"Eight airy rooms, not all en suite, in a quiet quarter of town within the city walls. The friendly signora speaks no English but she keeps her one-star establishment clean."

"The Methis has 59 rooms spread over four floors—each an homage to one of the four elements." Full review

"Four floors of sleekly designed guest rooms reflect the elements: gentle earth tones, fiery red, watery cool blue, and airy white in the top-floor suites." Full review

"Every bit as lovely, in its own way, as its neighbor Venice, Padua is far less heavily traveled, perhaps owing to the absence of a hook like Venice’s canals — presumably Giotto, Galileo and Kate from Taming of the Shrew don’t have the same kind of draw as those trusty gondolas" Full review