), and Antica Maddalena (0.3 mi).
Plus, during your trip, don’t forget to check out some of the popular monuments and statues, such as Loggiato di San Giovanni, Arco Bollani, and Ercole e Caco.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at Hotel Ristorante Allegria as you experience everything Udine has to offer.
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Udine is enough out of the tourist track that you are not going to get menus in four languages. The Friuli region specializes in game dishes and some seafood from the Adriatic. We ate at the Allegria Restaurant and it was one of the highlights of our entire trip.
Really it does. And there's more: how many city centre hotels with rooms at €120 a night (including a good buffet breakfast) offer valet parking in a secure, underground car park accessed by its own lift, for €11 a day?
None that I know of, and certainly none where the ever helpful Massimo on the front desk (or, once the charming chef) would vanish into the depths of the building and appear a few minute later with the keys to your rental car, parked in the little alley outside.
If it sounds as though I'm making too much of mere parking facilities, consider this: the streets of central Udine are choc-a-bloc with parked cars from morning to night and you'll pay one euro an hour if you find a space. The Allegria is cheap by comparison.
Very well priced in other directions too. It must have cost the family which owns it a largish fortune to rip down the old Allegria a few years ago and build in its place a hotel where even the design of the wardrobes in the bedrooms is carefully considered - and looks like a smiling face with both doors closed.
The shower in our room was quite the largest I've encountered this side of a five star hotel and (rejoice!) there were enough drawers to hide five days' worth of clothing. Amazing how many hotels get that wrong.
Also very right indeed at the Allegria is the staff. Two stand out; Abigail in the dining room and Massimo on the desk. Abi was charm itself and so, so helpful at explaining a dinner menu that had been translated but still left you puzzled. The 'whole strawberry' for desert, for instance. Turned out to be a mixture of sorbet, strawberries, custard and meringue, and delicious.
A small point here; the menu is changed every couple of months but for guests staying the five nights we enjoyed, the choice is a bit limited. Some good Italian staples, like spaghetti, for instance, would be welcome and I'm certain the Allegria's chefs could add their own modern twist.
One delightful unmodern touch is the smart outdoor bowling green, whose artificial surface pays homage to the fact that there's always been a bowls club at the hotel and a total rebuild was no time to ditch the tradition.
You'll find bowlers, of a certain age, enjoying a lazy drink and a game of cards with their friends in the Allegria's modern bar that faces the street which passes the hotel.
A final point. For anyone unfamiliar with north east Italy and who loves the whole Italian cultural experience, from cathedrals dripping in Renaissance paintings to distinguished 18th century villas, the region will keep you busy for days. The Udine tourist office has lots of leaflets, in English, with all the details, but you'll have to ask.
Ask anything of anyone at the Allegria and the answer will be 'yes, of course.'
The GPS took us to the door, getting there without it would have been difficult with the one way streets. You can park your car under the hotel using a car lift - its a bit scary the first time because you don't drive straight in and it is rather tight, I would hate to have had a big car. Cost was about €12 pn.
Location is very good in the heart of the old town and shopping is surprisingly good.
We stayed on 3 separate occasions in different rooms and 2 were quite large but one was small. Rooms are modern and stylish and they are kept clean. We found no street noise or noise from other rooms.
Wifi is free but reception isn't the best. The TV needs some instructions in the rooms because it wasn't simple to work out.
Breakfast was fairly basic but satisfactory. We had one meal in the restaurant and this was average.
Staff were good and friendly. The fact we came back twice after the initial visit suggests we were happy with this hotel.
"A little difficult to find as there are quite a few confusing roundabouts. Google eventually got us there. It is recessed off the street."Read full review
"The hotel's web site says that rates are negotiable, and indeed they are! We paid below the stated rate this way."Read full review
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