The Hotel Continental is a pleasant three-star just outside the historic area of Vicenza. Its location facing the stadium makes it very easy to find. . . follow the signs for the stadio and circumnavigate it. You will find the Continental. The walk into the historic area will take you about 10 to 15 minutes. In terms of restaurants, there isn’t much close by, but I was told that there was a place called the Conquistador, a pizzeria, about 200 meters away.
The hotel has been recently renovated, and I found it to be in really good shape… no scuffs, no signs of age. The result in our guest room was very pleasant: a decent size, nicely decorated with a large bed, desk, armoire and a four-piece bath (no tub). Guest rooms came in a variety of bedding combinations, many of them offering a small balcony.
We had booked through www.itwg.com, an excellent site, and asked for, and received a double deluxe room (one large bed) with bath. The price was 95 euros and that included a very good breakfast in a nice room. Parking appears to be at a bit of a premium. Most people seem to have chosen to street-park at the side of the hotel, but there is a small parking area that holds four cars out of sight of the street.
There aren’t a lot of amenities other than a nice seating area in the lobby and lots of free Italian papers. There is also a computer in the lobby if you feel the need to e-mail the folks back home. . . the charge was .20/minute. Off the lobby is a small, pleasant bar. All in all, it is the kind of place that serves the tourist well. The walk into the town center wasn’t really a problem, but long enough to make you think about going back in to find a place for dinner.