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Palazzo Mantua Benavides Suites and Apartments
Piazza Eremitani 18, Padova

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 72 out of 80 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 80 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 80 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 80 reviews" "
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10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

9.6/10

Amenities

9.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Jordan

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was an unexpected treasure. Right next door to the Scrovegni Chapel and walking distance to the train station and nearly every thing else. Amazing courtyard and garden, and very helpful staff. We only stayed one night and wished we had stayed longer. Why stay anywhere else when in Padova!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Rhey Ann on 10 Nov 2023
Thank you very much for your positive review and for appreciating our house.

10/10 Excellent

Krin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A magnificent hotel in a truly lovely city
We were in the Verde Suite, which was gigantic but comfortable. The bed in particular was a delight to sleep on. The maids came every day around 1:00 and left us with two large bottles of mineral water after they cleaned up our messes. The breakfasts were delicious and plentiful.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023
Response from g on 30 Oct 2023
we are very happy you enjoyed in our house! Arrivederci

10/10 Excellent

Wenhui

Liked: Amenities
All staff members are very friendly and accommodating. This place has its own personality. Nice entrance gate, colorful stained glass archway leading to the courtyard, and a small garden behind the building. The room is clean with antique bed side end tables, and a sitting area for relaxation. The Scrovegni Chapel is within a short walking distance. I had a very pleasant stay and will definitely recommend this place to my friends.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Rhey Ann on 9 Oct 2023
Thank you ver much for your positive review and for appreciating our guest house. We are very glad that you have enjoyed your stay with us. we hope to see you and your friends soon!

10/10 Excellent

Marin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
a really wow factor
This hotel has a really wow factor. We walked about 15 min from the train station and when Google map said we arrived, we could not see it. Our fault – we should have read the arrival instructions the hotel sent to us before the arrival. It is an old villa/palace situated on a quiet street in a quiet town that has much to offer to tourists interested in art, history, and architecture. Behind the tall entrance doors, there is a large courtyard that has a towering statue of Heracles in the middle. Our Suite Ercole was humongous, and nicely decorated, with a huge, comfortable bed, a big old-fashioned bathroom, and had efficient AC unit. Excellent service and breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from gioconda on 6 Oct 2023
Thank you for describing in such detail what you liked!We are happy when customers appreciate our hospitality!Arrivederci

10/10 Excellent

Danette

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Palazzo is beautiful! The room was very very large and comfortable. The bathroom is modern. We also enjoyed the breakfast. Be aware that the equisite inlaid wood floor is very squeaky.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Rhey Ann on 4 Oct 2023
Thank you very much for your positive review and we are glad that you have enjoyed your stay in Padova with us.

10/10 Excellent

joseph

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great unique place to stay in. very friendly staff. clean and comfortable. great location. highly recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from gioconda. on 17 Sept 2023
GRAZIE!

10/10 Excellent

jim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great stay at a beautiful old place.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rhey Ann on 22 Jun 2023
We are very happy that you enjoyed your stay with us!

10/10 Excellent

Aimee

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from gioconda‹&co on 20 Jun 2023
Grazie mrs Aimee" We hope to see you soon,

10/10 Excellent

Iaroslav

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very friendly staff unique property
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Rhey Ann on 15 Mar 2023
Thank you so much for your positive review. We hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely suite (with a very squeaky floor). Friendly and courteous staff
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from Rhey Ann on 15 Dec 2022
Thank you so much for your positive review. We hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from gioconda on 1 Dec 2022
GRAZIE

10/10 Excellent

Tatjana

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from Rhey Ann on 4 Dec 2022
Thank you so much for your positive review. We are very happy that you enjoyed your stay with us. Hope to see you again with your wife and friends.

10/10 Excellent

Tatjana

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from Rhey Ann on 4 Dec 2022
Thank you so much for your positive review. We hope to see you again with your wife and friends. Best regards

10/10 Excellent

George

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a beautiful, even elegant property with a 16th-century sculpture in the courtyard and a lovely garden in the back. Attentive and informative staff. I’ll come back here again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Rhey Ann on 27 Oct 2022
Thank you for your positive review. We are glad that you enjoyed your stay in our house.

10/10 Excellent

Brianne

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from gioconda. on 27 Sept 2022
Grazie, next time you should stay longer!

10/10 Excellent

Pavel

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Response from gioconda on 13 Sept 2022
Grazie molte per averci fatto visita

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from gioconda. on 3 Sept 2022
thank you for visiting us

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The palazzo and the gust rooms were extraordinary and we enjoyed our stay very much. Kanthy, who served us breakfast, and the proprietor Giovanni, who helped us in an emergency, were great. Would definitely stay again when we are in Padua.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Giovanni on 16 Aug 2022
Thank you very much for staying with us! See you soon.

