Review of Grand Hotel Palace 4*

Two colleagues and I traveled from the US to Ancona, Italy for a university exchange. We were originally placed in another hotel near the train station but did not feel that that was the safest area for three females, nor were we pleased with the size of our hotel rooms. We spent our first night in Ancona searching online for a new hotel and narrowed it down to the Grand Hotel Palace and one other hotel. We ultimately decided on the Grand Hotel Palace because of the location near the main shopping streets (Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi). When we arrived, we felt right at home! The hotel management and staff were so friendly! Two of the three rooms were not ready, but they put those rooms on priority to ensure that we could get inside our rooms in a timely manner. We only had to wait about 15 minutes until they were ready. The rooms and bathrooms are spacious and have quite some personality. Rooms on different floors look different inside and are all nicely decorated with fun colors and artwork (I had a lime green tile bathroom with crystal chandeliers and a horse purse/key holder). Every time we left or returned to the Grand Hotel Palace, the staff greeted us and remembered our names and room numbers. Susanna and Guillermo (Mr. William as I called him) were the most polite and friendly. They were sincerely inquisitive and offered great suggestions for nearby shopping, dining, and local traveling. The Grand Hotel Palace is in close proximity to the nearby shopping and dining/aperitivo, the harbor, and the Passetto. You can take a taxi to train station which will allow quick transport to nearby cities. Aside from Susanna and William's pleasant disposition, the thing I enjoyed most during my stay at the Hotel Palace was the view of the Adriatic sea from my 3rd floor window. I saw the sun rise and set most days, always looked out onto the water, and listened to the birds during dawn. The Grand Hotel Palace will definitely be where I stay if I ever return to Ancona and I will be dreaming of the sea for weeks to come.