Downtown hotels, Milan, Italy

Hotel Lloyd, Milan

This sophisticated hotel in Milan (Milano) offers high-quality four-star accommodation amid elegant surroundings in the heart of the historic city centre. Recently renovated, the Hotel Lloyd is ideal for both the business and leisure traveller and offers a high standard of comfort and hospitality. The hotel is very well served by public transport, with buses, trams and the metro (underground or subway) system is easily accessible. The Hotel Lloyd stands opposite Piazza San Nazaro with the stunning Basilica of San Nazaro Maggiore, which houses the Renaissance tomb of one of Milan's oldest and most noble Milanese families. The State University and Piazza del Duomo are also nearby, while a little further on lies La Scala opera house and the fashionable shopping districts of Via Montenapoleone and Via della Spiga.

There are 56 attractive en-suite guest rooms and a handful of suites. Every room is furnished with style and offers charming city views towards some of Milan's most well-known landmarks. Rooms are equipped with individually controlled heating and air conditioning, satellite TV with a selection of pay channels, direct-dial telephone, internet modem connection and a minibar. The beautifully appointed bathrooms have fitted hairdryers and a personalised beauty kit; guests are invited to choose between standard, de luxe and junior suite rooms. Children under three stay free in their parents' room and there is a reduced tariff for under-12s.

This Milan hotel has a lovely restaurant with a menu of carefully selected traditional local dishes and regional fare; there is also an elegant bar with a large menu of drinks and light bites. A selection of therapeutic and relaxing beauty treatments is available and there is a range of meeting rooms with photocopying facilities, internet access and business support services. Staff at the Lloyd are on hand 24 hours a day to offer information and advice, provide dry-cleaning and laundry services and a safe-deposit facility. Pets are admitted at the discretion of the management.

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Double room from €80