Berna Hotel, Milan > Reviews > Warning - in red light district!!!

Author's product rating:   

Value for Money	Average
Quality of Rooms	Average
Standard of Service	Average
Quality of Facilities	Average

Advantages:	good breakfast, handy location
Disadvantages:	red light district, hotel split into 2 buildings

Recommend to potential buyers:

no

Full review

We picked the hotel as there were 3 of us visiting Milan on a limited budget so we needed somewhere reasonably priced with a triple room. Hotel Berna fitted our requirements but it wasn't anything special.

We arrived late to the hotel due to flight delays and were a bit worried about the neighbourhood while driving through it. The following afternoon our fears were confirmed when we discovered it was in the red light district of Milan (during daylight hours too!!). I definitely wouldn't recommend the area for families with young children, or single travellers who might feel a little intimidated. But as i was there with 2 other girls, i felt safe enough, but we didn't venture out at night on our own.

The hotel is split into 2 buildings and unfortunately we were in the building over the road from reception which meant we had to walk over for breakfast. The breakfast room was small, but just about big enough and the food good.

Despite being in a less "nice" area, the location was handy in terms of walking distance from the central shopping area, cathedral etc- think it took us about 20mins. And there was a bank and supermarket on the same road.

I think it was probably worth the money we paid,(triple room for 2 nights £165.70 - Aug 2007) and our triple room was a decent size, but i wouldn't be rushing to stay there again.