Fodor's Expert Review Hotel Palazzo Alabardieri

Just off the chic Piazza dei Martiri, this is a solid choice among the city's smaller smart hotels—with comfortable guest rooms and a fab location for sights, shopping, and eating. Beyond an elegant stone passageway, a chandeliered, marble-floored lobby welcomes you, its impressive size suggesting a larger hotel than this discrete and intimate place. While not ultraluxurious, the guest rooms are comfortable and have marble bathrooms, and the hotel does have a coveted location just feet from the Piazza dei Martiri's fancy shops and restaurants.