We spent 5 nights at the Hotel Armando, using it as our base to explore this part of Italy. The hotel is very modern looking on the inside, both in the rooms, as well as the public areas. Every portion of the hotel is clean, and they provide an excellent free breakfast each morning. The rooms are quite large for a European hotel, especially for the prices. We also found that the restaurant that is directly next door was an excellent choice.
The main issue we ran into here had to do with parking. On their site, as well as on 3rd party sites, they advertise free parking available. The parking though is street parking only and it is extremely limited. You're basically on your own to find it and the hotel will only give you a permit to put on your dashboard to allow you to park there. If you can't find a parking spot on the street near the hotel, you'll be forced to find a parking lot that you'll need to pay for at close to 20 Euros/Day. To us, this was basically false advertising and needs to be adjusted on the advertisements for this hotel.
Also, after 10 PM, the only staff on duty is a security guard from a 3rd party company. While he is friendly, he doesn't have the ability to handle any typical hotel requests during late night hours, which could be problematic if you have an issue during those hours.
However, the location of the hotel is excellent as it is within easy walking distance of all attractions in Verona. Verona as a city is also centrally located for day trips to Lake Garda, Vicenza, Padova and portions of the Dolomites.
This is a hotel we'd recommend, but if you are driving there, make sure you take the parking issues into account.
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