La Residenza Hotel

I really enjoyed my stay at La Residenza in Feb 2008. It did have its downfalls but it did well enough for me.I stayed for two nights, and I have to say the location isnt the best. Its a bus and 2 trains outside central Milan, but this can be done in about 30 minutes, its just a bit of a pain. We checked in fine and went to the room. For the cost of the room there was nothing to complain about, however had I paid more I would have wanted a bigger room with a better bathroom fittings, but i didnt pay more, so i got exactly what i paid for.Staff were friendly, the breakfast was good, basic but good enough. Small bar to have a quiet drink as well.What was also really nice was on the Sunday morning, everyone was going to church, the bells were ringing and it really felt Italian. I thought that was really nice, nothing to do with the hotel, except the location as its pretty much next door to the church.I do agee with the other reviewers comments about the window and noise form outside but during my stay i found the road outside, and the hotel quiet at the time.

La Residenza Hotel was the loudest hotel we ever stayed. First of all it is located between two high frequented streets. Moreover the windows only have one thin glass, so that you hardly get to know any difference if the window is open or closed. Therefore you hear not only the traffic but also the people on the street. What is even more terrible is that the hotel is still renovating and you have noise the whole day starting in the early morning.

The only good point was the breakfast which was really delicious. Furthermore there was a wide range, e.g. cornflakes, ham, cheese, eggs, different kind of cakes and croissants, bread, toast, jam, butter ... However if you are tired you do not feel very hungry at all.

The location was also not very nice. The hotel is close to a park, which sounds nice. But the truth is that some adolescence are meeting there every day in the afternoon and stay there for hours to listen to loud music and to find out which motor of their cars is the loudest one. We asked at the reception to call the police but they told us that they could not do anything before 8 p.m. For us this was really a shock.

We stayed in this hotel 3 nights (originally we planned 4 nights). After these nights I was so tired that I slept over 10 hours the next night at home. So if you want to sleep stay away from this hotel!!!