Merano hotel booking, Italy

Hotel Marlena, Merano

This comfortable four-star hotel in Italy's Trentino-Alto Adige region offers guests a stylish, modern ambience, excellent cuisine and cordial service - and all in a lovely setting surrounded by majestic mountain scenery in the South Tyrol. Set in its own beautifully landscaped Mediterranean-style gardens, there are terrific panoramic views from every part of the hotel. Guests choose the Hotel Marlena for its excellent location not far from the centre of the elegant town of Merano/Meran, as well as to relax and be pampered in the hotel's health and beauty centre or to sunbathe around its glorious open-air swimming pool.

There are 50 well-appointed, comfortable rooms, all with en-suite bathroom facilities, direct-dial telephone, cable/satellite television (with channels in French, German and Italian as well as international channels), radio/alarm clock and a generously-stocked minibar. A fitted hairdryer, fluffy towels and bathrobes and a selection of complimentary shampoos and toiletries are provided in the bathrooms. The hotel has a family-friendly attitude and couples with young children are made to feel at home with a specially designated play area in the lovely hotel gardens as well as a useful babysitting service. Well-behaved pets are welcome, too.

Health-suite facilities include a fully equipped gym, a sauna, sunbeds and a steam room as well as a range of relaxing and pampering massages and beauty treatments. There is also a games room with billiards and snooker where guests can relax and chill out. The Marlena is famous for its excellent restaurant where guests can try delicious local specialities and fine, local wines from the cellar. There is also a welcoming lounge/bar serving cocktails, aperitifs and coffee in a relaxing setting.

Staff on the reception desk are efficient and approachable and additional facilities include a dry-cleaning and laundry service, safety-deposit facilities, bicycle hire and a transfer service to and from Bolzano station or the airport. There is plenty of free parking for cars and motorbikes in the hotel car park.

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Double room from €89