Hotel Estense

a quiet hotel in Modena

Conveniently located close to the train station & city centre. Unfortunately these are the only good point. Beds & pillows terrible, shower flooded & no blockout curtains in bathroom. Windows leaked water when rained. Very disappointed.

The breakfast was very good, the water pressure in the shower was very nice, the room was clean, the staff friendly and the location is excellent, close to the old town. However, we hardly slept at all, due to the typical Italian bed: hard mattress, thin pillows and no duvets, just a thin linen sheet and a plaid. I doubt that many people who haven't grown up with an Italian bed are comfortable sleeping under a thin sheet tucked in on three sides... thankfully, there were two extra pillows, otherwise we would probably not have slept at all. After two nights, we still had stiff necks and sore backs. I have stayed at privately owned lodging that offered nordic bedding in Italy, so I know it's possible. It would be most welcome if Italian hotels were to adopt that as well The bathroom is tiny, my 1m90 tall Partner hit his knees everywhere and he was only able to turn on the water in the shower by leaving the glass door open. Furthermore, our *********** confirmation said our room had a balcony, but we only had a small window in a corner. Due to that, the room git really warm during the night (at the end of April), and we couldn't leave the window open due to street noise. Finally, the walls are so thin I was able to listen to our next door neighbour's entire phone conversation, including what the person on the other end was saying ( they were most likely on speaker, but still.) I'm aware that's not easy to fix, but maybe signs asking guests to keep their voices down at night would help?