Hotel Mentana

This is a charming hotel, that while not fancy, is comfortable. It is located several blocks from the a main feed into the central square. There are a number of fine restaurants within a few blocks of the property. Each floor has six rooms, three that look out onto a square that have been converted into a parking lot, and three that look over a courtyard. If you are a lite sleeper, you may wish the rear rooms, as the trash is pick up daily around 04:00 from the street. A continental breakfast is served from 07:00 - 10:30. The hotel has Wi-Fi at 8 euro for twenty-four hours or 2 euro for one hour. The coverage is good and with a fairly robust bandwidth. Works great with Skype. The elevator is rather small, so I only used when I was taking my bags up at the start of my stay and down at the end. The property is about a 15 euro cab fare from the Centrale train station. It is a five block walk to the Piazzas del Duomo, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and Teatro alla Scala. It is only four blacks from the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana. There is a McDonald's only three blocks away, if you have the need. If you are travelling on business, you may find the desk in the rooms a bit small, at least is was that way in mine. I also could not get the air to turn on, so I just opened the windows. If you are on a bit of a budget, then I would stay at this property. I would have no reservations (other than the room reservations) to return to this hotel if I return to Milan.

Positiv: Location is excellent if you wish to stay need the centre of the old town. Hotel is for the most part on a quite street. There is a bar at the other end of the street that goes until around 01:00 in the AM. As it is outside, there is a little noise.

Negativ: Overall, no. I do not know how they determine that a property if four stars or three. To me, this hotel may be a little closer to three, or a 3.5.