10/10 Excellent

JORGE

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice, clean and big rooms, the special attention by the owners makes it a very pleasant stay
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from gioconda on 15 Jun 2022
Grazie molte: it was a pleasure to meet you,

10/10 Excellent

ALAN

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely property, well situated. Very helpful and friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Response from gioconda on 14 Jun 2022
Thank for visiting us and appreciating our place: you were very kind and respectful guests, gioconda.

10/10 Excellent

michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious well equipped room in a beautiful setting with windows to a private courtyard. Beds are very comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from gioconda. on 15 May 2022
Grazie!

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022
Response from gioconda on 13 May 2022
Grazie Voi!

10/10 Excellent

miomir

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful old villa. Excellent service!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from gioconda on 18 Apr 2022
Grazie per averci fatto visita e per aver apprezzato la nostra casa

10/10 Excellent

Raymond

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Palazzo Mantua Benavides is perfectly situated in the center of Padova walking distance to all the sites, restaurants and shops. The "giallo" room that we stayed in was enormous for 2 people with a lovely sitting room and modern bathroom. The property itself is beautiful with lovely grounds and access to a small park on the property. The staff was super-nice and most helpful. If you decide to stay awhile there is a full kitchen and fridge if you need. Would definitely go back and highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from gioconda on 4 Dec 2021
Grazie, you were a very special guest!

8/10 Good

Jay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Stephen P., Pebble Beach

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful property within the historic old town. A short walk to everything from coffee shops to restaurants to the farmer’s market and quite close to the Scrovegni Chapel, a must see. The suites are well equipped and gigantic. Breakfast was excellent. We would gladly stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021
Response from gioconda on 27 Oct 2021
Grazie! Vi aspettiamo presto,

10/10 Excellent

Ricardo

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl-Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exceptional gorgeous accommodation
If you want to get a glimpse of what it feels like to be Royalty, stay at this incredible Palazzo. Staying here was the highlight of our 3 week holiday. Wonderfully welcoming and helpful staff, delicious freshly made breakfast and spotless cleanliness. An exceptional, unique hotel, hidden away in the city center. Perfectly clean and new feeling whilst surrounded by beautiful antique furnishings. Felt like a Queen staying here. All of the amazing architecture of Padua, wonderful cocktail bars, restaurants and beautiful shops are just outside the Palazzo gates. We will definitely be back.
Spacious is an understatement!
Gorgeous courtyard with an enormous Hercules statue overlooking your secure parking space hidden away from the busy city center.
The entrance to the Palazzo
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from L. on 27 Aug 2021
Thank you, I really hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl-Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Gioconda. on 21 Jul 2021
Thank you so much!

8/10 Good

Stefano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic Villa in the centre of Padova
Magnificent villa converted in a hotel with classy and spacious rooms located in the centre of Padova. Only negative remarks: the air conditioner of our room was not strong enough to make the refrigerate the room, particularly considering the 35C and high humidity. Also the ample bathroom has no shelfs in the shower area to store shampoo and soap.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Gioconda. on 28 Jun 2021
Good morning mr Stefano, we are sorry for this inconvenience, the air conditioner was set to the hot air . Thanks again for your feed-back, Gioconda.

8/10 Good

Yan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Book the blue room
We loved the place although it’s more like an B&B than a hotel. I gave it 4.5 stars only because I booked the most expensive pink room but it turned out the blue room had the doors open up to the courtyard. So book the the less expensive blue room!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from Gioconda on 6 Oct 2020
Grazie per la sua valutazione: colgo l'occasione per chiarire che noi non siamo un hotel ma una guest house e diamo ospitalita' ai nostri ospiti per farli sentire come a casa propria. In riferimento alle camere lei ha scelto la camera rosa che ha lo stesso prezzo della camera blu che e' un appartamento. Forse intende la camera verde che ha la vista sul cortile e ha un prezzo differente.

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A really great place to stay. Close to the centre of Padova, wih very friendly and helpful staff
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is the type of property you say: Don't hesitate, if you can just stay here! The Palazzo Mantua Benevides is the real deal in every aspect. Classy, comfortable, historic, fantastic location, knowledgeable charming friendly hosts. The breakfast served in the sitting area right outside my door (the "pink" suite but more reddish not really feminine) was absolutely fabulous. Bathroom huge, floors marble, fantastic old heavy wood doors. The location - this place almost is the Scrovegni Chapel, it's right there and you walk around to the entrance. In addition to the great courtyard and statue, and their private garden, they are steps from a charming park with fountains, statues, decorative lights at night, stands selling drinks and snacks, and folks were out there on a beautiful evening. The Palazzo is a 15 minute walk from the train, and from there it's a few minutes to the Pedrocchi Cafe and great historic areas, maybe 15 minutes to Saint Anthony's and don't miss Saint Giustina's the two great churches are within sight of each other. Don't hesitate just stay here!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Flavia on 28 Oct 2019
Grazie!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is heaven on earth, I felt like a little princess in her castle. The place is gorgeous and the staff makes you feel at home. Breakfast is super delicious with lots of different choices, they served you breakfast in this beautiful china and there is a lady who serves you and makes the eggs any way you wish. I didn't want to leave the place, I wanted to stay there for a couple more days but I had to come back to work. I was mesmerized by the art they have and seeing Hercules by one of the greatest sculptors made my day. Thanks to all the people at this magnificent place for making our stay so wonderful.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from g on 28 Nov 2019
GRAZIE!

10/10 Excellent

Angelo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful property! Warm welcome and perfect location. We look forward to returning.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Giovanni on 10 Oct 2019
Happy to read this, many thanks

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very special place.
This is a very special place. You feel privileged to be staying here. You are staying in what amounts to a wing of a private Palazzo still run by the original family. Our room was huge. Not the most modern, but had absolutely everything we needed and had an enormous amount of character. Extremely well located within the pedestrian area of Padua, but free parking inside the courtyard of the Palazzo. Extremely helpful family and staff. Very generous with extras like tea, champagne, wine, and cookies. We wanted to extend our trip for an additional day just to enjoy this place but, not surprisingly, it was full. We will definitely stay here again on our next trip to Padua. This is a special place.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Gioconda & Flavia. on 30 Sept 2019
GRAZIE!

8/10 Good

PauloBarreto, Brazil

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the service and staff, location, bedroom. The cleaness could be better
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perhaps the best hotel Experience I’ve ever had. Unique. Cared for. Great staff, incredible value. Great location in a Renaissance palazzo. Huge and beautiful room and bathroom. I generally prefer sparse, modern hotels but this classic room won me over with its decor and charm. Absolutely unbelievable. I suppose the WiFi could have been better, but who cares when everything is so perfect.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gorgeous palazzo
A most beautiful and amazing place. We were greeted by a family member who was gracious and lovely. It is truly a gorgeous palazzo. Only wish we could have stayed longer. Fabulous breakfast. Old world charm at its best.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from gioconda. on 24 May 2019
Grazie!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from flavia on 16 May 2019
Grazie!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It is a stunningly beautiful restored palace in the centre of Padua. The location is excellent and the building is beautiful. The enormous statue of Hercules in the courtyard is memorable.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from flavia on 10 May 2019
grazie!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from flavia on 10 May 2019
grazie

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Beautiful place in central location. Very quiet when we were there but we stayed Friday to Monday and weekdays may be more busy. Flavia could not have been more helpful. Breakfast great and beautifully served. Enormous suite of rooms. Well stocked fridge and fruit bowl all complimentary. Highly recommended.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Response from gioconda on 12 May 2019
grazie molte delle belle parole

10/10 Excellent

Gene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Gioconda on 18 Nov 2018
Grazie!

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
1000 stars
Way beyond my expections . Nicest place I have ever stayed in. Flavia was the most gracious host . I can't say enough about the elegance location staff etc. There is not enough stars to rate this palace.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Flavia on 18 Nov 2018
Grazie!

10/10 Excellent

WearyTraveller, Victoria BC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Padua's secret hotel
A hotel in the pedestrian zone of Padua with parking? We were intrigued. What we found exceeded all our expectations. In a hidden courtyard with a giant 17th century statue of Hercules are two charming rooms from the Palazzo. Guests have access to the private garden. Exceptionally helpful and friendly staff. A lovely breakfast with a visit from your host, the owner of the Palazzo, to check that everything is in order and to offer helpful suggestions about the city or onward destinations. We'd like to keep it a secret but that wouldn't be fair since we can only visit once a year. One of our best hotel experiences ever.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Padua Palace
If staying in Padua, do not miss this palace! Padua itself is a gem and Mantua Benavides is one facet of the gem. Joconda is a gracious host and the staff couldn’t be nicer or more attentive. It’s a beautiful palace built in the 1500’s, has an incredible location and huge rooms- what’s not to like? You can’t describe it, just go!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017